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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a 2024 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by the writing team of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on a story by Gough, Millar, and Seth Grahame-Smith. A sequel to Beetlejuice (1988) and the second film of the Beetlejuice franchise, it stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara reprising their roles alongside new cast members Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, and Willem Dafoe.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 6, 2024.
Plot[]
Thirty-six years after the events of the first film, Lydia Deetz hosts a supernatural talk show called Ghost House, produced by her boyfriend Rory. During the taping of a segment, Lydia sees visions of the ghost Betelgeuse in the audience.
Shortly thereafter, Delia, Lydia's stepmother, shares the news about the death of her father, Charles. En route to Winter River for the funeral services, the surviving Deetz family members pick up Lydia's estranged daughter, Astrid, from boarding school. It is revealed that Lydia former husband and Astrid's father, Richard, had been in a relationship which ended up in a divorce, two years before his disappearance in South America. Following the funeral services, Rory proposes to Lydia, which she accepts, causing Astrid to flee and meet Jeremy, who invites her over prior to the wedding. On Halloween, Astrid learns that Jeremy is a ghost seeking her help to restore his life. He promises Astrid that she can reunite with her father if she assists him. The two enter the afterlife after Astrid recites an incantation from the Handbook for the Recently Deceased. Discovering Jeremy's past as a murderer, Lydia reluctantly calls upon Betelgeuse for his help in retrieving Astrid. Betelgeuse agrees but demands that Lydia marry him, allowing him to stay in the mortal world and evade his vengeful ex-wife, Delores, in the afterlife.
Lydia consents to the marriage, and Betelgeuse and Lydia are transported into the afterlife train station in an attempt to stop Astrid from boarding the "Soul Train", which transports souls into the beyond. By reciting the incantation, Astrid was tricked into switching places with Jeremy in order for him to regain his life. While being escorted to the platform, Astrid notices one of the station's employees is Richard, who rescues both Lydia and Astrid and helps them return to Winter River. Betelgeuse, who has sent Jeremy to H---, enlists Delia's help to return to the mortal world after she was sent to the afterlife by a snake bite.
At a nearby church, Lydia and Astrid arrive as Rory waits at the altar. Betelgeuse, with Delia's assistance, hijacks the wedding, injecting Rory with truth serum to reveal his intention to marry Lydia for her money. An enraged Lydia punches Rory, knocking him out. As Betelgeuse prepares to marry Lydia, an angry Delores arrives to confront him. Using the handbook as a guide, Astrid unleashes a sandworm into the church, which Betelgeuse deflects, causing it to eat Delores and Rory whole. The ceremony is thwarted off as Lydia and Astrid reveal that Betelgeuse violated the rules of the handbook and his own contract. Lydia then sends Betelgeuse back to the afterlife by saying his name 3 times. Afterward, Lydia and Astrid reassure their love for Delia as she transitions to the afterlife, where she reunites with Charles before boarding the Soul Train.
Some time later, Lydia films the final segment of her last episode of Ghost House, opting to spend time with Astrid. The two venture to Dracula's Castle and Astrid becomes smitten with an employee, Vlad. Astrid and Vlad eventually get married with Lydia watching from the side. Despite this, Lydia continues to have nightmares about Betelgeuse, including a dream in which Astrid bears Betelgeuse’s child. Traumatized, Lydia wakes up from her sleep.
Cast[]
- Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse
- Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz
- Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz
- Monica Bellucci as Delores
- Willem Dafoe as Wolf Jackson[1]
- Jenna Ortega as Astrid Deetz[2]
- Justin Theroux as Rory
- Burn Gorman as Father Damien
- Danny DeVito as an afterlife janitor
- Arthur Conti as Jeremy
- Filipe Cates as Vlad
- Santiago Cabrera as Richard
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