Warner Bros. released Beetlejuice to theaters on March 30, 1988. Tim Burton directed the film starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, and Michael Keaton. Beetlejuice Movie Summary Nestled among rolling hills and towering trees sits a sleepy town in the countryside. It’s home to Adam and Barbara Maitland. They live an ideal life full of small-town model building and extreme bridge driving. However, the happy couple has no job to speak of. Their only goal is to have a child—preferably a preteen girl with the social skills of a rude, little pig. On a lovely afternoon of running errands, Barbara punches the Volvo into overdrive to see what happens when you get a hunk of metal going 88 miles per hour over a piece of wood built for Amish rush hour. Unbeknownst to our heroes, Benji is in the midst of a suicidal rampage. 30-years of sex, booze, and bitches has taken its toll on our beloved mutt. Now he is jumping in front of every speeding car he can. Poor Barbara doesn’t see him until it’s too late. One over-corrected swerve later and the Maitlands land themselves a one-way ticket to 1980s purgatory, and I get ready to laugh my haunted little ass off. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Please let us know what you think of the film in the comments section, and rate this movie from one to five stars below as well. If there is a film you’d like us to review, send us an email at comments@moviehousememories.com with your name, location, and film choice. And finally, if you are of the social media persuasion, you can look the MHM Podcast Network up on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and if you do, please give us a follow when you find us. Disclaimer This podcast is intended for entertainment and information purposes only. The theme music for Lunchtime Movie Review, Fireworks is provided courtesy of Alexander Nakarada at serpentsoundstudios.com under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. All original content of this podcast is the intellectual property of Lunchtime Movie Review, the MHM Podcast Network, and Fuzzy Bunny Slippers Entertainment LLC unless otherwise noted. This post contains affiliate links that will take you to Amazon.com and/or the iTunes Store. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission. Advertisers and affiliate partnerships do not influence our content. For more information, please read our Terms of Use about the inclusion of affiliate links on this site.