Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- Beetlejuice was one of Tim Burton's film major films. Compare and contrast it to some of the other movies that he'd go on to direct.
- Is it a little strange that the film asks us to identify with dead people rather than living people like a traditional horror movie would? Why do you think Beetlejuice goes this route?
- One of the main conflicts in Beetlejuice is the clash between the quaint, country Maitlands and the post-modern Deetzes. Whose decorating style do you prefer?
- How would Beetlejuice be different if it were told from Lydia's point of view? How about from Delia's?
- Do you think that Lydia's morbid Goth thing is a pose, or is she really that alienated and depressed?
- What do you think is the main message of Beetlejuice? What's the film trying to say about death (if anything)?
- Why do you think that the filmmakers decided to show an additional scene featuring Betelgeuse at the end of the movie?
- Could the film have done away with all the special effects (snakes, killer shrimp) and still have been convincing?
- Could anyone other than Tim Burton have made a movie like this and gotten away with it?
- Do you agree with all the Afterlife = DMV comparisons that critics have made? (Hint: If not, you've never been to the DMV.)