Beetlejuice Scene 4

Scene 4

Perusing the Obits

• The Maitlands aren't the only dead folks in town.
• The camera pans down to a candle-lit hole in the ground filled with ads for "Betelgeuse the Bio-Exorcist." There's a creepy-sounding guy who reads a newspaper and looks for his next victims, er, clients in the obituary section.
• Hey, how about those Maitlands? They look nice and stupid.
• We've got a bad feeling about this dude.
• Meanwhile, in the attic of the Maitlands house, Adam's trying to figure out where their graves should be in the model town while Barbara is trying to clean up all the dust.
• Just then, they hear a car outside. It's Jane again.
• Adam yells down to her, but she doesn't look up at all. Barbara tells him that's because the book says, "The living usually won't see the dead."
• Being dead is really frustrating.
• Then, Adam has a thought—maybe they don't have to worry. After all, they're dead. What bad things could really happen to them?
• We're not so sure about that. In the front lawn, the camera pans past a "For Sale" sign with a big fat "Sold" on top of it.
• Looks like Jane got her wish. And her commission.