What is Beetlejuice about?
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
Newly dead, a couple enlists a deranged demon to scare an affluent family with surreal, darkly comic antics.
Campy, with absurdist humor. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Max.
Beetlejuice parents guide
Heads up on some innuendo or implied sex and light gore. That is past what the PG on the box suggests. Beyond that, mild language and a few tense moments.
Our estimate: fine from about 10. Rated PG.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Three questions
- Is Beetlejuice scary?
- Only a little. Beetlejuice has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Beetlejuice?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is Beetlejuice rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Yes. It is rated PG, and nothing we tagged runs past mild.
Cast and crew
Directed byTim Burton
StarringAlec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton
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Beetlejuice is on our Cozy fall, 1980s, Comedy on Max and Fantasy on Max lists.
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