Megan McGinnis is Full of Life in Beetlejuice, the Show About Death

The Broadway star on the magic of bringing a movie to the stage

"...Barbara Maitland in the Broadway in Austin production of Beetlejuice, passing into the afterlife is where the fun begins...."

Feb. 6, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Beetlejuice

There's a lot of life in this show about death

"...wings on a donkey. But for a movie like Beetlejuice, where two of the most memorable scenes are song-and-dance..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Many Lives of an Incorporeal Icon

A new 'Beetlejuice' sequel may be in development, but Warren Skaaren already pondered 'Beetlejuice in Love' two decades ago

"...IMAX remake of Frankenweenie, Warner Bros. will also resurrect Beetlejuice, the 1988 horror-comedy that pulled off the neat trick..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

The Bye Bye Man

A group of teens unleash the bogeyman

"...once he inhabits the mind. Think of it as Beetlejuice with copious amounts of blood. The auditory and visual..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Shakes the Clown

"...woman of epic stupidity. Like Tim Burton's surreal Batman, Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands, Shakes has it's own twisted sense..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar tells us about how Winona Ryder's troubles just won't go away.

"...can be sure she wishes she could just say, "Beetlejuice ... Beetlejuice ... Beetlejuice," and make it all go..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Halloween at the Movies

Your ultimate guide to spooky season screenings in Austin

"...The Addams Family Oct. 13 Beetlejuice Oct. 21-22, 26-31 Bram Stoker's Dracula Oct. 14, 18,..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronicle Halloween Costume Contest

"...Claudia Rodriguez - Beetlejuice..."

Oct. 29, 2020 Photo Gallery

It Chapter Two

Back to Derry as the Losers Club takes on Pennywise again

"...to be informed by a seriously warped combination of Beetlejuice-era Burton-esque practical effects and just the right amount of..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dumbo

Another Disney live-action remake, but this one has a little magic

"...dusty corners for the subversive Tim Burton of his Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands days of yore, cheekily thumbing his..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thirteen Things To Do in Austin on Halloween

Halloween 2014: All the events here, there, and in-between

"...pulling out all the tricks! Songs include themes from Beetlejuice, Jaws, Gremlins, and more!..."

Oct. 23, 2014 Events Post by Derek Van Wagner

Need for Speed

Somewhat fast but seldom furious, this is an adrenaline junkie’s wet dream that stars Aaron Paul.

"...this covert competition, Keaton alternately channels Wolfman Jack and Beetlejuice.) The cross-country trip that precedes the big race is..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...seems more like a mash-up of leftover ideas from Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...hijinks of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and the gloriously life-defiant Beetlejuice. In Corpse Bride, Burton lets it all hang out..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Fish

Tim Burton is all grown up and getting serious.

"...best work – Ed Wood springs to mind, and Beetlejuice as well – marries mordant humor to twisted love..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Little Vampire

"...Poké- or Digimons). The script by screenwriters Larry Wilson (Beetlejuice, The Addams Family) and Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, James..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shortcuts

"...in the movie biz for authoring the blockbuster films Beetlejuice, Batman, and Top Gun, but around these parts we..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Column

Batman Returns

Gotham City is once again riven with crime, so Michael Keaton and director Tim Burton's Batman save the citizens from the megalomaniacs.

"...end as he did with Edward Scissorhands, Batman and Beetlejuice. Burton creates a Gotham City as could only exist..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

ATX TV Festival 2022: Queer for Fear

New Shudder series gives queer audiences a genre to call their own

"...trope, sexploitation, “gateway horror” like The Addams Family and Beetlejuice, and many more aspects of queer horror. These themes..."

June 4, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

The 2021 Austin Chronicle Halloween Costume Contest

"...Ty, Steph & Cassini - The Beetlejuice Gang..."

Oct. 28, 2021 Photo Gallery

10 of Austin's Best Halloween and Día de los Muertos Parties and Events for 2019

These haunted listings won't be here long

"...sangria!), pumpkin carving, a doggy costume contest, and a Beetlejuice screening. Limited number of pumpkins and carving kits provided,..."

Oct. 16, 2019 Events Post

Austin Restaurant News You Might’ve Missed

Just a few local food reminders – and a contest!

"...program under Kevin Kok offers playful libations like the Beetlejuice – with tequila, lime, cilantro, and beet juice –..."

Jan. 16, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Doctuh Mistuh and Penfold Theatre's Nevermore

In Jonathan Christenson's musical, Edgar Allan Poe's life is imagined as a spooky, entrancing dance of the spirits

"...cocktail. (The costumes by Glenda Wolfe have a particularly Beetlejuice-iness, with such charmingly ghoulish flourishes as a spider's-web headdress,..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Alison Macor Tells the Tale of Austin’s Greatest Rewrite Man

New book delves into the career of Top Gun script doctor Warren Skaaren

"...of the most successful films ever, including Top Gun, Beetlejuice, and Batman (the good one). He became confidant and..."

June 2, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...and smeared, glittered makeup, frontman J.T. Martin exudes a Beetlejuice-like ringleader weirdness as he time travels to medieval Europe..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

They Shoot Movies, Don't They?

Heather Page on the state of the Texas Film Commission

"...joined the movie industry, scripting blockbusters like Batman and Beetlejuice. Page reversed that career trajectory: a 25-year veteran camera..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mavericks, Schemers, and Beautiful Dreamers

This year's Paramount Summer Classic Film Series has a lot of character(s)

May 15, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series: Schemers

Nightmare Alley, Beetlejuice, Shadow of a Doubt

"...not for whom the geek gnaws .... – Marc Savlov Beetlejuice (1988)Wed., July 8, 8:55pm & Thu., July 9, 7pm..."

May 15, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Let Them Make Cake

The artists that make Austin the cake capital of the world

"...Harry the Hunter (aka the shrunken head guy) from Beetlejuice, and Keith Urban's microphone. Her latest creation, a first..."

March 20, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Josh Kupecki's Top 10 List

"...and the results are fireworks. Imagine that! Dude from Beetlejuice is pretty good, too...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

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