Chiasmus cult cinema trailers - "Beetlejuice" (1988). *These will be ongoing posts, courtesy of the A.Glass DVD collection. As I offer via Chiasmus Cult trailers, my summarized overviews*
There is undoubtedly a 1980s cult movie charm to Tim Burton's 1988 "Beetlejuice", with the screenplay written by the late horror novelist Michael McDowell. And Burton's 2nd movie after "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1987), to which gave Burton the bankable status as an up and coming Hollywood director, and yet that 80s charm , also decries, that 38 years later, "Beetlejuice" 'hasn't aged too well' ethos to the overall production, despite the 1950s aesthetical rework and 80s mid teen Gen X irony, Burton's direction within the comedic, gothic and endearing aspect of the film, ensures that the production , like its story of ghostly spectras should remain settled, not relestless, and stays trapped in its locked year of 1988. The original story for "Beetlejuice" was a co-written debut, with Michael McDowell's business partner Larry Wilson, under their production company "Pecos Productions" in 1985, as McDow...
