Beetlejuice (1988)

This week on The Unbreakable Movie Chain, Ed and Gould calypso dance through the lurid bureaucracy of the afterlife in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice. With sand snakes, roadkill civil servants and bioexorcisms galore! Also: The impossibility of getting through a Blue Velvet / Mulholland Drive double bill with brain intact. Someone thinks Mars Attacks is a snooze. A brief rant about the state of comedy in modern cinema. “Even if the film’s terrible there’s gonna be at least one performance that’s worth watching.” - Ed on Michael Keaton. “It was so nice to watch a good Tim Burton film!” - Maddie on Tim Burton’s patchy 21st century output. “It upsets me actually that she doesn’t get any kind of comeuppance in the film, she’s just a dick who’s there.” - Gould on Jane.   CONTENT WARNING – Contains references to suicide SPOILER WARNING – Contains very mild spoilers for Fruitvale Station (2013) and Lars and the Real Girl (2007). Major spoilers (pound in the jar, Gould) for Heaven Can Wait (1943)   Please do like, follow and get in touch via any of the following channels: Email - [email protected] - @unbreakablemoviechainTwitter / X - @moviechainpodFacebook - The Unbreakable Movie Chain TikTok - @moviechainpod