Beetlejuice

The fourth edition of this year's Spooktober Spooktacular finds the hosts with the most conjuring the known universe's preeminent bio-exorcist: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! Being our second discussion involving director Tim Burton (listen to an earlier episode where we mulled over his 2001 Planet of the Apes remake for the first), we find joy in exploring the filmmaker's breakthrough hit that help solidify his place as one of 80s Hollywood's brightest new talents. But first...this week's Blue Plate Special loads up on a host of new trailers- ranging from Home Sweet Home Alone to forthcoming spandex spectacles The Flash and The Batman- before we discuss the studied mediocrity of the most recent additions to the never-ending Michael Myers saga: 2018's Halloween and the recently released Halloween Kills. We miraculously escape the cold, dead clutches of The Shape to rightly celebrate our titular subject of the week, the 1988 cult classic which provided audiences with an iconic Michael Keaton performance, a signature blend of the macabre and the farcical, the rich musical combination of Danny Elfman and Harry Belafonte, and the culmination of a star's oeuvre that ends up landing them as the second inductee into the Overlapping Dialogue's Hall of Fame (aka The Immune). It's a jam packed episode honoring one of our very favorites so dig out your copy of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased and get to studying!

Feel free to skip to 2:40:07 for the beginning of our audio commentary.

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