Beetlejuice’s backstory makes sense. Otho says that people who commit suicide become “civil servants in the afterlife”. If you watch the movie, all of the workers in the afterlife offices killed themselves. The receptionist slit her wrists. The flat man threw himself into traffic. Poisoned typists. Juno slit her own throat. There’s a mail clerk hanging from a rope. Etc. Juno says Beetlejuice used to work for her before going “freelance”. That makes Beetlejuice a suicide.

@zuitsuit80

5 ай бұрын

I would speculate that his cause of death changed for the movie too. We see him in a cab drivers hat. I think he got drunk and purposely drove his cab into the water. I think all of the ghosts in the film look like they did when their bodies were found. That’s why he looks mossy and pale. His wasn’t found for a while. The Maitlins also die in water but they look healthy. Their bodies were probably recovered quickly because their accident happens in daylight in a small town.

@CannibalCowboy51

5 ай бұрын

There football players though?

@jvleasure

5 ай бұрын

Now i only saw it regularly when it came out as a kid, the suicide/civil servant thing TOTALLY went over my hear. Wow...

@themydnighthour

5 ай бұрын

Yep

@Shortfuse39

5 ай бұрын

@@CannibalCowboy51 The football players were not civil servants though. They call Juno coach but that doesn't mean they work for her.

“If you don’t let me gut out this house and make it my own, I will go insane, and I will TAKE YOU WITH ME!” Best line in a movie ever, and nobody could sell that like Catherine O’Hara.

@johnb5082

5 ай бұрын

The response was classic-the look and "ok..." I use often

@izabellaSands

4 ай бұрын

She was Kevin Mccalister's mom in home alone .: KEVIN !!

@Peter-tj5ve

3 ай бұрын

Catherine O, hara is the BEST, I've loved her since I saw her on SCTV, waaaaaaaaaay back when! She'd have been GREAT on Saturday Night Live!

@art23428

2 ай бұрын

Perhaps the house could use a little remodeling but let's just leave this room alone okay

@salvadordollyparton666

10 күн бұрын

69 likes... hehehe seriously, her delivery and face after that was absolute gold. and basically every other line... this is my art, it is dangerous.

The music of Harry Belafonte really added a nice flavor to Beetlejuice. It is part of what makes the film charming.

@shanester1832

5 ай бұрын

It does work well. Imagine trying to convince people that this movie you're making needs 1950's Calypso music. What are you talking about ?!?!

@andrewgrove1691

5 ай бұрын

I sang his song I wanna go home for so many years. And never knew who sang it

@Soulsfromthevoid

5 ай бұрын

@@andrewgrove1691 Harry Belafonte is indeed the guy. So intertwined with Beetlejuice that we immediately think of that movie when we hear his music..I wonder if he got to see the film in his lifetime.🤔

@garylefevers

5 ай бұрын

100% right. The music choice was perfect.

@papabear5506

5 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! This movie is the only reason i have an autographed copy of a Belafonte book 😅

I've always thought that Lydia contemplating suicide, and Barbara & Adam talking her out of it was very important to their character growth, and it's very touching.. I'm glad they made that change. I love the ending.

@RoamingGhost

5 ай бұрын

They just didn't want her to end up as a civil servant in the afterlife 😅

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

5 ай бұрын

@@RoamingGhost Who wants to be a phantom paper - pusher ?

@Reprodestruxion

3 ай бұрын

Beetle juice also did a doubletake about it esp after calling death creeepy

It's funny to think Michael Keaton basically gave an excellent Joker-like figure and Batman back to back.

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

5 ай бұрын

& then as a villain in the Robocop remake & as Vulture in Spiderman.

@zimriel

4 ай бұрын

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq whatchoo talkin bout willis, there was never a robocop remake

@rab46290

4 ай бұрын

​@@zimriel robocop 2014 is a remake

@zimriel

4 ай бұрын

@@rab46290 you didn't get the joke it was a failure at every level

@rab46290

4 ай бұрын

@@zimriel guess not. Oh well, i will have to live forever ignorant of this pun.

So the Home Alone mom always leaves her kids home alone. Either with criminals or ghosts.

That barber was hilarious. It would make sense in that movie if he talked for eternity 😄

@mathewworkman1625

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes I ramble to myself ... 'Just.... just trim it a little'. Only my gf really knows what I am talking about.

The death of the Maitlands was very graphic in the original script. The door slammed on Barbara's arm, and it's said to look quite gnarly. After reading that detail, the line from Barbara "My arm feels cold" makes complete sense.

@theblocksays

5 ай бұрын

Even the dog looked evil making that look!

@rgerber

5 ай бұрын

"there was much wailing and gnashing of teeths"

@BruceAlarie

4 ай бұрын

biblical!@@rgerber

My friend inexplicably disappeared off my back porch one night we were hanging out. He was only gone about two minutes but when he eventually came back up the porch I asked him how the sand worms were. Without missing a beat he laughed and said he's never been to Saturn and then told me he had just walked to the trash can at the end of our driveway out front to throw something away. I was very impressed he completely understood the reason for which I would ask such a stupidly absurd question.

@penismightier4303

5 ай бұрын

You either have a driveway the length of a football field, or your friend had something he needed to dispose of very carefully. Or maybe it was just a cover story for something more sinister. He seems to be very ninja no matter what he really did.

@chumorgan443

5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad we got the movie we did.

I watched this on VHS when it first came out and I was about 10 years old. I probably rewatched it dozens of times. It was and remains one of my favorite movies of all time.

@zimriel

4 ай бұрын

yeah Army of Darkness is another one where the producers forced changes upon the script which made it camp-classic and not just an annoying gorefest

@darianstarfrog

3 ай бұрын

Me too, me and my sisters, we would rewind it straight after and start again, over and over..glued everytime.

@Danielson1818

3 ай бұрын

​@@darianstarfrog I watched it so many times that the tape broke. My mom was happy that it was gone, and I wasn't running around in my underwear quoting it anymore. But then my grandpa got me a new copy.

I'm still in love with Gina Davis.

@therealCrazyJake

3 ай бұрын

Geena*

@brucewayne2558

3 ай бұрын

"G"nah

@ShippuudenSeries

23 күн бұрын

I’ve had a crush on her since I was like 7 years old. She’s so gorgeous… 😍

There are a couple subtle hints to the original version in the final cut. One being that when Adam & Barbara first contact Beetlejuice, they have to dig up his coffin. Also, in that same scene Beetlejuice quickly asks Adam "Who do I have to kill?!"

"Scared Sheetless" wold be a great subtitle for the upcoming sequel.

“Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN TIMES AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY TIME I SEE IT!"

Who wold've thought that some fella in Australia would one day decide to make these videos and a fella in Colorado would be so thankful and love them so much that even now his sons since they were kids and are now men are watching them. You're generational Minty! Was busy "with life" for quite a while. Imagine my utter joy when I found you again and it happens to be a Beetlejuice video. I ileterally can't wait for the new one to come out, just so I can see YOUR video on the 10 things I didn't know about that either lol. God Bless ya Minty. From all of us. You're a treasure my friend!

@WesleyScottOfficial

4 ай бұрын

And a guy in Scotland would reply. 🙌

@darianstarfrog

3 ай бұрын

Hey, from New Zealand! 😂

@rodneybiltman2005

3 ай бұрын

Very cool -Cali

I wished they explained Beetlejuice's cause of death. But all the deleted scenes were pretty good. Thanks for the video.

@BruceAlarie

4 ай бұрын

well the stripes might indicate he died in prison long ago like after the bubonic plague

Minty calling early-Beetlejuice "a nasty, monstrous piece of work" makes me think there was more than a grain of truth in Juno's line, "He does not work well with others." 🙂

@zimriel

4 ай бұрын

he was perfect in the movie we got. not maybe entirely evil, but... just too MUCH. like a 13 year old boy on 4chan, now coming onto youtube comments pretending to be 23 and cracking jokes. those jokes are going to weird everyone out.

I think I know why Jane was always wanting to sell the house. Real estate agents make their money on commissions (at least here in the States). So if she lives in a small town, the turnover may be low. And she may not have a huge inventory. So reselling the same house works just as well as sell any other house. Beetlejuice 2 could have been her and Beetlejuice working together to haunt houses. He chases out the current residents. And she sells to the new residents.

@ThePlayTyperGuy

3 ай бұрын

I have interpreted the “they were family” line literally as it makes a lot of other stuff make sense. Jane couldn’t just sell the Maitland house just because they suddenly died. But if she were related to them and it was a family home, it’s certainly possible. The Maitlands also tolerant Jane in a way that reads as “annoying family member who is also a real estate agent and wants to sell their house” than it does just “annoying real estate agent,” who you’d tell to GTFOH eventually.

"This thing reads like stereo instructions."

@Peter-tj5ve

3 ай бұрын

Some people learn better by actually DOING a thing, myself included! Maybe the Maitlands were the same way!?

I just received the DVD of "Beetlejuice" from eBay two days ago and it's been the first time in a long while that I have seen the film. I have forgotten how dark and funny it was and how director Tim Burton was tailor-made for this as well as his actors Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder for their respective characters. I'm hoping that the sequel will be just as imaganitive as its predecessor. 😎👍

Love hearing the versions of these films we got in a alternate timeline.

@skylined5534

5 ай бұрын

In an alternative dimensional version: "Omg why didn't have a snake as the head in the staircase scene? It doesn't look scary at all"😂

The Barber talking endlessly in the afterlife waiting room is confirmed, Betelgeuse was also supposed to have his head popping off from going nuts in a probably deliciously cheesy effect.

Wow, this version seems a lot darker, and would have definitely have given me nightmares. I like that they made Lydia the main focus, and didn't include the younger sister character, as it might have taken time away from her and the Maitlands.

@tonymata8070

5 ай бұрын

The ending song was quite different, too. They wanted Lydia Deetz to slow dance to When a Man Loves a Woman.

I've always wanted an explanation to the Maitlands haunting scenes. When they first try, they are legit scary, but no one can see them. But later in the film they stretch their faces out for Juno, to prove they can scare people (not just perform parlor tricks). Never understood why the two methods were going to have any different results if the living can't see you either way.

@palebeachbum

5 ай бұрын

Excellent point. I never thought about that.

@angelinacamacho8575

5 ай бұрын

its a reference to the peppers ghost effect which is best explained here kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHd4xaxvdrWaedY.htmlsi=9BeEvhz-F3coTbiw I also think at one point they were probably going to just gain the ability to become visible since for a ghost that is very hard to do.

@Peter-tj5ve

3 ай бұрын

Very good point, so why were they able to see Beetlejuice,!? Practice, practice, practice! Obviously, a spirit with experience can MAKE his, or, her, presence known to even the oblivious!

Many fans speculate that the barber rambling outside of Maitland's Hardware store is supposedly talking about Beetlejuice when he was alive. "Bozman built that foundation in 1835... his grandson... he had hair down to his shoulders... he says to me 'just trim it a little' ... (angrily) I took a scissor to his head so fast!"

I like the finished product for Beetlejuice. So glad there were lots of chances to the movie and we got what we got. Tim Burton was smart to make the movie the way he did.

Lydia was not just a goth...she is the original goth!

How neat to see all of the deleted scenes! I agree they should have left the scene of Adam and Barbara hanging out of the window for more context and the scene where Barbara riding the sandworn was more of a plan than circumstance. Beetlejuice is one of my favorite movies. I've loved it since first seeing it as a child back around 1990. I'm really glad they made the changes they did because if they had kept it dark and gruesome, I never would have seen it as a child and never would have desired seeing it as an adult. Tim Burton's playful goth creativity combined with the humor throughout make the movie so enjoyable and memorable all these years later.

You’re definitely right about the deleted sand worm when they’re hanging out of the window. That would have been perfect. Perhaps they ran out of time to complete the effect for that one? I first saw this when I was very young and it was on rental and found it so unlike anything I’d seen before, just like yourself. It is an absolute classic and I think the stop motion stuff makes it better (something I’d want to see in a sequel).

@zimriel

4 ай бұрын

it's also possible they thought that they had already worldbuilt this setting enough

"Universal hated the script finding it too weird." That just makes it feel all the more ironic that they ended up featuring Beetlejuice as a meet and greet character in their parks and gave him his own stage show attraction only after the movie was clearly proven to be a hit for WB. Fittingly enough they even had him crossing over with the Ghostbusters often.

The barber talked himself to death, didn't notice, and kept talking.

You are right about that scene with BJ and the old barber sitting on the couch in the afterlife waiting room. The only thing that would have happened additionally was that BJ's head exploded at some point. Something they later exchanged for his head getting shrunk by the witch doctor. I unfortunately don't own it any longer, but I once had a booklet about the production of the movie in which this deleted scene was described.

In the final cut even Beetlejuice has something to say about Lydia wanting to die. It's not very long but he asks Why? He quickly turns that around to his advantage but as we're shown, no matter how eww he is with the marriage, he has no plans to end her life so even the bad guy is against it. That's kinda wholesome in a way for him.

@zimriel

4 ай бұрын

there was a cartoon, which somewhat redeemed his character. like, he didn't really want to be a pervert anymore, he just wanted some clue as to how to interact with people again. i do say 'somewhat', since it still comes off as weird and groomey.

@angrytheclown801

4 ай бұрын

@@zimriel Yeah, I remember the cartoon. It won an Emmy if I recall correctly. He was a harmless villain at best in that so Lydia could hang out with him without danger, but he was still a jerk with everyone else around him. The original it's just a prank bro.

I remembered the stories about Beetlejuice Goes Hawilian, the concept felt more like an episode of the animated series more then a movie sequel, but hey least we're getting a proper sequel this year

One thing I am really glad for is that we got Michael Keaton. In my opinion, he is a terrific actor, and very underutilized. I am also glad that they didn't make Lydia a cheerleader in the end. I agree that happiness isn't conforming and shedding your identity. Contrary to the stereotype, a lot of Goths are actually fun people. Especially Goth chicks. They tend to be pretty witty.

@MsFreakyPaws

5 ай бұрын

Lydia wasn't being nurtured by her parents and felt rejected, so she and adopted a goth persona, which she shed when her family became more stable and loving. In the Western world, there is no such thing as 'Goths' its just an aesthetic which people wear for their own reasons. Suggesting that 'goth chicks are pretty witty' is a really embarrassing and weird thing to say.

@ZetaReticuli_

5 ай бұрын

@@MsFreakyPaws You just demonstrated that you know zero about Goth culture, and only have an outsiders perspective of it. Being a "normie" doesn't demonstrate a healthy mindset, only that a person is conventional.

I kind of wish there was an original version that was straight up horror. The original script. Two different versions. Well done Minty!!

This movie is a precious memory. Saw it with my Dad.

@mikec6607

5 ай бұрын

My sister took me to see it. I was 10 years old.

Bettlejuice! Bettlejuice! Bettlejuice! I just hope the sequel doesn't disappoint.

@greybush6939

5 ай бұрын

It's not the 80s anymore. Hope you like all CGI special effects and green screen sets!... it's almost guaranteed to suck!

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

5 ай бұрын

@@greybush6939 MOST reboots SUCK, CRASH & BURN. A sequel would be miles better.

@greybush6939

5 ай бұрын

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq I would rather they just leave it alone! It's a great, classic, oddball movie. It doesn't need a reboot or a sequel!

@analogalbacore7166

4 ай бұрын

It will!!

@hoobaguy4311

4 ай бұрын

It will.

UK here.. Hi Minty, listen a while back you were thinking about giving this up. i just want to say, thank you so much for keeping it going. i am mega poor, so much so i can not even get a bank card. crazy here in the UK, since 9/11 you need 6 forms of ID, 3 to prove who you are and 3 to prove your address. when i had my ID i never had a place to live then, when i got a place to live my ID was out of date lol.. dunno why ive let all this out lol.. just wanted to say if i could fund you i would.. love your videos and your style, its uplifting, really really. not well up stairs and your videos help cheer me up so thank you again..

Maybe Jane knows the dark secret behind the house, that's why she keeps trying to sell it ❤

Absolutely love when Minty drops a video 💜

@BruceAlarie

4 ай бұрын

'premieres'---shit 'drops'

Please keep making these types of videos! I look forward to everything that you make!

That version of Beetlejuice is more like Freddy Krueger ❤

Here in the US real estate agents get huge commissions for selling houses. She’s money hungry.

Oh my...what if Lydia's daughter is named Cathy in the sequel?!

I have to say that was one of my favourites when growing up and now the ghost with the most is coming back this year. Thanks for the upload Minty. You’ll have to do workprint or lost versions of The Mask.

A sequel was officially announced on May 10, 2023, with the theatrical release date of September 6, 2024.

Beetle juice 2 should have already been made but you gotta understand that mk was doing clean and sober and I respect him in that movie 💯📜👈❤️😺🤠

Well done research! Thank you! Old Bill the Barber photo is a alternate last scene for Beetlejuice on the couch. You are correct about him freaking out about being left with Bill rambling however, instead of Betelgeuse having his head shrunk by the witch doctor, the film did a throwback to the head spin gag in the graveyard. Betel screams and spins his head off.

Hoping beetlejuice 2 will be just as good, and i am glad jeff jones is not involved.

I hope the actual Beetlejuice sequel is as good as the original, while being its own thing without needing to always go back to the original during the movie just to prop it up.

I use to watch Beetlejuice all day when I was 6 that my dad threw the vhs away because he was tired of seeing it 😂lol

@zimriel

4 ай бұрын

mad respect to my fellow autist

@erinmalone2669

2 ай бұрын

I hope you got another one and live your childhood dream

"It's showtime."

My first favorite movie. When I woke from night terrors, I would watch it on replay my vhs from the bridge scene.

I can’t wait for the new Beetlejuice with Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter! I hope it doesn’t disappoint!!

The Barber: He should have been sitting outside still talking slowly going to a mubbe then dozes off and dies then we see the waiting room where he slowly appears next to Beetlejuice mubbling but the mubble picks back up like a 2nd wind where Beetle can't get a word in edgewise then he snaps.

Can't wait for the new movie. This original one has a special place in my heart and childhood.

Love the videos Minty really enjoy hearing your take on my all time favorite movies👍😀

Bro, I need that shirt 😂. Great video, as always!

Well done, mate! Always admired your style, but this one was really fun and informative. You are a true fan’s fan.

Here's a good idea for future TOP 10 video: *"Jurassic Park: The Versions You've Never Seen"* The original script by Michael Crichton himself was closer to his novel, but a big difference was that John Hammond isn't the cold-hearted businessman as he was in the book nor was he a "jovial mad scientist" as he was in the final film. He was somewhere in the middle, but he did cared enough for his grandkids to distract the Velociraptors that were chasing Tim & Lex Murphy by loudly activating the Visitor Center's Tour Program, resulting in him getting a heroic death. Meanwhile, the 2nd script draft by Malia Scotch Marmo - after Michael Crichton & before David Koepp's final drafts - had Ian Malcolm absent in the story (with his role being giving to Alan Grant & Donald Gennaro); Robert Muldoon & the park staff using a flamethrower on the plants as they growing in a fast rate; the Raptor Pen was just a big hole with a electric mesh on top (like in Disney's *"HERCULES");* and John Hammond gets a pathetic death where he stayed on his island (seeing it as his "Garden of Eden"), only to trip on a slope and fell face first into a tiny puddle, resulting in him dying and a mosquito sucks on his blood.

Jane's future is as an HOA president and her head in everyone's business.

Minty, you rock brother. I've been watching you for years now. Keep up the good work!

I absolutely love the videos on this channel Thank you Minty 🏆

6:37 Thanks to first watching this as a kid (and on VHS), for years I thought Beetlejuice was shooting off Otho's suit to reveal the kind of long underwear they used to wear in the 1920's or something. I couldn't tell it was a different kind of suit.

@ashesbaby266

5 ай бұрын

I thought that as a kid, as well. I realized it by the time I finished high school.

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, no you don't get me that easy, for all you know we'll get one of the alternatives.

You have the best commentating of beloved movies that I have seen in a long while. Keep up the good work.

Hopefully the new beetlejuice will be awesome. But I seriously doubt it just from the last indiana jones

Thanks so much for this video. I learned so much! And this is one of my fave movies of all time! 🖤

This is probably the most interesting well put together video ive seen in a long time , ive never heard of any of this , thanks

Thanks Minty. This was fun & entertaining.

A new fan of this channel. Thank You

Shirt is on point my Brother 🤘

17:01, That certainly explains the Shrunken Head guy's look of horrific desperation :) He doesn't want to be there either!

6:23 because she herself is strange and unusual.

Universal rejected but funny how they used Beetlejuice and the Universal Monster in musical show.

Lydia dying at the end, OH NO NO NO!!! I love how the film played out.

There needs to be a spin off movie for Jane the realtor.

great content as always minty, thanks pal

Minty great video like always never knew there was another version to to this great movie thanks minty .Be safe

This is so good - thanks for doing this, I didn't know most of this.

I gave this a like soon as I saw your shirt 😉 needless to say, the content didn't disappoint either

Minty, Lydia didn't become a cheerleader and give up her identity, she's in a private school uniform.

That’s another really good movie that I enjoyed as a teen, “The Golden Child.” Love it.

Love your content and love your tee shirt!

You should make a video on " THE JERK " with Steve Martin.

My little daughter and I used to watch the cartoon Beetlejuice. No exactly like the film, but pretty fun non-the-less. Now me and my little granddaughter watches the cartoons on DVD! Gottal love it. Looking forward to # 2

Minty you are the man. Always giving us the deep cuts.

I love this movie. Can't wait for part 2 ! xx

Pretty cool there was an alternative version of the movie. Beetlejuice is goofy and fun. Keaton's hilarious in this one.. best character in the script. 👍🏻👍🏻

Goddamit Minty! This is the best damn thing I’ve seen in a while. This is a huge favorite of mine and I’m glad they landed in the movie we got. I’ll admit, the gear realm would have been f-ing awesome! The Saturn realm never connected to me. In either case, a classic! Good job dude!

Love your videos

Love the videos mate keep it up.

Can't wait for the actual sequel!

If you get a chance, listen to the whole soundtrack. Some of Danny Elfman's best.

13:13 I swear to god I saw that scene in a promo for Beetlejuice. I know it's not on any official trailers, but I remember wondering why it didn't make it into the movie.

I read a fanfic where Beetlejuice's backstory is explained further. His line about living through the Black Plague turns into him surviving where his family (wife and little girl) do not. They die, and rather than see their bodies tossed into communal burn pits he simply sets their house on fire and burns it down with their bodies inside, then kills himself because he didn't want to live without them.

I think the idea of the having never-ending zooming out shot, of zooming out from the house to reveal that its actually the model, then showing the real house, then zooming out to reveal that it too is a model of better quality, then over and over again while the ending credits play. This would give the viewers a "wait what?" moment that could create all manners of theories and ideas.

''us help us all always and expose evil always '' GREAT JOB ALL...THANX 4 MAKING Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO the music worldwide. LOVE YOU ALL...!!!....MUCH LOVE.!!

I was always very curious about the desert sandworm dimension when you step out of the door. I assume it's there to lock ghosts into a location but why is that? Does someone choose where they are locked to? Why does time pass differently there? Could you make your way through the desert to a different house exit?

@holdingpattern245

5 ай бұрын

I assume it's only their connection to that house allows their souls to stay in the living world, so if they leave then they go straight into the afterlife?

@rafaelfiallo4123

5 ай бұрын

Time does pass differently in the Sand Worm dimension and when they go to meet Juno.