A sequel to Beetlejuice, once again starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, is spooking theaters 36 years after the original. With Keaton’s troublemaking bio-exorcist and the family he once frightened returning to screens, you can get reacquainted with the ghost with the most by watching the 1988 original at home.
The 2024 Tim Burton-directed follow-up, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, will exhume the comedy and horror on Sept. 6. Newcomers to the freakishly stacked cast include Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, Willem Dafoe and Jenna Ortega, who’s playing Astrid, the teenage daughter of Ryder’s Lydia Deetz. The fantasy film reunites the Deetz family with Winter River, Connecticut, and, inevitably, the untrustworthy spirit Betelgeuse.
According to CNET reviewer Aaron Pruner, it’s worth hanging around in Beetlejuice’s afterlife for “the chemistry between the cast, the onslaught of visual gags, Tim Burton’s signature world-building and the steady stream of horror.” If you’re waiting to watch the scary successor, here’s how to stream the first Beetlejuice.
How to watch Beetlejuice (1988)
It’s showtime if you have a subscription to Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service Max. The movie is available on-demand at no additional cost in the US.
If you don’t have access to a Max account, you have a few options. The ad-supported version of the streamer is available for free to DashPass annual plan subscribers and Cricket Wireless customers on the $60-per-month unlimited plan. Max offers a student discount, and you can also get a bundle of Max, Disney Plus and Hulu, which saves money over paying for all three services separately.Â
Otherwise, Max costs $10 per month for the ad-supported version and $17 or $21 per month for the versions without ads. The first Beetlejuice is also available to rent digitally for around $4 at Amazon and Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu). Â
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