Rule Number Two: the living usually won't see the dead

Date: Wednesday 31st October
Film: Beetlejuice (1988)
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Michael Keaton
Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes
Rating 9/10

It's Hallowe'en therefore it is only appropriate that the movie choice is something a little bit spoooooky.

After finding myself bereft at discovering (more than halfway through) that Film 4 was showing the The Addams Family (which, as an aside, I am really miffed that I cannot seem to find on DVD in any region), I reached for my staple Hallowe'en movie; Beetlejuice, another example of Tim Burton being brilliant.I did intend to double bill this with the other great Hallowe'en movie, Hocus Pocus, but time ran away from me - I should have picked a quicker dinner.

Beetlejuice is brilliant. Yes, it is a little dated, but the bright colours and brilliant stop motion and puppetry do add a sense of fantasy to the story.

I will admit that I have a really big soft spot for Tim Burton's early films, and this is just another example why, when working with great material, Burton can excel as a filmmaker.

Challenge Day: 38
Challenge Time: 1 day 22 hours 04 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 26