This new trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice makes a strong argument for never telling your teenage children about your troubled past. As Lydia (Winona Ryder) tries to explain, in all seriousness, her previous encounter with the trickster demon Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega)—clearly unimpressed—just keeps doing the thing. The thing she really shouldn’t do.
Yeah, she says his name three times. Of course she does. And the juice is loose, again, to wreak havoc on the same family and a new generation of moviegoers.
Once it gets past the requisite haunted-child “Day-O,” this trailer … is actually a lot of fun. Stripey sandworms! Spiky bangs! Catherine O’Hara’s perfect face! Justin Theroux struggling to take it all in! And, of course, Michael Keaton having a grand old time. An older, tireder-looking Beetlejuice is somehow, maybe, just what this decade needs?
Here’s the synopsis:
Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is, of course, directed by Tim Burton. The cast also includes Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, and Arthur Conti. Wednesday’s Alfred Gough & Miles Millar wrote the screenplay (Seth Grahame-Smith joins them for story credit; the characters were originally created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson).
The film is in theaters September 6th, because spooky season comes earlier and earlier every year. Not that we’re complaining.
