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Beetlejuice Revisited

Beetlejuice Revisited

With Tim Burton’s much-belated sequel to his 1988 smash about to hit cinemas, how does the original hold up?

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Warning: Contains spoilers

With rare exceptions, legacy sequels generally prove superfluous to requirements. What fate will befall Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s nearly four-decade belated sequel to his 1988 supernatural horror comedy? We’ll find out next month, but in the meantime, it seems appropriate to take another look …

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