A few interesting quirks to note.
The late Michael Gough portrayed Alfred in Warner Bros' initial Batman film series.
Going further, Christopher Walken was originally offered the role of Wolf Jackson.
Walken played Max Shreck in Batman Returns, with made-for-film character's name paying homage to Nosferatu's Max Schreck.
Michael Keaton - Betelgeuse
Winona Ryder - Lydia Deetz
Catherine O'Hara - Delia Deetz
Jenna Ortega - Astrid Deetz
Justin Theroux - Rory
Monica Bellucci - Delores
Willem Dafoe - Wolf Jackson
Arthur Conti - Jeremy
Summary
Psychic mediator Lydia Deetz hosts paranormal TV series Ghost House with her manager Rory.
After she's told by Delia that Charles was killed after a shark literally bit his head off, Lydia returns to Winter River for father's funeral.
During which, Rory proposes to Lydia, which goes down like a lead balloon with her estranged teenage daughter Astrid, who soon befriends a boy called Jeremy.
Meanwhile in the Afterlife, Betelgeuse learns his soul sucking ex-wife Delores is still pissed at him for denying her immortality.
Jeremy (who is actually a murderous ghost), tricks Astrid into entering the Afterlife so he can use her body to become human again.
Out of desperation, Lydia summons Betelgeuse and agrees to marry him, on the condition that he helps prevent Astrid from boarding the "Soul Train".
Unpacked trauma
First off, title doesn't make any fucking sense, as name must be repeated three times.
Anyway, unnecessary sequel was a menace to humanity, stuffed with horrible characters and pointless subplots, equating to an absolute mess.
Keaton is inevitably the positive, but performance felt subdued, and notably less vulgar.
And yeah, I know it was 36 years ago.
Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) were due to cameo at the end, but it was decided that no amount of de-aging would be convincing.
Fair enough.
Lydia says they found a loophole to move on.
We all know why Jeffrey Jones didn't reprise role, so the amount of screen time 'character' gets is frankly disgusting (rather like his crime).
In the beginning, Bellucci is briefly in pieces, but body parts coming together make her complete.
Ignoring stapler and obvious Frankenstein nod, principle blatantly rips off the Jangly Man from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Finally, closing sequence is absolutely BIZARRE.
Against Pino Donaggio's theme for Carrie (1976), Astrid marries Jeremy and then gives birth to Betelgeuse's child in hospital, with infant climbing on the ceiling.
I appreciate nightmare is probably a Trainspotting reference, but shit couldn't be more out of place if it tried.
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