Beetle Juice Page #2

Year:
1988
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Is this a punishment?

What are we going to do?

We're not completely helpless.

I've been reading that book and there's

a word for people in our situation.

Ghosts!

Let's get this show on the road.

We're dealing with

negative entertainment potential.

There's absolutely no organic flow through.

I noticed that, too.

It's like a giant ant farm.

- What?

- I thought I saw something.

You've read my mind.

- I did?

- So few clients are able to read my mind.

They're not open to the experience.

My God!

We just have to pray the other closets

are bigger than this one.

Look!

Ozzie and Harriet.

- What happened to these people?

- They died.

Look, an indoor outhouse.

- Viridian.

- Viridian. Why do I know that name?

Blue-green!

Hydrated chromic oxide.

Remember, I'm schooled in chemistry.

I was a hair analyst.

- What?

- Briefly.

Deliver me from L.L. Bean.

I know what you two are up to and

you're not going to get away with it!

This is not working out.

I will not stop living and breathing art

just because you need to relax.

I'm here with you. I'll live with you

in this hellhole.

But I must express myself. If I can't

gut this house and make it my own...

...I will go insane

and I will take you with me!

Yeah. Well, maybe the house

could use a little remodeling.

But why don't you just leave

this room alone, okay?

Okay.

I'll get her.

So?

Once you cover the wallpaper, knock down

a few walls, this place might be livable.

- What's on the third floor?

- Attic space.

I forgot to lock the attic door.

- Did you feel something?

- When?

- You don't have a key?

- Maybe Charles does.

I have a feeling there's something

very interesting behind this door.

Yeah, the ghosts of the people who died

in this house, and they want us out!

Let's do them a favor.

My God, that was close!

I cannot watch this.

What's the good of being a ghost

if you can't frighten people away?

- Honey?

- No, I'm not putting up with this!

- You don't know what's out there.

- I don't care.

Barbara!

Adam!

Adam, help. I'm getting all yellow!

We're trapped in this house

with those people.

I can't believe we're eating Cantonese.

Is there no Szechwan up here?

I plan to have a stroke from the amount

of MSG in this food.

This is our first meal in this house,

so let's try to make it a pleasant one.

Don't bait your mother.

When we get settled, we'll build you

a darkroom in the basement.

My whole life is a darkroom.

One big dark room.

You were miserable in New York City,

and you'll be miserable in the sticks.

At least someone's life

hasn't been upheaved.

I'm happy here. Those people in New York

don't know what they're missing.

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Michael McDowell

Michael McEachern McDowell (June 1, 1950 – December 27, 1999) was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today". His most well-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice. more…

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