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Beetlejuice : The Maitlands are Brought Back

Using the Handbook for the Recently Deceased, Otho (Glenn Shadix) performs a ritual to bring the Maitlands back to the world of the living. Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) rise into their wedding clothes, but they quickly become shriveled, Barbara's hand even crumbling when Adam tries to hold it. Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) exclaims that this is killing them, and Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones) asks Otho to stop, to which he replies, "It's too late." Lydia runs off.

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backlighting, close-up, color, costume, high angle, lighting, low angle, low-key lighting, medium close-up, point-of-view shot, reaction shot, tilt, visual effects

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, LGBTQ: Queer Coding, White: White American

"The Maitlands are Brought Back" in Beetlejuice. Directed by Tim Burton, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1988, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3444

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Adrien Reetz

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