The “Weird” Appeal of Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Live in this World After spending August discussing Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s Raw follow-up Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s comfort classic Critters (listen), we wrapped up the month with a look at Tim Burton‘s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice! In the film, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) are perfectly content […]

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review – Tim Burton’s Legacy Sequel Is an Overstuffed Halloween Romp

Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, and Michael Keaton reunite with director Tim Burton to venture back into the whimsically macabre realm that made the 1988 classic Beetlejuice an enduring fan favorite. The long-gestating sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, appropriately takes place 30-something years after the Ghost with the Most tried to con his way back to life with […]

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ – 14 Images from Tim Burton’s Sequel

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is likely to strike box office gold when it releases in theaters on September 6, and we’ve rounded up a batch of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice images to help you get ready for another round with the Ghost with the Most. Michael Keaton stars alongside Winona Ryder in this year’s sequel, and the cast also includes Jenna […]

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ – New Posters, New Featurette Video, Tickets On Sale Now

Tim Burton’s sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is headed to theaters on September 6, and Warner Bros. has officially put tickets up for grabs beginning, well, RIGHT NOW! Additionally, a handful of brand new official posters have been released today, along with a 22-minute featurette video wherein the cast reflects on bringing this year’s sequel to life. Check out […]

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ – New Trailer Goes Heavy on Old School Practical Effects!

Almost 40 years after the original classic arrived in theaters, Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is on the way, and Warner Bros. has debuted the brand new trailer today. We had been promised that the upcoming sequel would be relying on old school handcrafted effects as much as possible, and this latest trailer makes it clear that Burton […]

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ – Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder Are Back in First Trailer!

Almost 40 years after the original classic arrived in theaters, Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is on the way, and Warner Bros. has debuted the official teaser trailer today. Watch the teaser trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice below, which is short and sweet enough to get you excited for a return to the Neitherworld without spoiling a damn […]

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‘Pacific Heights’: Fresh Off ‘Batman’, Michael Keaton Went Full Psycho in This ’90s Thriller

It’s Cape Fear meets ‘The Burbs in director John Schlesinger’s (Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man) Pacific Heights. Although you might be fooled by Hanz Zimmer’s score, which sounds a lot more like you’re watching Sexy Beetlejuice than a ’90s thriller. This is pure irony, of course, considering the film stars Beetlejuice himself, Michael Keaton, as a […]

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‘Beetlejuice 2’ – Michael Keaton Teases a Practical, Old School Approach to Tim Burton’s Sequel

Over 35 years later, Tim Burton is hard at work directing Beetlejuice 2, a sequel to the 1980s classic that will bring both Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder back to their roles. Chatting with Empire, Keaton – who is of course reprising the role of Beetlejuice – teases a handmade approach to the upcoming sequel […]

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‘The Flash’ – Character Poster for Michael Keaton’s Batman Takes Us Right Back to 1989

In the wake of last night’s brand new Super Bowl trailer for The Flash, official character posters have been released today. And yes, one of them puts Michael Keaton front and center! Andy Muschietti (Mama, IT, IT: Chapter Two) directed The Flash for DC, and the film will notably bring Keaton‘s Batman/Bruce Wayne back to the screen […]

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‘Knox Goes Away’ – Michael Keaton to Direct and Star in Noir Thriller

Actor Michael Keaton is set to go behind the camera for just the second time in his career for the noir thriller Knox Goes Away. Deadline reports that not only will Keaton direct the thriller, written by Gregory Poirier, but he’s set to star as well. The film “follows a contract killer who, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form […]

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‘Beetlejuice 2’ Talks Surface Again With Brad Pitt Reportedly Producing

We’ve been talking about a potential Beetlejuice 2 for so long now that I won’t believe it’s real until I’m sitting in my local theater watching it, but as Michael Keaton‘s career is once again in an upswing, Beetlejuice 2 has once again surfaced. This latest update comes from a reliable source, Jeff Sneider, who […]

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Michael Keaton Reveals Why He Stopped Playing Bruce Wayne After Tim Burton’s ‘Batman Returns’

All these years later, Michael Keaton is returning to the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Andy Muschietti’s upcoming movie The Flash, a role he helped make famous on the big screen back in 1989 and later 1992 with Tim Burton’s films Batman and Batman Returns. Of course, the role was subsequently passed between several different […]

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The Camp, the Kink, and the Queerness in ‘Batman Returns’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Gay Sewer Gremlin. After closing out November with some Satanists in The Seventh Victim, we kicked off December with the queer-coded antichrist in Fear No Evil before getting into the rape-revenge weeds with David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Now it’s time to really get into the holiday spirit with what may be one of the kinkiest […]

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Michael Keaton’s Batman is Back in First Trailer for Andy Muschietti’s ‘The Flash’! [Video]

“You can go anywhere you want… any timeline… any universe.” Andy Muschietti (Mama, IT, IT: Chapter Two) is directing The Flash for DC, and as we recently learned, the film will bring Michael Keaton‘s Batman/Bruce Wayne back to the screen. Ezra Miller is once again playing the title character in the upcoming WB/DC movie, which will see The Flash travel […]

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