Beetlejuice (1988)

  It's been so long since I've seen this movie from start to finish.  It's still awesome.  Some of the effects are a little grainier than I remember, and hi-def is not doing those foam pieces any favors but this is still a great movie.

Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) are just a normal couple enjoying life...until they drive off a bridge and die.  Trapped in their house as spirits, there is nothing they can do when New York family, the Deetzes, move in and start "remodeling".  Delia (Catherine O'Hara) fancies herself an artist and, with the help of her decorator Otho (Glenn Shadix), proceeds to gut the Maitlands' house.  Her husband Charles (Jeffrey Jones) just wants a place to relax after his nervous breakdown, and goth child Lydia (Winona Ryder) hates everything on principle.  Adam and Barbara do their best to frighten the living, but it's no good as only Lydia can even see them.  In desperation, they turn to bio-exorcist Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) but find the cost to be higher than expected.

Michael Keaton is amazingly scuzzy as the ghost with the most and, holy shit, remember when Alec Baldwin was skinny?  He's like a beanpole here. 

This is a must-own.  If you don't like this movie, we can't be friends.

Oh, and FYI:  this is my 800th post.