With the hotly anticipated Beetlejuice sequel finally in cinemas – 36 years after the original – fans appear to have all reached the same verdict on the new Tim Burton movie. In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the wise-cracking, self-proclaimed ‘Ghost with the Most’ (Michael Keaton) is back once more after three generations of the Deetz family return to their house in Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy. And by ‘the same’, it really couldn’t be closer after an incredible turn of events on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.
For fans who have flocked to see Beetlejuice 2 already have awarded it highly so far with an excellent score of 82% , at the time of publication, on the platform’s audience reaction scale now known as the Popcornmeter. Co-incidentally, that is exactly the same score the audience gave the first Beetlejuice film on Rotten Tomatoes too – 82%. Over 250,000 fans have so far shared their rating for the original, while on its third day of international wide release, it’s over 5,000 audience members for the sequel.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video The sequel sees Lydia Deetz’s ( Winona Ryder ) life then turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega) , discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened, releasing Betelgeuse once more. Fans have praised the new quirky.