Before Helena Bonham-Carter, there was Winona Ryder.
Before Johnny Depp, Tim Burton really liked Michael Keaton (Batman) and they made this rather bizzare film.
Plot: Two folks-the Maitlands, living in an American hamlet, die. A little while later a teenage girl and her big city parents move in to their house and start making changes. All would be fine, except the original tenants are reluctant to leave and decide to haunt the gaff. Turns out the city folk don't scare too easy and the Maitlands are rubbish ghosts (nice bed sheets) so they have to enlist the services of a professional, cue Mr Keaton.
This film is quite possibly one of Burton's best and for the sake of a couple of others, he maybe ought to have stopped here. Sandworms, men with shrunken heads and an awesome soundtrack make for a cult/fantasy/comedy/ghost story that fills all the criteria.
Well worth every minute.
I guilted my girlfriend into buying it for me when I was ill one year...best moaning I ever did.
Budget: $15,000,000
Gross: $73,707,461
Fun Fact: An animated television series ran between 1989 and 1991. There was of course talk of a sequel, Bettlejuice goes Hawaiian. Sadly Batman Returns took pride of place and despite a few attempts, Winona got too old and Burton became obsessed with Johnny.
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