1. The archetypal publication for Beetlejuice was acold much sinister than the acheronian drama it yet became, with the pb relation being "much much scabrous," according to screenwriter Laurence Senelick, who came up with the archetypal communicative with horror novelist Michael McDowell. Beetlejuice was slated to beryllium a homicidal demon, the Maitlands died a horrific decease and the Deetzes had 2 daughters, not one, successful the archetypal draft.

"Everybody wanted to ain it," Senelick told The Ringer of trying to merchantability the task to a studio. "Nobody wanted to marque it."

2. Though Warner Bros. yet bought the movie, they wanted to alteration its rubric to House Ghosts. The sanction Scared Sheetless was besides considered aft then-29-year-old manager Tim Burton jokingly offered it arsenic an alternative. 

3. The character's existent sanction is Betelgeuse, which is based connected a prima that is in the aforesaid constellation arsenic Orion.

4. Burton's archetypal prime for the titular quality was Sammy Davis Jr. earlier shaper David Geffen suggested Michael Keaton for the role.

5. But erstwhile Keaton archetypal approached astir the project, helium turned it down, contempt liking Burton. "I didn't recognize what helium was talking about," Keaton told Charlie Rose successful 2014. "I said, 'I privation I could bash it, you look similar a truly bully feline and I cognize you're creative, but I don't get it.'"

6. Despite his reservations, Keaton met with the manager 2 much times, his involvement piqued by Burton saying the quality "exists successful each times and spaces." So, the aboriginal Batman prima met with the wardrobe section and brought his imaginativeness of the bio-exorcist to life, including covering from each antithetic clip periods,  the mold, the teeth, the locomotion and hairsbreadth "that looked similar I stuck my manus successful an electrical outlet."

When helium showed up connected acceptable successful the last look, Keaton admitted, "I thought, 'This is going to beryllium mode disconnected the mark,'" but, to his surprise, Burton "got it immediately." 

7. Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane, Justine Bateman, Molly Ringwald, Juliette Lewis and Jennifer Connelly were each considered for the relation of goth teen Lydia.

7. The determination yet came down to Winona Ryder and Alyssa Milano.

"It was betwixt the 2 of us, and she really got the part," Milano revealed to HuffPost Live successful 2016. "You ever wonderment what would person happened otherwise successful my beingness had that worked out, not that I would privation it to beryllium immoderate different, but it's conscionable an absorbing thought game."

Burton yet chose Ryder aft seeing her show in Lucas.

9. Angelica Huston was initially formed arsenic Delia Deetz, but had to driblet retired of the movie owed to an illness. The Addams Family prima was replaced by Catherine O'Hara, who met and yet joined accumulation decorator Bo Welch while moving connected Beetlejuice.

10. Though helium yet signed connected to play Adam Deetz, Alec Baldwin aboriginal admitted to GQ helium had concerns astir the interaction the task would person connected his career.

"When we did Beetlejuice, I had nary thought what it was about," Baldwin said. "I thought my, each of our, careers are going to extremity with the merchandise of this film. Maybe we're each going to beryllium dead."

11. Burton encouraged his actors to improvise portion filming, a directive Keaton peculiarly enjoyed.

"You amusement up connected the acceptable and conscionable spell f--kin' nuts," the Oscar victor told Rolling Stone. "It was rave acting. You rage for 12 oregon 14 hours; past you spell location bushed and bushed and exhausted. It was beauteous damned cathartic."

12. While the meal enactment series acceptable to "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" went connected to go 1 of the film's astir celebrated scenes, the archetypal program was to usage a R&B song. But histrion Jeffrey Jones said each of the picks, including "When A Man Loves a Woman," were excessively expensive. "Every clip idiosyncratic heard the words 'David Geffen,'" shaper Marjorie Lewis told The Ringer, "they raised the price."

13. Ultimately, it was O'Hara and her co-star Jeffrey Jones who suggested calypso music, with Harry Belafonte's 1956 opus being selected. "I deliberation it was similar $300 to bash it?" Jones explained to Pitchfork. 

Though Belafonte initially thought the movie sounded unusual, helium agreed to springiness the producers the opus aft helium learned they would beryllium utilizing his archetypal mentation alternatively than the galore covers that had been released by different artists, explaining, "I ne'er had a petition similar that before." 

14. In the archetypal ending, a large quality died, producer Larry Wilson revealed to Yahoo. 

"Our archetypal ending was Lydia—she died successful a occurrence and was capable to articulation Barbara and Adam successful the afterlife," Wilson said. "A mates of radical said to us, 'Do you truly deliberation that's a bully idea? Is that truly the connection you privation to beryllium sending to the teenagers of the world? Die successful a fire?' So, yeah, it astir apt was darker."

15. While he's the rubric character, Keaton appears successful little than 18 minutes of the movie. 

16. When Netflix.com launched successful 1998, the archetypal DVD the work shipped to customers was Beetlejuice.

17. Made for conscionable $13 million, Beetlejuice went connected to gross $75 cardinal successful the U.S. and spawned an animated bid and a signifier amusement astatine Universal Studio taxable park. It besides won the Academy Award for Best Makeup successful 1989. 

18. Burton initially conceived of a sequel titled Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, hiring Jonathan Gems to constitute a publication that would spot the Deetz household opening a tropical resort. When they observe that the spot was built connected the burial crushed of an past Hawaiian Kahuna, they erstwhile again find themselves successful request of Beetlejuice's services. While Keaton and Ryder signed on, the task ne'er came to a fruition.

19. After years of rumors, a sequel was officially announced successful February 2022, with Plan B Entertainment producing alongside Warner Bros., and Keaton and Ryder reprising their roles. 

20. In March 2023, it was reported that Burton would beryllium re-teaming with Jenna Ortega arsenic the Wednesday prima was being considered for a relation successful the sequel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ortega volition beryllium playing Lydia's daughter.