Tim Burton is officially back! After a five-year hiatus following his last film, “Dumbo,” he has returned to the director’s chair with the sequel to the picture that launched his prolific career, “Beetlejuice”.
In this second installment, we catch up with Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz, now 36 years older, who hosts a successful supernatural talk show called Ghost House. During one of the show’s segments, she experiences a brief but eerie vision of Beetlejuice, revealing that the bio-exorcist is far from defeated.
Like its predecessor, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is delightfully bizarre. What starts as a seemingly normal story quickly escalates into ever-crazier territory, culminating in an ending that leaves many viewers confused about the fate of the Deetzes. Here’s an explanation of what Lydia’s wicked dream signifies.
Decoding Lydia’s nightmare: An explanation of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ ending
The ending of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” mirrors that of the original film in many ways. Lydia finds herself once again about to marry the ghost who plagued her adolescence. However, with the aid of a sandworm and the rules from the handbook for the recently deceased, she manages to send the bio-exorcist back to the afterlife.
Afterward, Lydia leaves Ghost House to spend more time with her daughter. They travel to Dracula’s Castle, which was a dream Astrid had with her late father. From Lydia’s perspective, we watch as Astrid falls in love with a young man dressed like the iconic vampire and eventually marries him. The scene takes on a peculiar tone, hinting that something might be wrong.
Suddenly, Astrid is about to have a baby! The moment seems touching and emotional until the child is revealed to be Beetlejuice’s offspring, a detail introduced earlier in the picture. At this point, it becomes clear that Lydia’s experiences can’t be real, and she wakes up not only frightened by her dream but also alarmed to find Beetlejuice beside her in bed, with his presence unmistakably marked on the other side.
This suggests that Lydia hasn’t rid herself of Beetlejuice after all. While Tim Burton has hinted that he’s not currently interested in making a third installment, joking that if he waited another 36 years, he’d be 100 years old and dead, the open ending leaves room for the bio-exorcist to make a return. Despite the Deetzes’ efforts to banish him, Beetlejuice seems to remain very much alive and thriving.
