Halloween Movie : Beetlejuice

"Lets turn on the juice & see what shakes loose."

Beetlejuice is a 1988 movie directed by Tim Burton. The movie starts with a childless couple planning to spend their summer re-decorating their home. The couple soon meet with an unfortunate accident & drown. They find a book waiting for them at home - Handbook for the recently Deceased- & realize they're dead. The house is soon occupied by another family,who have a daughter named Lydia-a dark circles,funeral clothes wearing,depressed Lydia who can see them while other people "won't" see them. They find a pamphlet in their Handbook to call upon Betelgeuse-a crazy bio exorcist,whom you will love yet despise-to drive the new residents out of their house. They call upon him despite being warned by their after-life Case Worker not to.

The movie is a classic Tim Burton-huge worms,crazy people,colorful yet grim settings-quirky & fun. The makeup & special effects-though outdated now-are excellent for the 80s. The movie doesn't bore you at any point & flows on seamlessly. A MUST see for Halloween.

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Hansel & Gretel : Movie Review

Let me start off by saying Hansel & Gretel is not a horror movie - although it is marketed as one - nor is it a fairytale. It falls somewhere in between.

Hansel & Gretel is a Korean film directed by Yim Pil-Sung. The movie starts out well, gripping the viewers attention right from the start. The movie's protagonist Eunsu, meets with an accident on a deserted highway. When he regains consiousness a pretty girl named Younghee invites him to her house - a beautiful cottage in the middle of a forest - where she stays with her parents and two siblings. The cottage is every child's dream come true. Everything seems too perfect at first, but then he starts noticing little kinks in the perfection - the parents seem fidgety & nervous, one of the kids-Manbok seems to have a terrible temper & no matter how much he tries to get out of the forest, he keeps coming back to the cottege.

Things spiral downward when he wakes up one day to find a letter from the parents asking him to take care of the kids till they come back. The movie is visually stunning with great acting. It's a great take on the Hansel & Gretel story by the Grimm Brothers.

Viewers expecting a typical Asian Horror will be disappointed.

Stars : ***/5