3 Things You Didn't Know About Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE That'll Make You Squeal

Squeal like a pig, actually. I know I did.

BEETLEJUICE came out in an age where horror and comedy could never mix, and yet somehow Tim Burton did it with the breakout hit that was to be about a goofy perverted ghost with a messed-up name. The rest was history as Tim Burton became a household name among the annuls of spirited and ambient filmmaking of the dark fantastic kind --

Which Is Why We Celebrate the Ghost With the Most and These Three Most Recent Surprises We Have in Store for You (and Possibly One More Below)

Aside from the cartoon that was released, BEETLEJUICE may have ended up just a cult classic, but then recently resurfaced in the news of entertainment for good reason. Here's why:

• Some Shocking News About the Character Lydia -- Stop asking as to why news is cropping up about the production of BEETLEJUICE back in the day and just read this. It'll shock you.
• The Movie Had an Original Title -- Crazy, right? Click here to find out what that title was.
• A New "Story" of the Same Film Will Premier in October, 2018! -- What? Seriously? That makes no sense, though.... What the heck does that mean? You have to read this right now to know what we're talking about.

About as shocking as a Beetlejuice snake from a staircase or an otherworldly sandworm. But all we can say is we dig it.

That's Not All, Though: Apparently the Producer Was Interviewed at Length Recently About a Lot of Stuff

And this last one was kind of funny: he did say about how difficult it was for that one Day-O dinner scene to be filmed with the puppeteers under the table, grabbing the actors by the face and thrusting them back.

Not an easy feat since the puppeters had no way to know where the actors were as they sat. Of course, the actor who played Bernard, Delia's art agent, had a surprising suggestion on how to successfully film it:

Just film that particular part of the scene backwards! ....Smart.