Beetlejuice (1988): 20 Insane Facts You Never Knew!

From a $15 million budget nobody believed in to breaking box office records, the story behind the 1988 cult classic is just as wild as the film itself. We're counting down 20 crazy facts you probably never knew — including why almost every cast member said NO, how a talk show host accidentally solved one of the movie's most iconic scenes, and the shocking original ending that would have changed everything. Did you know Michael Keaton improvised up to 90% of his lines? Or that the studio nearly renamed the film "Scared Sheetless"? There's a lot more where that came from. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a video like this one! 0:00 Intro 0:53 Kirstie Alley 1:36 Glenn Shadix's Funeral 2:34 Shrimp Hands 3:30 Winona Ryder 4:22 Keaton's Performance 5:20 The Film Nobody Believed In 6:31 Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian 7:24 Catherine O'Hara's Husband 8:14 The Nose 9:03 Anjelica Huston 9:51 NO 10:44 Jack Skellington 11:40 Netflix's First 12:28 The Original Ending 13:27 Day-O 14:31 Horror Implications 15:33 Keaton's Improv 16:37 Alec Baldwin's Career 17:34 Sammy David Jr.? 18:25 Scared Sheetless