Genna Davis was one of the most reliable in BeetlejuiceBut one major twist near the end of the movie perfectly honored her horror legacy with a reference to a 38-year-old movie. Joining the trend of long-awaited sequels is BeetlejuiceWhich finally got a sequel over 30 years after the first movie was released. Simply titled BeetlejuiceThe sequel has Tim Burton back as director, with Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton and Catherine O’Hara reprising their roles as Lydia, Beetlejuice and Delia respectively, and they are joined by new characters.
Beetlejuice Delia, Lydia, and youngest daughter Astrid (Jena Ortega) return to Winter River after Charles Dates’ death. However, when Astrid is tricked into crossing into the netherworld, Lydia has no choice but to call Beetlejuice for help. Beetlejuice agrees on the condition that Lydia finally marry him, which will not only break his curse, but also keep him away from his vengeful ex-wife, Delores (Monica Bellucci). At the time of these events, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Davis) have already moved onHowever Beetlejuice 2 Still found a way to honor Geena Davis.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s birth scene referred to Geena Davis in The Fly
Geena Davis went through a similar nightmare on the fly
Geena Davis was not a newcomer when she was adopted BeetlejuiceAnd her most notable project at the time was the 1986 sci-fi body horror movie The flight. Directed by David Cronenberg and based on the 1957 short story of the same name by George Langelaan, The flight Tells the story of Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), an eccentric scientist Working on a machine that will allow instantaneous teleportation between two pods. Seth meets Ronnie Quaife (Davis), a science journalist who helps Seth keep a record of his new invention. Soon, Seth and Ronnie begin a relationship.
However, when Seth tries to teleport himself, unaware that a housefly is in the pod with him, He mistakenly connects with the fly at the molecular genetic level. This causes him to gradually transform into a flying monster creature, and although Ronnie initially cannot bring himself to kill him, the set/fly creature silently begs her to end his suffering. To make it all the more tragic, Ronnie is pregnant with Seth’s childAnd before she tries to get an abortion, she has a nightmare about their child.
Beetlejuice Didn’t have Gena Davis back, but one scene near the end of the movie references Ronnie’s nightmare in The flight.
in it, Ronnie gave birth to a giant maggotMuch to her, the doctors and her ex-boyfriend’s horror. Beetlejuice Didn’t have Gena Davis back, but one scene near the end of the movie references Ronnie’s nightmare in The flight. at the end of BeetlejuiceLydia travels to Dracula’s Castle with Astrid, where the latter meets a young man named Vlad.
Astrid and Vlad get married and Astrid gives birth to her first child… who turns out to be the monstrous Beetlejuice baby from before. The sequence is revealed to be Lydia’s nightmare, and it is reminiscent of Ronnie’s maggot one – except Astrid is happy when she sees her strange child.
Why Geena Davis Wasn’t in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin were the biggest absences from Beetlejuice 2
Before Beetlejuice was released, there was much speculation as to why Davis and Baldwin did not return as Barbara and Adam Maitland. From a practical point of view, the Maitlands aren’t supposed to age, so bringing Davis and Baldwin back would have required aging them somehow. however, Tim Burton’s reasons for not including the Maitlands in Beetlejuice More about the story.
spoke to PeopleBurton explains that he did not want to simply “tick boxes”, and although the Maitlands are a key part of BeetlejuiceThe focus of the sequel was on something else. Burton shared that the heart of Beetlejuice Is the three generations of womenThus, there was no longer any room for the Maitland.
How Beetlejuice Beetlejuice honors the Maitlands
Beetlejuice 2 did not forget about the Maitlands
The Maitlands do not appear in BeetlejuiceBut the movie does not forget about them. Lydia explains that they found a noose At the point they forced to stay in their house for 125 years and finally moved on, but Adam’s city model is still in the attic. Beetlejuice‘s opening scene has a subtle Easter egg to honor de Maitlands, as the camera flies through the model of the city and Adam and Barbara’s figures can be seen in it with a model of their car in the river.
This also confirmed that the Maitlands stayed with the deceased for a while, and Their relationship with Lydia was key to her building her career as a medium and host of her own supernatural talk show. As beloved as the Maitlands were, Beetlejuice They were not needed, and they were given a good ending.