However, despite a PG-13 already introduced by then,Beetlejuicestill got a PG rating.

Whats for sure is that, ifBeetlejuicewas released today, it would get a PG-13 rating rather than PG.

Beetlejuice Lydia Betelgeuse Barbara Maitland

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Lydia, Charles, Delia Deetz & Otho with Michael Keaton’s Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice 1988

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice stars Michael Keaton as the titular “bio-exorcist”, an obnoxious spirit who specializes in driving living occupants out of homes. When Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die suddenly, they pass into the spirit realm, and must stay in their home. However, in the living world, the Deetz family purchases the house and moves in, prompting the Maitlands to enlist the help of Beetlejuice to drive them away.

Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Geena Davis, and Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice

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Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice stars Michael Keaton as the titular “bio-exorcist”, an obnoxious spirit who specializes in driving living occupants out of homes. When Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die suddenly, they pass into the spirit realm, and must stay in their home. However, in the living world, the Deetz family purchases the house and moves in, prompting the Maitlands to enlist the help of Beetlejuice to drive them away.

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