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"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" & "Strange Darling"

From left: Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024); Willa Fitzgerald as The Lady in Strange Darling (2024).
From left: Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024); Willa Fitzgerald as The Lady in Strange Darling (2024).

Movies designed to give us night chills come in all shapes and sizes, each one attempting to play to the various dark paths our individual imaginations tend to follow. On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss two films that explore far different notions of fear-mongering—one a long-awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy-horror exercise Beetlejuice, the other a delving into the mind of a serial killer titled Strange Darling.

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  • “Strange Darling” is a violent thriller that shows a tete-a-tete between a killer and a potential victim, and it’s already developing a cult following. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a stylish, twisty film that’s a lot of fun to watch unfold.
  • “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” represents a return to fun for Tim Burton and Michael Keaton, Dan Webster says in his review.