Symbols and Tropes
The Handbook for the Recently Deceased
Life doesn't come with instructions. Fortunately, death is different.When Adam and Barbara die, they come back to their house to find some strange things are happening. Among them is the appearance...
Model Town
No town is perfect—unless that town happens to be a model town.Beetlejuice opens with a long shot panning over an idyllic small New England town. It's only at the end of that shot that we realize...
Sandworms
Life is short and then you die… and discover giant two-headed sandworms lurking in parallel dimensions outside your door. The dead just can't catch a break.Adam and Barbara figure out as soon as...