Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.
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Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse |
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Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland |
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Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland |
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Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz |
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Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz |
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Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz |
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Glenn Shadix as Otho |
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Sylvia Sidney as Juno |
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Patrice Martinez as Receptionist |
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Dick Cavett as Bernard |
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Robert Goulet as Maxie Dean |
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Maree Cheatham as Sarah Dean |
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Susan Kellermann as Grace |
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Carmen Filpi as Messenger |
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Annie McEnroe as Jane Butterfield |
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Rachel Mittelman as Little Jane Butterfield |
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Hugo Stanger as Old Bill |
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Maurice Page as Ernie |
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J. Jay Saunders as Moving Man #1 |
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Mark Ettlinger as Moving Man #2 |
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Cindy Daly as 3-Fingered Typist |
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Tony Cox as Preacher |
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Duane Davis as Very Dumb Football Player |
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Simmy Bow as Janitor |
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Adelle Lutz as Beryl |
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Harry Belafonte as The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Charles Schneider as The Hanging Man (uncredited) |
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Christine Bridges as Dancer at Dantes (uncredited) |
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Jack Angel as Preacher (voice) |
Sound | Warren Hamilton Jr. | Sound Editor |
Directing | Tim Burton | Director |
Production | Michael Bender | Producer |
Production | Richard Hashimoto | Producer |
Production | Larry Wilson | Producer |
Sound | Danny Elfman | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Thomas E. Ackerman | Director of Photography |
Editing | Jane Kurson | Editor |
Production | Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
Production | Jane Jenkins | Casting |
Art | Bo Welch | Production Design |
Art | Tom Duffield | Art Direction |
Art | Catherine Mann | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Ve Neill | Makeup Artist |
Writing | Michael McDowell | Story |
Writing | Michael McDowell | Screenplay |
Writing | Larry Wilson | Story |
Writing | Warren Skaaren | Screenplay |
Sound | David M. Ronne | Production Sound Mixer |
Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
Sound | Mark Pappas | Sound Editor |
Sound | David E. Stone | Sound Editor |
Sound | John B. Schuyler | Boom Operator |
Camera | Jane O'Neal | Still Photographer |
Directing | Carol Sevilla | Script Supervisor |
Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunt Coordinator |
Crew | Joe Day | Special Effects |
Crew | William Lee Scott | Special Effects |
Crew | Michael Cassidy | Stunts |