Saturn appears in the film as a type of limbo, or to be more exact, a vast, endless desert filled with sand dunes and massive brown structures of different shapes reaching skyward and which is inhabited by sandworms. Adam and Barbara arrive here when they try to leave their home by 'normal' means after their death.

What are the Saturn worms in Beetlejuice?

The Sandworms live on a world referred to by Betelgeuse as "Saturn". Another name for it is "Sandwormland" in a region of the Neitherworld. It is sort of a "Forbidden Zone". They live in sand their entire lives, occasionally invading other parts of the Neitherworld as well as the Real World.

What happens if a sandworm eats you in Beetlejuice?

A thwarted Beetlejuice was eaten by a giant sandworm that sent him back to the afterlife waiting room.

How did they make the sandworm in Beetlejuice?

The piece is made of foam-filled latex and a braid of metal wire runs inside the body to act as an inner support. The skin of the puppet was textured for realism. The puppet is made as one solid piece, with the dorsal fin held in place by a small inner wire and is painted with Burton's signature stripe motif.

Are the sandworms in Beetlejuice a dune reference?

Finally, Graboids are much smaller than Shai-Hulud, only growing up to about 10 meters in length. The Graboids in Tremors, as well as Star Wars's space slugs and Beetlejuice's sandworms, all carry similarities to the gargantuan sandworms featured in Frank Herbert's Dune and its film adaptations.

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Why do the worms protect the spice?

Like these dragons, the sandworms of Arrakis will attack anyone who attempts to take the treasure that is spice from the desert sands, as if they were guarding it. (The sandworms actually do not care for the spice as it is waste matter, they're just very territorial.)

What is the sand snake in Beetlejuice?

Sandworms are large snake-like monsters and one of them appeared as the secondary antagonist in the movie Beetlejuice. They are a type of creature that lives on Titan, a dusty moon for Saturn.

Why does Beetlejuice want to marry Lydia?

Feeling alone and betrayed again, Beetlejuice talks with his clones about how he wants to leave the house to finally connect with people now that he can be seen. To achieve this, he decides to trick Lydia into marrying him, which will allow him to roam free in the living world ("That Beautiful Sound" (reprise)).

How did they get rid of Beetlejuice in the movie?

The Maitlands intervene before the ceremony is completed, with Barbara riding a sandworm through the house to devour Beetlejuice. Finally, the Deetzes and Maitlands agree to live in harmony within the house. Beetlejuice is stuck in the afterlife waiting room.

What did the worms eat Dune?

Instead, the worms feed on microscopic sand plankton that exist throughout the desert planet. The plankton feed on traces of melange in the sand which can create the illusion that sandworms are drawn to the spice, but they are actually only interested in the plankton.

What happened to the house at the end of Beetlejuice?

Beetlejuice has a pretty upbeat ending, considering the protagonists are dead. Lydia has just scored an A on the math test and the Maitlands and Deetzes are living happily together in their newly restored New England cottage.

How does Beetlejuice save the Maitlands?

Lydia has to marry him. Beetlejuice saves Adam and Barbara who, in turn, save Lydia from Beetlejuice, and expel him to the afterlife's tedious waiting room. The Deetz's can now see Adam and Barbara and the two families live in harmony. Barbara and Adam Maitland are the happiest, most loving, perfect couple.

Are sandworms edible?

Chả rươi (sand worm omelette) is a Vietnamese dish made from the polychaete worm Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus; it is a delicacy of some provinces in Northern Vietnam. The dish is prepared from live sand worms, which are put in hot water to remove their tentacles, and then mixed with raw egg.

What kind of ghost is Beetlejuice?

Though there was no attempt to hide the fact that Betelgeuse was not meant to be a nice character, even the heroes who summoned him knew that he was, pretty much, a demon.

Who is the demon named Betelgeuse?

Betelgeuse is based on the character from the same name from the film Beetlejuice, created by Tim Burton and interpreted by Michael Keaton. The character is named for the eighth brightest star visible in the night sky, Betelgeuse, the second brightest star in the constellation of Orion.

What does Juno tell the Maitlands about Betelgeuse?

She warns the Maitlands not to summon Beetlejuice, but to scare the Deetzs out of their house themselves, because Betelgeuse "does not work well with others". She now uses the Receptionist as a new assistant. She was seen much later in the film, when she was dealing with the deaths of the Football Players.

Why is Lydia suicidal in Beetlejuice?

But Lydia's obsession with the dead does have a bit of a downside. She gets so sad and disgusted with her parents at one point that she decides to commit suicide so that she can join the Maitlands: LYDIA: He told me that if I let him out he would take me to the other side to find you. BARBARA: No, Lydia, we're dead.

What did Beetlejuice do before he died?

We know that Beetlejuice used to work as the assistant to the caseworker Juno, which means he killed himself, since all undead civil servants committed suicide. Beetlejuice was Bozman, and he killed himself after his building was completed in 1835.

How long were the Maitlands dead?

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In the original movie, Barbara conjured Beetlejuice to help scare the Deetz family away from her home, which she and Adam were stuck in for another 125 years after their death.

How old was Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice?

She was fifteen, she turned sixteen on the movie. She was a prodigy. From a very young age, she was an old soul. She really got the words and the imagery.

How old are Beetlejuice and Lydia supposed to be?

While Lydia Deetz's age was never explicitly stated in Beetlejuice, she's confirmed to be a high school student who is likely about 16 years old, which was Winona Ryder's age when the original 1988 movie was released.

Who got his head shrunk in Beetlejuice?

Harry The Hunter (Shrunken Headed Guy) from Beetlejuice.

What type of animal is Asnake?

Snakes are limbless reptiles belonging to the suborder Serpentes. There are more than 3000 species of snakes in the world. All snakes are ectothermic and predatory. There is remarkable interspecies variability in size and shape.

Is there a cat in Beetlejuice?

Percy – The Deetz family's pet black cat, an animal so high-strung that he makes Charles look relaxed. Considering the amount of torment that Beetlejuice puts Percy through, this is not really surprising.