american comedy fantasy film directed produced distributed plot revolves recently deceased young couple alec_baldwin ghosts haunting home ghost named pronounced portrayed tries scare away new inhabitants catherine permanently success burton sent scripts lack imagination originality sent original script burton agreed direct later hired rewrite critical commercial success grossing million budget million won academy award best makeup saturn awards best horror film final award death film spawned animated television series burton produced planned sequel new development sequel announced plot barbara decide spend vacation connecticut country home driving home trip town barbara avoid dog car river return home adam notice lack reflections discover handbook recently deceased begin suspect survive car accident adam attempts leave house finds strange landscape covered sand populated enormous house old new owners family arrive real estate developer second wife self proclaimed sculptor daughter marriage aspiring photographer guidance interior designer transform house toned modern art consulting handbook travel waiting room populated distressed souls discover structured according complex bureaucracy involving informs remain house years want house scare away barbara adam attempts family prove ineffective adam barbara remain invisible charles teenage ghost couple befriends advice contact assistant freelance ghost scare away quickly crude demeanor reconsider hiring late stop havoc small town charm supernatural events inspire charles pitch boss transforming town tourist hot spot wants proof ghosts handbook recently deceased conducts thinks summons adam barbara begin decay die performed instead horrified summons help agrees help condition marry enabling freely cause chaos mortal world saves wife prepares wedding minister intervene ceremony completed barbara riding house finally agree live harmony house stuck life waiting room witch doctor head remains upbeat good look cast production financial success big adventure meant burton considered director began working script batman willing pay script development willing green light batman burton begun reading scripts sent way lack imagination originality hot handed burton script written wrote script episode directed burton wilson brought board continue work burton replaced wilson creative differences burton original choice suggested burton unfamiliar work quickly convinced burton cast seeing lucas quickly signed burton claimed took lot time convince cast members sign didn know think weird script budget million million given visual effects work considering scale scope effects included stop motion replacement animation prosthetic makeup blue screen burton intention style similar movies grew child wanted look cheap purposely fake looking burton remarked burton wanted hire production designer impressed work company wolves metal jacket committed high spirits choice later regretted hired future collaborator test screenings met positive feedback prompted burton film epilogue featuring witch doctor disliked title wanted film joke burton suggested horrified studio actually considered exterior shots filmed vermont story development original script far comedic darker car crash depicted barbara arm crushed couple screaming help slowly river reference remained versions script barbara remarks arm feels cold returning home ghost instead possessing forcing dance dinner cause vine patterned carpet come life attack chairs character envisioned winged demon takes form short middle eastern man intent killing wants rape instead marry version script needs grave summoned free havoc summoned controlled saying times world freely appearing different characters different script featured second child year old person able subject wrath film climax form revealing true form film concluded conducting ritual destroys transforming miniature versions moving adam model home look like house moved author producer talked negative reaction original script universal employed time won names worked universal_studios time director development director good relationship prominent executive universal liked liked walter material bringing gave read gave friday monday assistant called said wants meet initial reaction wow read loved wouldn wanted soon went office literally said career piece going world developing good executive got great taste material going piece shit basically saying goes right shortly sold rewrite drastically shifted film tone indicating graphic nature deaths depicting complex bureaucracy rewrite altered depiction keeps barbara adam trapped inside home script takes form massive void filled giant clock gears fabric time space barbara adam encounter different time leave home including clock world world identified saturn moon introduced music accompanying barbara adam script specified tunes instead concluded dancing man loves woman draft retained sinister characteristics toned character troublesome true form middle eastern man dialogue written african american vernacular english version concluded returning new_york leaving care help transform exterior home stereotypical haunted house returning interior previous state impressed people connection film title star added writers producers received suggestion sequel named star soundtrack soundtrack released cassette tape features score written arranged film soundtrack features original recordings performed film banana boat song jump line shake vintage recordings appeared film absent soundtrack sweetheart venezuela soundtrack entered billboard albums chart week ending june peaking weeks later spending total weeks chart film fallen video release later october day received fair airplay time support soundtrack complete score tracks included released dvd blu ray isolated music track audio settings menu version audio track consists entirely clean musical cues dialogue sound effects reception opened theatrically united_states april earning opening weekend film eventually grossed north_america financial success million budget 10th highest grossing film based reviews collected rotten_tomatoes received average overall approval rating comparison metacritic received average score reviews collected referred film comedy classic chicago reader gave highly positive review felt carried originality creativity exist films new_york_times called time wished received screen time impressed casting production design jokes washington_post felt perfect balance comedy horror new_york_times gave film negative review stating film tries effect occasionally manages marginally funny funny head roger_ebert gave film stars writing interested screenplay preserved alec_baldwin sweet cut character called pounds makeup stated scenes don fit action accolades 61st academy awards won nominated film makeup 42nd won best horror film best saturn awards won saturn best supporting actress performance film received nominations direction burton writing best supporting actor nominated hugo award best dramatic presentation american_film_institute list american_film_institute lists afi years laughs afi years movie quotes ghost years songs day banana boat song nominated animated series film financial success animated television series created abc ran seasons final season airing fox lasting september december burton served executive producer sequel burton hired write sequel titled goes hawaiian tim thought funny match backdrop beach movie sort german totally wrong gems said story followed family moving hawaii charles developing resort soon discover company building burial ground ancient spirit comes cause trouble hero winning surf contest magic agreed film condition burton directed distracted burton interested goes hawaiian early impressed work burton approached rewrite eventually signed waters write script batman returns august producer hired troop hills saturday night live rewrite approached rewrite script smith turned offer favor smith responded didn needed tropical march gems released statement saying goes hawaiian script owned likely couldn old role way totally recast september hired collaborated burton dark shadows abraham_lincoln write produce sequel signed intention story worthy actually real forcing remake reboot throat adamant return recast role burton officially signed return script good met february talked couple hours talked big picture stuff priority priority tim michael wanting years talk anybody listen story set real time frame true years later sequel great sic time means world outside different story november hinted possible return sequel saying kind sworn secrecy sounds like happening years later love huge interested years later confirmed consider making sequel burton involved december burton stated character love miss miss actually working michael working script think probably closer love work january writer told entertainment_weekly script finished burton intended start filming end year return respective roles august late night confirmed reprising role sequel burton stated like right circumstances films right kind movie cries sequel trilogy elements right love character michael amazing character yeah concrete theme park attractions theme park shows universal_studios florida ran hollywood park florida park ran january character defunct extreme great way featured halloween horror nights early days orlando park
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