Ghosts have long been fixtures in the entertainment world. Houdini’s counterparts tried to call on them in séances, and modern day TV bros try to hunt them down in old houses and hospitals. Ghosts have also featured prominently in movies since damn near the invention of cinema, and as such, have meted out—if you believe in that sort of thing—any number of valuable supernatural lessons to the viewing public. As part of our occasional feature I Learned It At The Movies, The A.V. Club compiled some of the most essential tidbits of ghostly advice we could find, just in time for Halloween.
Beetlejuice (1988)
The haunter: Deceased young couple Barbara and Adam Maitland, freelance “bio-exorcist” Betelgeuse.
The haunted: Charles, Delia, and Lydia Deetz, an art-centric new family that moved into the Maitlands’ old home.
Practical, universal lessons: ...
