1. Adam and Barbara stop because they realize Delia just thinks she's hearing the TV and goes right back to sleep. Their efforts were for naught.
2. They can't see him, but they do mention feeling something as he rushes past them.
3. They had called in Betelgeuse to do their work for them and Juno needed them to do their own damn haunting instead of relying on a loose cannon like Betelgeuse.
4. Betelgeuse uses his magic to stop whatever awful thing was happening to Adam and Barbara when he says, "Ooh, I think, uh, they've had enough exorcise for tonight." Like he literally did it in the blink of an eye because his command of supernatural power is that great. It's little more than an afterthought to him and then he goes about tormenting the Deetzes (and Otho).
5. *makes spooky finger gestures* Nobody knows... They're probably dead.
6. Otho is into high fashion and Betelgeuse turns his wardrobe into a leisure suit, something extremely tacky, even when they were in vogue.
7. He just seems to be underground somewhere. Not in a model, not with the Maitlands. Just in stuck in existence.
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blindfolded (1563)
8 months ago
Thanks for some answers! But some clarifications....
2. Not so much him.... but Adam rushes past them and opens the attic door and then slams it. Did the door itself open and slam from Delia's perspective? Seems like something they should've reacted to. Or was it only from Adams perspective and in reality, the door didn't move?
3. What I mean is: In the beginning, Juno scolds Maitlands for tearing their faces off...as if to say "how stupid, nobody can even see you." But later, she instructs them to do exactly that. She has them stretch out and distort their faces. For what? They can't see them.
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MeYouFools (161)
8 months ago
I saw it in a theater Saturday night and from what I could tell Delia seemed to be more focused on Otho than noticing the door slam shut right above her. It seems kinda silly and far-fetched, but Delia doesn't strike me as being especially aware of much around her other than herself.
Honestly, you're just thinking too much about it. Maybe the point is that being dead doesn't make you any wiser? Cause right after the Maitlands resolve to somehow visually scare the Deetzes off, on the walk back home, they decide to live with them instead. It's really not something important to the story; just an excuse for Burton's effects guys to show off.
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blindfolded (1563)
8 months ago
Thinking about it too much? Maybe, maybe not.
If you're going to tell a story about the aftermath of your death.... it should still make some sense, right? Every movie sets up its own background universe rules with exposition, whether it's Shawshank or Transformers. If the means that you're delivering your message is just a hodgepodge of information that conflicts with itself.... doesn't that lead to some fair questions?
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OuterSpace (114)
3 months ago
"2. Not so much him.... but Adam rushes past them and opens the attic door and then slams it. Did the door itself open and slam from Delia's perspective? Seems like something they should've reacted to. Or was it only from Adams perspective and in reality, the door didn't move?
3. What I mean is: In the beginning, Juno scolds Maitlands for tearing their faces off...as if to say "how stupid, nobody can even see you." But later, she instructs them to do exactly that. She has them stretch out and distort their faces. For what? They can't see them."
2.Yes. They see any manipulation of real world objects but never the Maitlands themselves. One might assume Delia doesn't react because at this point she does not believe in ghosts and would rationalize it to be caused by something else.
3. Yeah I'm unclear on this as well. There's a very (very) vague implication they might be able to visibly manifest in some way if they continued studying the handbook but otherwise there's no reason to think anyone other than Lydia can see them at this point. Just have to accept it and move on. =P
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