Beetlejuice Beetlejuice & Sequels
( Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros.) In the forever-evolving landscape of film and television, one thing is constant: sequels. Hollywood's impulse to extend popular narratives has become a regular feature of contemporary entertainment. However, most fan bases and film buffs are often weary of sequels. While sequels can sometimes breathe new life into a franchise, they usually dilute the original's success and charm. Let's explore the phenomenon of sequel culture through the lens of Beetlejuice and a few lesser-known yet intriguing titles like The Worst Witch , Weird Sister College , The Legend of Boggy Creek , and Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues . A typical critique of sequel culture is that you take a film that was a labor of love and then try to make a sequel without the originality or the heart to make a profit. Travis Knox , a film producer and professor at Chapman University, said, “It’s purely financial. The cost of marketing feature releases is enormous, and ...