PremiumBeetlejuice Beetlejuice OTT release date in India: Here's when and where you can stream gothic dark fantasy comedy horror flick
Beetlejuice returns as the sequel starring Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder sets its OTT premiere.
Last Updated: 11.51 AM, Feb 19, 2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has been out on Prime Video rent for the past couple of months. They have now announced the full-fledged OTT release date. The gothic dark fantasy comedy horror is set to stream on JioHotstar beginning February 28, 2025. The Tim Burton directorial is written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara again. The new addition to the cast includes Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe. The film is the second installment in the Beetlejuice franchise and the sequel to Beetlejuice (1988).
| Film Title | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice |
| Director | Tim Burton |
| OTT Release Date | February 28, 2025 |
| Streaming Platform | JioHotstar |
| Cast | Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe |
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice sequel and storyline
The story picks up more than 30 years after the original film and follows mother Lydia Deetz as she tries to heal her family after a tragedy while Betelgeuse keeps coming back to haunt her.
Beetlejuice is back! Three generations of the Deetz family come to Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy. Astrid, Lydia's defiant teenage daughter, finds the enigmatic town model in the attic and inadvertently opens the portal to the afterlife, completely upending Lydia's life, which is still tormented by Beetlejuice. As problems develop in both worlds, the mischievous demon Beetlejuice will return to inflict his unique brand of chaos as soon as someone utters his name three times.
Film festival premiere and box office success
On August 28, 2024, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. The film was released in theatres on September 6, 2024. It made $451.9 million globally and was well-received by critics.
Character highlights
The monstrous "bio-exorcist" Betelgeuse, played by Michael Keaton, wants to wed a human. The fact that Betelgeuse never changes or grows as a character is important to Burton, who saw no need to change him, and star Keaton, who loved the character's politically incorrect nature, decided to keep him that way.
Winona Ryder's character, Lydia Deetz, a mother of Astrid Deetz and presenter of the Ghost House talk show. Lydia, a gothic adolescent, almost faced forced marriage to Betelgeuse. Ryder liked how her character evolved, especially in regards to her connection with daughter Astrid, from her original vision of a spinster living in the attic of the Maitland house.
Played by Catherine O'Hara, Delia Deetz is a stepmother to Lydia, Astrid, and Charles Deetz; she is also the widow of the latter, and she is the current hostess of a real art show at a gallery in SoHo. Astrid Deetz, played by Jenna Ortega, is the step-granddaughter of Delia and Lydia, who is a teenager.
Justin Theroux plays Rory, the television producer and Lydia's current boyfriend. Wolf Jackson, played by Willem Dafoe, is a detective in the Underworld who, before being slain by a live grenade, was a B movie action hero. An enigmatic soul-sucking occultist named Delores LaFerve, played by Monica Bellucci, was Betelgeuse's ex-wife. She poisoned him during the Black Plague centuries ago, and he retaliated by killing her with an axe.