Beetlejuice Beetlejuice screenwriter Alfred Gough The fate of Charles Dietz in the film was recently revealed, revealing that the inspiration for the film was actually Tim BurtonThe worst nightmare is death.
Charles’s death is the main plot of the story, as this event brings in his wife Delia (Catherine O’Hara), his daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) and his teenage granddaughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) Return to Winter River.
As they gather together, Delia explains the cause of Charles’ death, and viewers are treated to a dramatic stop-motion animation sequence illustrating the events.
We see in the sequence that Charles is involved in a plane crash while on a birding adventure. After surviving a plane crash in the ocean, a shark swam in and bit him in half.
From that point on, Charles is a half-eaten, headless ghost brought to life through practical makeup and costume effects.
Gough explained the inspiration behind the scene in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying: “The way Charles dies in this animated production is Tim’s nightmare death.
“He actually said this: ‘My nightmare is, I’m in a plane crash, I survive the plane crash, I almost drown, and then a shark eats me.'” We were like, ‘Well, this What a genius. So this is how he died.
Hey, it worked! It was a fun and interesting way to approach the character.
