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Finally, Sam Raimi is right back where he belongs. After establishing himself as the master of hyper-stylish, cartoonish horror/comedy with the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1992) and Darkman (1990), he disappointingly veered off into mega-budget comic-book territory and away from the genre that made his name.

Beetlejuice

Even after the financial success of Tim Burton’s 1985 feature debut, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Warner Bros. rejected his vision for Batman and he was left in search of a follow-up. With a background in animation and an affinity for gothic horror, Burton was perhaps the only director who could know what to do with a strange entity like Beetlejuice.