Everyone’s favorite bio-exorcist demon has risen from his grave in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

The long-awaited sequel to director Tim Burton’s 1988 horror-comedy classic hits theaters on Friday, September 6. The original cast is back: Michael Keaton as the creepy Betelgeuse, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz and many more. The sequel also features franchise newcomers Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Danny DeVito and Willem Dafoe.

Given the original’s mix of inventive horror and silly comedy, audiences may be wondering: Is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Suitable for kids or the faint of heart? Like its predecessor, the film is rated PG-13 – for “violent content, macabre and bloody images, strong language, some suggestive content, and brief drug use.” Read on to learn what you should know before taking children under 13 to the film. (Warning: The following contains spoilers for the film.)

Playful body horror is omnipresent

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice earns the “violent content” portion of its PG-13 rating with a range of violence from cartoonish to shocking. Some actions or images that would prove quite alarming under other circumstances are rather comical in Burton’s hands.

For example, at the beginning of the film, Charles Deetz (played by Jeffrey Jones) dies in a shark attack. However, the story of his death is told in a stop-motion sequence and is not based on reality in any way. Objects such as guns or knives appear, but are used to suggest the idea of ​​violence rather than to carry it out.

As in the original, much of the film’s “macabre and gory imagery” comes from Burton’s inventive depiction of the afterlife, a shadowy underworld of bureaucracy populated by the deceased bearing the marks of their death. Characters are cut in half or shown with their viscera exposed, sickly colored or blue from suffocation or other ailments, with shrunken heads or simply skeletons.

Charles’ fate embodies the horrific yet comic aesthetic: in the afterlife, his body’s shoulders and head are bitten off by the shark. Viewers may find it grotesque to see the blood spurting from his huge wound as he gargles words, but the effect elicits more laughs – and awe at the impressive impact – than goosebumps.

Another early scene has a clear take on body horror, and those with aichmophobia (fear of sharp objects) and especially staplophobia (fear of staplers) should avert their eyes or avoid Beetlejuice Beetlejuice completely. Bellucci plays Delores, Betelgeuse’s ex-wife, who resurrects herself by gluing her severed body parts together with a stapler. She also provides the film’s shock moments, such as when she sucks out the souls of others.

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A demonic mini-Beetlejuice baby is the fuel for nightmares

The most disturbing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice One interesting element for kids – and parents – might be that the topic of pregnancy is used in horror films. When Ryder’s character faces Lydia Keaton’s Betelgeuse again, he performs various pranks and visual gags that may turn your stomach. (If you don’t like slime or bodily fluids, you won’t find this film funny.)

At one point, Betelgeuse points to Lydia’s belly, which is rapidly expanding. His demon baby, born wet and explosive, begins crawling around, terrorizing and even biting characters. His doll-like face, reminiscent of Chucky, is all the more terrifying because it appears so suddenly, both in this scene and in the film’s dreamlike epilogue.

A film about death is a film about loss

Not surprisingly, a film featuring both the living and the dead would grapple with the very real phenomenon of the living becoming the dead. Ortega’s character Astrid, the daughter of Ryder’s Lydia, is grieving the loss of her father and grandfather. Often at odds with her mother, Astrid’s evolution is a reminder that everyone’s grieving process is different, difficult and complicated.

Actually, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice reinforces the idea introduced in the first film that characters can lose even those who have already died. Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis do not return as the ghostly Adam and Barbara Maitland because, as Lydia sadly explains, they found a loophole that allowed them to continue on permanently.

There is a brief description of drug use

The film’s “brief drug use” that the MPAA points out occurs in an early scene in which Lydia takes an unspecified pill to cope with the stress of her job – and her ability to see ghosts. Theroux’s character Rory, her boyfriend and television producer, initially discourages her from taking the drugs, but then gives in and takes a pill herself.

The title character uses many suggestive expressions

In 1988 BeetlejuiceKeaton’s performance in the title role was brief but memorable, featuring rapid-fire raunchiness and gags. The sequel continues that trend, with the demonic character making jokes that some parents will consider inappropriate for teenagers, and especially children under 13.

The scene where Betelgeuse hints that Lydia is pregnant by him, and perhaps even makes her so with his disturbing brand of magic, is a hint of his carnal desires. In word and deed, the character remains quite lascivious, desiring Lydia, Delia, and others. However, much of Keaton’s dialogue comes so quickly that his rude insinuations may not be understood by young viewers.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be in cinemas on September 6th.