It is important for the special effects being credible in order for the audience to believe in the film. Beetlejuice is able to effectively use the special effects in the film to enhance the film to seem believable. This can be seen in the afterworld waiting room where a magician’s assistant has been cut in half and both sections are on the couch. It can also be present in Betelgeuse getting his head shrunken. These special effects don’t overshadow the major characters, but instead help to elevate them, Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis) is one of those characters. The first is when she is a ghost and ends up sleeping off the bed, but elevated, another is when she pulls her face out and pops her eyeballs into her mouth, and lastly is when her face
