Directed by Tim Burton. Written by Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren and Larry Wilson.

Betelgeuse

• Let's turn on the juice and see what shakes loose.

• Hey, these aren't my rules! Come to think of it, I don't have any rules!

Delia

• I will live with you in this hellhole, but I must express myself. If you don't let me gut out this house and make it my own, I will go insane and I will take you with me!

Dialogue

Delia: I can't believe we're eating Cantonese. Is there no Szechuan up here?

Lydia: I plan to have a stroke from the amount of MSG that's in this food.

Delia: This is our first meal in this house, so why don't we all do our little private parts to make it a pleasant one.

Charles: Don't bait your mother, Pumpkin. As soon as we get settled, we'll build you a darkroom in the basement.

Lydia: My whole life is a darkroom. One... big... dark... room.

Delia: So you were miserable in the city, and now you're going to be miserable out here in the sticks. At least someone's life hasn't been upheaved.

Adam: What are your qualifications?

Betelgeuse: [refined voice] Ah, well... I attended Julliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard Business School. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. [getting progressively more demented] I've seen "The Exorcist" about 167 times, and it keeps getting funnier every single time I see it! Not to mention the fact that you're talking to a dead guy! Now what do you think?! You think I'm "qualified"?

Cast

• Winona Ryder — Lydia
• Michael Keaton — Betelgeuse
• Geena Davis — Barbara
• Alec Baldwin — Adam
• Catherine O'Hara — Delia
• Jeffrey Jones — Charles
• Glenn Shadix — Otho
• Sylvia Sidney — Juno
• Dick Cavett — Bernard