Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), dancing to “Jump in the Line” by Harry Belafonte. The film producer Larry Wilson, who was also co-creator of the story, said the original ending was much darker. “Our first ending was Lydia — she died in a fire and was able to join Barbara and Adam in the afterlife. A couple of people said to us, ‘Do you really think that’s a good idea? Is that really the message you want to be sending to the teenagers of the world? Die in a fire?’ So, yeah, it