When Beetlejuice Beetlejuice director Tim Burton thinks of the internet, a classic Universal Monsters movie scene comes to mind.
Burton made his feelings about cyberspace known during an interview about the recent London opening of his acclaimed art exhibit The World of Tim Burton, which displays items from the collection Burton has amassed over the years. Included in the exhibition are 600 items from throughout Burton’s illustrious career, from props and costumes to stop-motion puppets and his personal artwork.
In an interview with the BBC, Burton—a Burbank, California, native who has lived in London for the past two decades—admitted that he was a “technophobe” and is not a fan of the internet.
“If I look at the internet, I found that I got quite depressed,” Burton told the BBC. “It scared me because I started to go down a dark hole. So I try to avoid it, because it doesn’t make me feel good.”
Growing up an outsider—a label the iconic director proudly embraces to this day—Burton told the BBC that growing up watching monster movies, he related to the plight of the monsters and not the humans.
“It was very clear from King Kong to Frankenstein to Creature from the Black Lagoon that all the monsters were the most emotional,” Burton told the BBC. “The humans were the ones that scared me.”
And those humans in one particular classic monster movie are akin to online users today, Burton told the BBC.
“They were the angry villagers in Frankenstein—like the internet—these nameless faces [Burton makes monster roaring noises] and the monster always had the most emotion and most feeling even though they’re looked upon as a certain way,” the director told the publication.
Plus, Burton added, that pathos and “some kind of humanity” was something that humans lacked in the movie.
Tim Burton and Michael Keaton on the set of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
Burton Has A Blockbuster Hit With ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
While Tim Burton is no fan of the internet, he’s no doubt feeling good over the reception of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel to the 1988 supernatural comedy classic starring Michael Keaton as “The Ghost with the Most.”
In addition to Burton and Keaton, other principals returning from the original Beetlejuice for the sequel include Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, as well as composer Danny Elfman.
As of Thursday, per The Numbers, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has earned $289.5 million domestically and $153.1 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $442.6 million against a production budget of $100 million before prints and advertising.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is playing in theaters and is available on digital streaming via premium video on demand, and The World of Tim Burton is exhibiting at the Design Museum in London through April 21, 2025.
Meanwhile, Burton is currently working on the second season of the blockbuster Netflix series Wednesday alongside series creators and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.
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