'I was lost': Tim Burton on falling in love with film again

Tim Burton has described being "a little bit lost" as a film-maker before returning to his roots with the all-star sequel to his 1988 cult horror Beetlejuice.

- Nadia Khomami

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which opens the Venice film festival, features original cast members including Michael Keaton playing the titular ghoul, Catherine O'Hara, and Winona Ryder as Lydia - now mother to her own teen, played by Jenna Ortega.

"Over the past few years, I got a little bit disillusioned with the movie industry. I sort of lost myself," Burton said yesterday.

"I realised the only way to be a success is that I have to love doing it. For this one, I just enjoyed and loved making it. I was not out to do a big sequel for money. I wanted to make this for very personal reasons." The film reunites audiences with the Deetz family. Lydia, now the host of a cheesy ghost-hunting show, returns to the haunted home with her stepmother, Delia (O'Hara), and her surly daughter, Astrid, who opens a portal to the afterlife.