In what was a fictional place in \u201cBeetlejuice<\/a>,\u201d a small town in Vermont<\/a> has become an iconic stop to see where the eccentric horror movie<\/a>\u2019s famous scenes were filmed.<\/p>\n With a population of around 1,500, \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d fandom put East Corinth on the map.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was like one of those coming-of-age films for me,\u201d said \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d fan Lisa Pinkerton, who traveled with her family from England and decided to include a stop in East Corinth.<\/p>\n \u201cIt brings back all those memories of watching it with friends at the time. It\u2019s nice to put it all into place and see the sort of Hollywood magic that happens,\u201d Pinkerton said.<\/p>\n Despite its fictional setting, director Tim Burton<\/a> chose East Corinth, located near the New Hampshire<\/a> border, for many of the movie’s iconic scenes.<\/p>\n This includes shooting the 100-year-old building that serves as the movie\u2019s Miss Shannon\u2019s School for Girls, where Lydia Deetz, played by Winona Ryder<\/a>, attends school, as well as the red covered bridge where the main characters Adam and Barbara Maitland drive off and plummet to their death.<\/p>\n Filming for the 1988 film ‘Beetlejuice’ in East Corinth (AP)<\/p>\n The original \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d was released in 1988, where it was set in the fictional town of Winter River, Connecticut. The story is centered around a recently deceased couple played by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin trying to scare a family out of their home. When their attempts fail, the couple hire \u201cbio-exorcist\u201d Beetlejuice, played by Michael Keaton<\/a>, but quickly regret that decision.<\/p>\n East Corinth resident Sarah Polli lives beside the bridge used in the film, and her garage was converted into the Winter River Fire Department, with the rest of her home serving as Jane Butterfield’s Real Estate and Travel Agency. Her uncle, Maurice Page, was the only local who scored a role in the film.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was supposed to be the barber, but he kept ad-libbing, which frustrated Tim Burton,” Polli said. “So, he gave him a nonspeaking part basically and he became Ernie dusting off the statues in front of the library.\u201d<\/p>\n Page can be seen in the film saying, \u201cHi, how are you?\u201d to the Maitlands as they drive by in their yellow Volvo.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it was a lot of fun for everyone, but a lot of the older people in town, I think they thought that this was going to be a pleasant, bucolic movie about the countryside. There was some shock when the movie came out,\u201d said Polli.<\/p>\n Filming location for ‘Beetlejuice’ (AP)<\/p>\n Burton, a moody gothic hero, returned to the Vermont town to film the sequel \u2014 \u201cBeetlejuice Beetlejuice\u201d \u2014 which has only helped spark more tourists flocking to East Corinth.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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