Beetlejuice 2 Return of the Living

When Lydia Marshall (circ. Deetz) moves back to Winter River, Connecticut with her three children, she hopes to give them a quieter and more permanent home while their father/husband is overseas in the navy. Her father and stepmother, Charles and Delia still own the now-infamous "haunted" house but now spend most of their retirement years in Hawaii, trying to open a stylish resort there. Barbara and Adam Maitland still reside in the house, as they are required to do so for 125 years by the Afterlife. They are ecstatic to have their surrogate daughter back, as well as her children.

However, the Maitlands are unable to be seen by Lydia's oldest daughter, who is struggling with the move and trying to relate to her mother.

When Lydia's husband is announced as MIA presumed dead in the sinking of his ship, the family is left distraught and hurt by the loss. This hits Lydia particularly hard due to having lost her own mother rather young and knows how hard it can be. She fears that now her children will grow up without a parent. Even with her parents and the Maitlands attempting to comfort her, Lydia begins to withdraw and some of her gothic and morbid behaviours begin to resurface. She also begins to lash out at her eldest daughter, which ruins the bond they were building. Even though she knows she can't bring back the dead, Lydia wants to be sure that her husband is truly dead and be given the opportunity to say a final goodbye to him.
Lydia calls upon Beetlejuice to help her gain access to the Netherworld. Secretly, the bio-exorcist is hoping to trade places with the desperate wife and mother so he can walk amongst the living again.

Just as Lydia enters the door to the Afterlife, her husband reappears at the door much to everyone's joy. but the door shuts, trapping her on the other side and leaving Beetlejuice to wreak havoc on the family.