My biggest issue is that this Beetlejuice is entirely too static. So many iconic moments are portrayed through statues and mannequins, and it's only getting worse with time. (Wedding Ghoul is no longer an actor. Just a prop standing in a doorway now.) Ghoul Adam, the modern art monsters, Big-Top BJ. The Sandworm is in a black room and moves 75% less often than the much cooler Clownzilla did 2 years ago. At least the disappointing S3 Mindflayer puppet was always visible, even if the movement was severely lacking. I go through most runs without seeing the Sandworm at all.
The finale is a letdown too, after a 25% chance of Sandworm attack, you get a single BJ out of direct guest eyesight and zero props. What happened? Anyone and their grandma could've designed a Lydia Couch room. The dinner scene feels equally empty, no dancing dinner guest or moving Shrimp hands/pig. Just some air blasts and a subtle BJ snake tail. The BJ Snake itself uses the same Big Face Scare trick as two other houses this year. Without the tunnel or a good Beetle Barker, what good is this house besides a few neat setpieces?
The waiting room, flat guy hallway, and diorama scenes, both big and small, are the best parts of this house. And there are a few fun ideas at work here, but I just wish they went crazier with it. As it is, it's an okay-to-good house, but I think it could've been great. One of the most fun houses in recent history even, or at least as memorable as something like Krampus to me. As it stands, I pick Ghostbusters over this.