Winona Ryder returns as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice 2, with her iconic gothic style intact after 35 years, staying faithful to the original character. The classic Beetlejuice look suggests that other returning characters in the sequel will maintain their iconic appearances and personalities as well. Although Stranger Things has boosted Ryder's career, her return to Beetlejuice is more exciting due to the cultural significance of her original performance and the revival of her gothic persona.

The Winona Ryder Beetlejuice return in the upcoming Beetlejuice 2 was teased by set photos that give an early look at Lydia Deetz in the sequel. Ryder’s breakout role was in Tim Burton’s 1988 horror-comedy movie Beetlejuice, in which she portrayed gothic teen Lydia Deetz, who befriends the two newly deceased ghosts that previously occupied her family’s new home. Ryder has since returned to the sentimentality of the 1980s through her starring role in Netflix’s Stranger Things,...