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Summary: Movie
Review: Poltergiest was alright. The only scary part was the part with the clown, but other than that it wasn't all that great. The Blair Witch Project was scarier than that. But it was neat and scary for it's time.
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Summary: SCARY AS HELL
Review: This movie creeped me out big time. The enormous skull, living tree, the closet that looks like that monster from the 3rd Star Wars movie (you know, the thing that had tentacles and was really big and... nevermind), and who could forget the part that scared the bejesus out of me when I was 13! The life-sized clown, of course. You can't go through that scene without being the least bit scared. Some of the effects hold up well today, though the face ripping scene, you can see how much fatter it has gotten. Has to be a classic.
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Summary: AN INSTANT CLASSIC!
Review: Poltergiest is a special effects-laden shocker that plays off of one of our worst fears: the unknown. It's a chilling movie with top-notch acting, and is by far a visual masterpiece! Directed by Tobbe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and produced by Steven Spielberg (E.T.), this movie will keep you biting your nails until the credits are finished rolling. The story opens up in the suburbs, somewhere in California. In this seemingly ideal living area, we meet the Freeling family. The Freelings are your typical American family. They're all very normal. But their house isn't. Strange things occur around the house, such as chairs moving by themselves and things becoming mis-placed; and the little girl, Carol Anne, starts talking to the TV when it is turned onto an empty channel... Then it happens: five year-old Carol Anne is kidnapped by something not of this earth...something so powerful, it can only be called The Beast. After Carol Anne's kidnapping by the evil spirits, her voice can be heard calling out from every corner of the house, but she cannot be found! Seeking help, the Freelings turn to a group of psychics; but the demented forces that have young Carol Anne in their grip won't let her go without a fight....Imaginative, frightening, funny, witty, spellbinding...Poltergeist is all of these. It's a one-of-a-kind flick that garnered two blockbuster sequals, and an important place in movie history.
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Summary: A True Classic in the Horror Mode!
Review: There has rarely ever been a movie that combines such intelligence, humor, a wonderful screenplay, brilliant and thoroughly believable ensemble acting, with such atavistic fears and stunning special effects. The Freelings are as unlikely a family to be plagued in such as way as can be imagined: wholesome, friendly, uncomplicated-- ordinary. As the eerie and inexplicable escalates into horror, their everyday ties to quotidian beliefs are stretched and finally snapped. So much in this film taps deep responses-- and it is eerie even in details (the tree which son Robbie fears IS a scary looking tree-- he tries to overcome this fear by climbing it; clowns can be sinister and frightening; lighting storms are scary even to many adults). And the suggestion that the medium of television is one by which unwholesome elements can gain entrance into people's lives is a very powerful and disturbing one. The acting in the film is wonderful; the horror is leavened by wit and humor (after the paranormal researchers brag about having seen some piddling example of the supernatural, their complete flabbergastedness on encountering what is plaguing the Freelings is very funny); much of the movie is like a nightmare or dark fairy tale (complete with a good fairy, medium Tangina Barrons, played unforgettably by Zelda Rubinstein). There are so many wonderful things in the film that to catalog them would be awkward in this medium. Suffice to say, this film is satisfying on a myriad of levels, a rollercoaster ride as well as being psychologically true and engrossing. Destined to be a true classic.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This movie is freaky! I love the Poltergeist series! You want to scream and cheer at the same time! I would give it 20 stars if I could!
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Summary: Poltergeist is Excellent (IT IS A GENRE ALL ITS OWN!)
Review: Never before, has there been a film like this. It is in a category all its own. It is not the teenage slash-em-up which was so popular at the time.I wonder why Jerry Goldsmith did the score and not John Williams(perhaps because he was so busy writing the score for E.T.--both these films were released the same summer).Jobeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson are fun to watch as the parents. Effects are incredible.Scary Spielberg flick.
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Summary: one of the best scary movies ever made
Review: about every minute of this movie is scary.kinda weird,but thats really just what makes it scary.i would watch this movie every day if i could
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Summary: The best horror movie from the 80's!
Review: I was about 10 years old when I first saw this movie and at that time I couldn't sleep well for weeks! The clown scene was... still is EXCELLENT! The title says all! This is a must buy if you are an 80's fan or just want a good horror film
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Summary: READ THIS REVIEW BEFORE YOU BUY OR WATCH THE FILM AGAIN!
Review: Although I agree with the ratings given this movie, I think that a lot of reviews here have missed a few important things in the movie. Mainly, the spirituality of the movie. In one scene Diane is being lowered down into the spiritual realm or unknown by her husband, holding on to the end of the rope. In some of the best dialouge and acting Ive ever seen in this type of movie, Diane looks back and says "STEVEN, DONT LET GO"!...When thinking about this scene, it really puts you IN the movie and not just watching it. Imagine how strong this woman was to trust her husband to hold on to the rope that was dangling her into the unknown. Its an extremely powerful scene. THIS WAS WHAT THE MOVIE WAS ALL ABOUT. The bond between the family members. One scene immediately after this, is when Diane gets her daughter and passed back to this world. Its excellent, because when they come through they are in a fetal position, and covered with "cervical" fluid like they had been "REBORN". After this point in the movie also, Diane and her daughter Carol-Anne have an "air of innocence" around them. AGAIN brilliant acting, and direction. Another great scene, was when Tangina was explaining to Diane exactly WHAT was after her daughter...Tangina says "It liiiies to her, It tells her things only a child can understand". "To her it is only a child, but to us it is THE BEAST". The way this scene is acted, is incredible. And it really displays the strength of the dialouge. If those few things have not wetted your appetite, then I dont know what will, Just when you watch this film, dont watch it for the special effects, or just to rate it, GET INTO IT, AND LOOK FOR THE UNDERLYING MEANING, IT IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MOVIE!
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Summary: Great 1982 movie
Review: The very scary 'Poltergeist' still makes great thrills,in my view. An authentic "horror" flick,in my opinion. I'm over the moon about this cool film getting a digital preservation. Check it out on DVD,you'll love it too!!!.
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