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Summary: Not scary, barely entertaining
Review: I really wanted to see this movie after I saw the E! True Hollywood Story on it. Well, I was going to buy it, and now I'm glad I didn't. I was surfing on my favorite site for telling what horror movies are coming on that month and I happened to see that Poltergeist was coming on TCM (Turner Classic Movies), so I made a point to watch it. Well, as soon as the film was over, I had a feeling of anger. Anger because Poltergeist let me down. I think the movie could have been good. I mean, they had Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, etc.), who is a god to me. But, they also had Stephen Spielberg, who I hate and cannot stand. I don't think Spielberg has or will ever make a good movie. I think if they got rid of the big-shot Hollywood director and let Tobe work his magic, this movie could've been as great as I thought it was gonna be, but they didn't. Because people are stupid.
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Summary: poltergeist
Review: I peed my pants! WOW! What a roller coaster ride of pure entertainment! This was by far the feel-good movie of the decade!
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Summary: Things going bump in the night
Review: "Poltergeist" is the result of an inspired pairing of Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg, who brought out a scary shocker of a horror movie. It's the story of the Freeling family, living a solidly upper-middle-class life in a solidly upper-middle-income tract suburb that just happened to be built over a cemetery plot that houses the remains of some very disgruntled ghosts. Funny things start happening, innocuous at first; remote TV signals get scrambled (the guys are sitting around watching the football game and find Fred Rogers singing "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood" at them instead), then chairs start zipping around on their own and floating in the air, and it's all great fun for a little while. But then the "TV people", as little Carol Anne calls the spectral figures that seem to inhabit the family Sony, get nasty, and Carol Anne is kidnapped and transported to an otherworldly dimension. Time to call the neighborhood ghostbusters. A trio of parapsychologists enter the premises from the local university, only to have the pants scared off them by the ghostly invaders. An expert is needed, and arrives in the pint-sized form of Tangina, a medium who is more than a match for any old ghost. Carol Anne is rescued, and the ghosts vanquished...or are they? Papa Freeling wisely decides to get his family out of there, and calls in the movers, but unwisely, they decide to spend one last night in the house, and hoo-boy... turns out those ghosts were just biding their time. The resulting shenanigans literally raise the roof. Hooper knows how to work the horror to the max, and sometimes it gets not only hair-raising but stomach-churning (witness one of the trio tearing his face off over the bathroom sink) but ultimately we know it's all in fun. The actors are very good indeed and the three Freeling children, played by Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins and Heather O'Rourke, are excellent. But the biggest delight is Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina, a born ham if there ever was one. "Poltergeist" has sense enough not to take itself too seriously; it's a delicious concoction of shivers and laughs all mixed up into one great fun package.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: DVD is nothing to think about. There are only the feature choice of formats and trailer. Nothing else. So if you want to buy this DVD for the features- don't- however if you want the DVD to add to your collection it is a good one. I was still scared when I viewed it and my hubby was too.Picture is nice and clear. The DVD itself doesn't have fancy pitures just a DVD that says the title. Like I said doesn't have much to show. I gave it 5 stars for a good plot, excellent effects, and wonderful actors & actresses. Not for the DVD itself. However I am disappointed that this is the ONLY one on DVD. The rest are on VHS. So you might want to save your money and buy the video. Up to you.
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Summary: Consciousness on another plane
Review: Undisputably the best of the "Poltergeist" trilogy, this original from 1982 manages a good olf-fashioned spook with an intelligent and probing concept of death, namely that it's consciousness on another level. Produced by Steven Spielberg, directing duties went to Toby Hooper, too often not credited despite his earlier success with the TV production of Steven King's "Salem's Lot." The film's cast, from Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams and the late Heather O'Rourke, along with the late Dominique Dunn (daughter of the famed "Vanity Fair" writer and crime show host), are magnificent in projecting the terror they live in trying to rescue their youngest member, snatched away by the evil force of the "other world." Do yourself a favor: to appreciate the full impact of the film, if you haven't already, don't bother seeing the two sequels. They go from silly to sillier and serve only to diminish the impact of the original.
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Summary: Frightening Spielberg production
Review: MY RATING- 6.9 It's quite a frightening mov directed by Tobe Hoper and co produced by Spielberg, thing that is visible with atempts to scare all of us.
This time Spielberg challenge us with a house that has a lot of paranormal disturbances. The victims are JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson and his kids, specially the little daughter who is capturated by the ghosts.
We get really scared with some scenes in the kids' room with the alive tree attacking. We even get a pause when the ghostbusters leaded by Beatrice Straight and a midget woman appear.
The final attack is particularly frightening, with all that difficulties of getting out of the house, but it can't get out of my mind the time the midget said "This house is clean". Too early to say that, I think--
One thing that also confuded me was JoBeth Williams being so young and having already a 17 year old daughter!
Overall, a nice spooky flick, but not the best of the genre.
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Summary: Poltergeist, the Definite Ghost Movie
Review: Poltergeist is one heck of a fun movie ride. Steven Speilberg and Tobe Hooper undoubtedly created the best ghost movie, and made it extremely hard to beat. Although recent ones have almost succeeded (e.g. The Others, The Sixth Sense), Poltergeist still remains number one. Speilberg, co-writer, tells the story of a normal, suburban family who begins to notice their house is becoming a little haunted. When their youngest daughter disappears into the house, they call upon a group of psychologists to help them with finding their daughter and relieving their house of the evil inside. This story is amazing on film as we watch the Freelings see the ghosts do tricks with chairs to becoming more sinister with clown attacks (Personally, one of the creepiest scenes in the film). What made Poltergeist even better is the chemistry that was found in the entire cast. The family of the Freelings seemed so real. It's not hard to believe that they are an actual family. Jo Beth Williams and Craig T. Nelson are actually lovely (Weird choice of word, but it fits) as the loving parents, and their show of emotional range was right on. Heather Rourke, who played Carole Anne, is an amazing actress for her age, and handles everything with quaint little charm. The remaining of the cast were all wonderful, fairly developed, and you cared about their outcome in the movie. I must mention Zelda Rubinstein. She played the little, creepy psychic and her part added some nice humour while adding creepiness to the film. Sadly, WB has given us a bare DVD. Only the trailer is present within the dvd. There were rumours that a special edition was coming, but they were scratched as WB denied them or either scratched their idea. But I'm happy with the movie on DVD as it is one of the best. The best, indeed. Poltergeist is my #1 pick for ghost / haunted house movie. If there is ever one that succeeds it, then it's going to be mighty darn good.
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Summary: Great movie!
Review: This was a great movie, scary and with an incredible plot. It is very scary, and was originally rated R, but when the movie's crew complained, it was lowered down to PG. Still, I would consider or watch this movie before letting a child under 13 watch this.
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Summary: One of the best horror films ever!
Review: I am 47 years old and have seen this thing numerous times and it STILL gives me chills. If you want to curl up with a bag of popcorn, a cold drink, a blanket, and your girl/boyfriend and get the wits scared out of you, this is the one you need to watch.
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Summary: Heather O'Rourke
Review: I remembered that I saw her in that movie when I was younger, it was the one of the best horror movie I have ever seen. It doesn't have anything to do with those horror movies that are commonly showed, like for example: in many horror movies, you can see the blood spurting everywhere, bodies cutten off and stuff like that. In that movie, Poltergeist, you wont see things like that. But it does show the best of horror parts in that movie, in fact it does remind me of old classic horror movies. I do recommend you to watch this movie and Heather O'Rourke was the best of actresses I have ever seen since Drew Barrymore.
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