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A tree comes to life, breaks a bedroom window and tries to drag away a small child, but he is saved in time. A man is seen tearing his face apart. We see bloody chunks of flesh fall into a sink, and his completely mangled face is seen several times. A flash of light reveals that it was only a hallucination, and he is completely unharmed.
This 1980s story of a family assaulted by ghosts remains compelling and thrilling. Poltergeist 's strong cast makes up for once top-of-the-line special effects that now look a bit dated. The film works because the characters are so well written that we can't help but root for them and wish for their safety.
- Andrew Adamson
- M. Faust
- Warner Bros.
Sep 17, 2023 · Watching Experience: Quality (opinionated): (My rating) Rated PG-13 For horror violence including some disturbing/bloody images, language including a rude gesture, some drug use and drinking, and brief suggestive material. Show more. This title has: Too much violence. Too much swearing. Too much drinking/drugs/smoking.
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Poltergeist divides the horror crowd big time, the gore fans are simply not impressed by the events in the film, while ghostly supernatural fans such as myself see it as a wasted opportunity. But strip away the flashy production and you start to see the core joke of kids infatuation with the goggle box, so yes, the film could easily be titled ...
May 22, 2015 · Sadly, 12-year-old Heather O’Rourke died shortly after filming for the third Poltergeist wrapped up. Three decades later the new Poltergeist has lost some of the spine-chilling punch of the original, thanks in part to the plethora of horror movies that have ripped off the film’s scariest moments. But now a dark-haired, freckle-faced Kennedi ...
- Gil Kenan
Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings -- Steve (Craig T. Nelson), Diane (JoBeth Williams), teenaged Dana (Dominique Dunne), eight-year-old Robbie (Oliver ...
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- Horror, Mystery & Thriller
- PG
Like the original, the rebooted POLTERGEIST (2015) focuses on a family that has just moved into a new home in a new city. The Bowens are down on their luck: Unemployed dad, Eric (Sam Rockwell), lost his job and has had to relocate, along with his stay-at-home wife, Amy (Rosemarie DeWitt), teenage daughter Kendra (Saxon Sharbino), tween son Griffin (Kyle Catlett), and 6-year-old Maddy (Kennedi ...
