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Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. It stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, and Beatrice Straight, and was produced by Spielberg and Frank Marshall.
- June 4, 1982
- Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg
Jun 4, 1982 · Poltergeist: Directed by Tobe Hooper. With Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne. A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
- Tobe Hooper
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Jun 26, 2023 · This also led to a unique pairing between Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper for the now iconic haunted house movie, Poltergeist. Poltergeist followed a family that moved into a new housing development only to find it was already inhabited by the angered spirits that resided below the foundation.
- Nicholas Brooks
May 25, 2020 · Published May 25, 2020. Link copied to clipboard. The behind-the-scenes activity regarding those who created the horror classic Poltergeist is one of the most fabled and controversial tales in Hollywood history. Although Tobe Hooper got credit for directing the film, Steven Spielberg was highly involved in the production the entire way through ...
The following year, he directed the supernatural thriller Poltergeist, written and produced by Steven Spielberg. In the mid-1980s, Hooper directed two science fiction horror films: Lifeforce (1985) and Invaders from Mars (1986), followed by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), a big-budget sequel to his original film.
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- 1964–2017
- August 26, 2017 (aged 74), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Willard Tobe Hooper, January 25, 1943, Austin, Texas, U.S.
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Aug 27, 2017 · Tobe Hooper, the horror director best known for helming “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Poltergeist,” died Saturday in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 74. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s...
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