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Jun 5, 2021 · The scene without the added context strongly suggests sexual assault, but the deleted scene takes it to full on rape. Mike Wood, who served as mechanical effects supervisor for the film and Mitch Suskin, visual effects supervisor, remarked on the cut footage and what it was to entail in an old Cinefex article circa 1982: “At times we got ...
- 42 Ext. Ben Tuthill's Front Porch - Light
- 43 Int. Freeling Master Bedroom - Night
- 72 Int. Upstairs Hallway - Tak - Dusk
- 74-A Int. Living Room - Night
- 87 Int. on The Staircase - Night
- 88 Int. on Ryan and Tak - Night
- 92 Int. Living Room - Full Shot Night
- 95 Close on Monitor - Night
- 96 on Diane and Robbie - Night
- Int. Kitchen - Day
The front door opens and Tuthill steps into the bug light. An obvious strain in this conversation. The motives various, the feelings mutual. About a thousand rnosquitos chow down on the Freelings while they talk. STEVE Hi, Ben. DIANE Mr. Tuthill. TUTHILL TV's off in here. If your set's acting up again... ********************************************...
Diane is applying calamine lotion to Steve's neck and wrists. DIANE I had to say something. I was losing a pint of blood every few seconds. STEVE I think we should keep this thing in the family. In the morning I'll call someone in. DIANE Who for instance? I've already looked in the yellow pages. Furniture movers we got. Strange Phenomenon...there's...
He goes room to room looking for pranksters. When he gets to the active bedroom he hesitates, listens through the door, pulls in his courage and turns the knob. Of course, the door is locked. Tak is never without a trick. He slips a file from his utility belt and starts to jimmy the door. The lock gives and Tak easily turns the knob, and lets out a...
Dr. Lesh has returned to the living room. She bends over and grabs the apron off the couch and pulls. It folds out. A convertible bed. DR. LESH Blankets, pillows, sheets. Let's have a slumber party. DR. LESH It isn't over. I'm perfectly terrified. It's all these things we don't understand. I feel like the proto-human, stepping out of the forest pri...
BEHIND BOTH TAK AND RYAN The crawling mass coming down the stairs resembles a giant hand with long, searching fingers, flowing down the stairs and heading right for the two technicians.
Ryan stands and backs away two steps. CLOSE -TAK He wants to scream out but cannot find the breath. The air in the room is suddenly thin and electrostatically charged. RYAN It's manifesting! It's manifesting! Look at the scope! TAK Watch the trip wires! Temperature's dropping. RYAN Radical!! TAK Can you breathe? RYAN Can you run? I'm workin' on it.
Ectoplasmic mist wanders aimlessly, passing under tables, chairs, circling lamps. DR. LESH (to Diane) Have you experienced this before? DIANE First time! DR. LESH Me too. At this moment every lightbulb in the room comes on. The brightness growing to blinding levels. Everyone covers their eyes. STEVE (yelling) Smells like a short! DIANE (yelling) It...
The smoky substance twists and melts and forms what appears to be the shape of a man�s back. The shape moves in front of the CAMERA and we see what could be an OLD MAN looking over his shoulder with a suspicious expression, and then walking past a little girl, not Carol Anne, holding a ball. She wanders through the living room as if lost. Suddenly,...
She covers Robbie's eyes and SCREAMS continuously, out of control, for this is the pit of her nightmare. DIANE That thing is in there with my baby! That thing! That thing! DR. LESH (O.C.) My God! There are hundreds. ANGLE - FULL Steve is holding Diane now, stroking her hair until her SCREAMS turn into SOBS. Lesh and the technicians look on silently...
CLOSE - DUST PAN Crowded with a mixture of filled and decayed teeth from last evening's hailstorm. Steve closes the trashcan and wipes his hands against his shirt. The portable TV is on, turned, as usual, to a static channel. FULL SHOT - ROBBIE Dressed to travel with little suitcase in hand. At his side is E. BUZZ on leash. DIANE Tell Grandma to ca...
Steven’s wife, Diane (JoBeth Williams), is confronted by this reality in a very visceral way in Poltergeist’s final act. The Freelings have dug a hole in their back garden in which they intend to build a swimming pool, and under heavy rain Diane falls into the flooded hole, where to her horror skeletons begin floating to the surface all ...
Sep 22, 2022 · JoBeth Williams as Diane Freeling in Poltergeist. ©1982 Turner Entertainment Co. Nelson’s primary worry was a scene in which he had to rescue their son from a knotted old tree that comes to ...
Jobeth Williams was not made aware of this until after the scene was finished. Many people believe there is a curse on the "Poltergeist" franchise, which may have been caused by the use of real skeletons on-set, e.g. several actors in the franchise have died, and this became the focus of the E! True Hollywood Story: Curse of the Poltergeist (2002).
Mar 29, 2024 · A Cursed Cast. The so-called origins of the Poltergeist curse are often linked to one climactic scene where mom Diane Freeling (JoBeth Williams) falls into an unfinished pool filled with human ...
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Sep 1, 2020 · JoBeth Williams did not want to film the pool scene. The Poltergeist centers around a family, the Freelings, whose home is haunted by ghosts. They seem particularly taken with the youngest ...
