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Ghosts invade suburbia in this 1982 horror film from director Tobe Hooper (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and producer Steven Spielberg. Life in the Freeling family's tract home is comfortably bland, but frisky poltergeists soon put a little excitement into their daily routine--moving furniture and communicating with their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, through the television set. Unfortunately, harmless pranks quickly turn nasty and the previously friendly ghosts kidnap Carol Anne, trapping her in the spirit world. To win the child back, the family calls in a team of parapsychologists and a psychic who conducts an elaborate exorcism. The apocalyptic finale is deliciously macabre, and pushed the limits of the PG rating. A number of sequels followed, and speculation still remains on whether Spielberg--who wrote the story and storyboarded the action--essentially ghost directed the film.
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"...[The film is] strong on technique....Well-acted....Williams is terrific..."
- Variety
"...POLTERGEIST is like a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare, one that you know that you can always wake up from....Witty in a fashion that Alfred Hitchcock might have appreciated..."
- New York Times
Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1982"
- New York Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "POLTERGEIST balances genuine scares with light relief and a top performance from Heather O'Rourke....Classic stuff." - Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "The performances are solid, the themes intriguing and the whispery build-up effective..." - Total Film
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- Average review for this item:
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"Though the special effects are a little dated, they will have you gripping your seat as you watch a family come face to face with their worst fears - a missing child in danger and very scary things that do more than just go bump in the night."
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"Probably the scariest movie I have ever seen. This movie is 25+ years old and it still creeps me out. "
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| Manufacturer's List Price: $18.73 |
| Run Time: 115 mins. |
| Rank: 15,592 |
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