Poltergeist (1982)
84 %
Reviews Counted: 45 Fresh: 38 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Synopsis: Frisky poltergeists put a little excitement into the daily routine of the Freeling family's humdrum lives by moving furniture and communicating with their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, through the television set. Unfortunately, harmless pranks quickly turn nasty and the previously... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robbins
Director: Tobe Hooper
Screenwriter: Michael Grais, Mark Victor, Steven Spielberg
Producer: Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Screenwriter: Michael Grais, Mark Victor, Steven Spielberg
Producer: Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
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Reviews
After a quarter-century, Poltergeist remains one of the most popular movies whose reputation rests almost exclusively on behind-the-scenes diversions.
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10/23/07
It's a highly effective and uncommonly emotional horror film, and in the summer of 1982, I preferred it to Spielberg's more universally admired E.T.
10/18/07
So darn good it makes me wish Spielberg hadn't given up on the horror genre.
10/12/07
At first this takes the form of your classic poltergeist activity (moved furniture, that kind of thing), but it becomes weirder.
09/25/07
A surprisingly yet successfully restrained lesson in how to haunt a house.
09/25/07
Given the talents, Poltergeist is an annoying film because it could have been so much better.
09/25/07
Top Critic
A vapid, silly horror movie with occasional moments of promise that ultimately fails due to an overdose of cuteness.
09/25/07
Though the shocks are well conveyed, it's the sweetness that lingers, making this the first cute and cuddly entry in the genre.
09/25/07
Top Critic
It is consistently redeemed by its creator's dazzling sense of craft.
02/09/06
Hooper's skill with gore combined with Spielberg's ability to sanitize anything into family-friendliness makes Poltergeist a smash horror hit -- and it's rated PG.
10/01/05
That it's all hokum gets washed aside by the believable and perceptive family value story set in bland suburbia.
06/20/05
J’aurais préféré voir quelque chose de plus sombre et de plus sérieux. Dommage.
02/25/05
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