A retrospective on Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg’s “Poltergeist” from 1982, including a look at its hotly debated production, the hit and miss quality of its sequels, and most importantly how it draws its horror from very real ideas of terrible familial loss seen through the lens of a classic haunted house story placed in a modern suburban setting.
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What’s your favorite haunted house story?
Imagine filling out the insurance claim on that house. Act of God is nowhere close.
i watch this movie long years back, the movie was absolutely fantastic,
Palpable.
I guess the house wasn’t as clean as Tangina thought. In fact it got sucked into a black hole it was so unclean still. 😂
I wouldn’t call a ghost movie “horror” nightmare on elm street, Friday the 13th, Child’s Play.. those were the horror movies of the 80’s. Poltergeist is be definition supernatural horror, key word supernatural. It’s freaky, not scary
I hadn't seen Insidious until yesterday after rewatching Poltergeist and it's so definitely a 2010s update on Poltergeist and Exorcist combined. Entertaining and ghoulish but it doesn't beat either of them. The Conjuring does pretty much the same and clearly shares the credit with Insidious for reviving the popularity of haunted suburban horror for the last decade and a half.
Thank you for not using AI narration!!
What is on the wall behind Dana? 5:23
Poltergeist II came THIS close to being a worthy follow-up to the first film. In some ways it’s scarier.
Julian Beck, who played Kane in part 2, was in a performance art group called the Living Theatre in San Francisco. He had a major influence on The Doors' frontman Jim Morrison. And may have caused the Miami incident, which let to the eventual breakup.
When the coffins rise up, they are not animated, Tangina sent them to the light. The Beast was pissed and ambushed them for taking sending them away. But those were not the only souls, as you know.
I totally agree on the fact people always think this movie is about tribal burial grounds. I hate that people always get that wrong.
Music from Braid ? Haha
I never had any problem whatsoever with the SFX. They were actually extremely good, especially for the period, in particular the scene where you see everything floating around. There's just one scene that stands out as looking a bit crap, even for the period, and that's the face ripping scene. It's so obviously a puppet. But the rest of the SFX? Superb.
The 2015 one came out when I was a kid, and I loved the movie. I recently watched it again as an adult, and still love it. I decided to watch the originals, and they were alright. The first one was pretty okay, but then the sequels were just horrible and very unnecessary.
It all comes down to which one you watch first, or grew up with. I'm not a big fan of the original because my original is the 2015 one, whilst people who watched the original first or grew up with it, will prefer that one. Especially if you have high expectations for a remake. I genuinely prefer the way they did the remake 🤷♂ I liked that the kids had more roles in it.
Carol Ann's canary dying at the beginning is a thing you don't think is that important until rewatches when you realize the bird was literally a "canary in the coal mine." Its grave being disturbed is a huge giveaway for a reveal that comes in the last 15 minutes
TV static isn't that old. We only switched from Analog TV to Digital (albeit by force) on June 12, 2009. What's messed up is no one noticed the red marks on the older sibling's neck only to find out her Boyfriends strangled her to death later.
Steve pushing the tv out the door must be among the best, and funny endings ever put on film.
this movie has scarred me as a child… that scene with the tree. nah dude
I'm probably strange in this regard, but I rank 2 higher than 1. Though, I saw the sequel before the original and watched it a number of times on HBO as a kid. IIRC, I saw them in this order: 2, 3, 1 (but it may have been 2, 1, 3). I agree with your assessment that no one really wanted a remake. It wasn't bad, but it didn't really add anything and, honestly, I think the series should be left alone after so much tragedy with the original 3. Edited to add: Out of respect for the actors, not because I think the series is cursed.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. But one thing that bothered me about this movie, is that if the builders only moved the headstones and left the coffins, when putting in house foundations and installing pools, they would have been hitting coffins left and right. There's no way the Freelings were installing a pool with a deep end at 10 feet and didn't smack into coffins.
Amazing video! Great job! Thanks for making it! Especially great job on the who directed it controversy as nobody has handled it better than you have!
I think some of the practical effects still hold up. I learned that canned tomatoes were used for the face ripping scenes to look like bloody flesh.
You are quite right. The crazy 4th act is a great catharsis. A beautiful horror for all the family.
beautiful ending