Salem's Lot directs this Creepy little Supernatural Ghost Story written and produced by Stephen Spielberg.At the same time he was directing "E.T." sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." It's sure to make you squirm.Don't watch it alone!!!
4.5/5Poltergeist(1982)
| Poltergeist | |||||||
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 Poltergeist original theatrical poster | |||||||
| Directed by | Tobe Hooper | ||||||
| Produced by | Frank Marshall Steven Spielberg | ||||||
| Written by | Story Steven Spielberg Screenplay Steven Speilberg Michael Grais Mark Victor | ||||||
| Starring | Craig T. Nelson JoBeth Williams Beatrice Straight Dominique Dunne Oliver Robins Heather O'Rourke Zelda Rubinstein | ||||||
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith | ||||||
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti, ASC | ||||||
| Editing by | Michael Kahn Steven Spielberg | ||||||
| Studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||||||
| Distributed by | United Artists | ||||||
| Release date(s) | June 4, 1982 (U.S.) June 5, 1982 (Canada) August 5, 1982 (AUS) September 16, 1982 (UK) | ||||||
| Running time | 114 min. | ||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||
| Language | English | ||||||
| Budget | $10,700,000 (estimated) | ||||||
| Gross revenue | $76,606,280[1] (domestic) | ||||||
| Followed by | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | ||||||
Tobe Hooper directs Creepy Supernatural blockbuster written and produced by Stephen Spielberg.At the same time he was directing "E.T." sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
4.5/5Watch the Trailer!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsDJRu9_Cgs&NR=1
Poltergeist is an American horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper, produced by Steven Spielberg, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on June 4, 1982. It is the first and most successful of the Poltergeist film trilogy, and was nominated for three Academy Awards.[2]
The franchise is often said to be cursed, because several people associated with it, including stars Dominique Dunne and Heather O'Rourke, died prematurely. "The Poltergeist Curse" has been the focus of an E! True Hollywood Story.[3]
The film was ranked as #80 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments and the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 20th scariest film ever made.[4] The film also appeared on American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Thrills, a list of America's most heart-pounding movies.[5]
Plot
During a rainstorm one night, a gnarled tree comes to life and grabs son Robbie (Oliver Robins), through his bedroom window. However, this is merely a distraction used by the ghosts to get Carol Anne's parents to leave her unattended. While Diane and Steven rescue Robbie, Carol Anne is sucked through a portal in her closet. The horrified Freelings realize she's been taken after they begin to hear her communicating through her television set.
When a group of parapsychologists from UC Irvine, Dr. Lesh (Beatrice Straight), Ryan (Richard Lawson), and Marty (Martin Casella), come to the Freeling house to investigate, they are awestruck and humbled by the manifestations they witness. They determine that the Freelings are experiencing a poltergeist. They explain that the spirits have not gone into the "Light", but are stuck between dimensions, and have taken Carol Anne because, being an innocent 5-year-old who was born in the house, her "life force" is as bright to them as the Light, and they believe she is their salvation.
After a series of paranormal episodes that frightens all in the house, Robbie and elder sister Dana (Dominique Dunne) are sent away for their safety. The parapsychologists leave with the data they collected, but Dr. Lesh and Ryan return with a spiritual medium, Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein), who informs Diane that Carol Anne is alive and in the house. She also explains that there is a single malevolent spirit present in the house, very powerful and utterly evil, whom she calls the "Beast", who exploits the fact that the despairing spirits are confused and lost, and uses Carol Anne as a distraction so they cannot move on into the Light.
The assembled group realizes that whereas the entrance to the other dimension is through the children's bedroom closet, the exit is through the living room ceiling. Diane enters the closet, with a rope tied around her that is anchored to Steven. As Tangina coaxes the agonized spirits away from Carol Anne, Diane retrieves her daughter and emerges through the living room ceiling, falling to the floor with Carol Anne. Tangina announces, "this house is clean."
However, while the spirits have moved on, the Beast has not. On their final night in the house prior to moving out, the Beast attacks Diane and the children. Diane runs to her neighbors for help, and in the process, slips and falls into the swimming pool, from which coffins and rotting corpses emerge. Her neighbors, terrified by the ghostly energy blazing from the house, refuse to enter it, but Diane runs back into it. After Robbie and Carol Anne are pulled out of the house, and Dana herself returns from a date, the reason for the spirits presence is revealed, as coffins and dead bodies begin exploding out of the ground all throughout the neighborhood.
As Steven returns home and witnesses this, he realizes, that when the subdivision was first built, Frank Teague, the real estate developer — for whom he worked — chose to save money on relocating an existing cemetery on the site by moving only the tombstones. An enraged Steven confronts Teague with the knowledge that by leaving the bodies in unmarked graves and building houses on top of them, Teague desecrated their burial grounds. As the Freelings flee down the street in their car, their entire house implodes into the otherworldly portal, as stunned neighbors, including Steven's now-ashamed boss, look on. The family checks into a Holiday Inn for the night, and taking no chances, Steven puts the television outside.
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