Genre:
Horror
Directed
by: Tobe Hooper
Cast:
JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O’Rourke
Running
time: 93 minutes
Steven and Diane Freeling are living in a
cozy little Californian suburb, but their idyllic life turns to a nightmare
when an evil spirit, or poltergeist, abducts Carol Anne, the couple’s youngest
daughter, within her home. The Freelings will seek help from ghost experts to
retrieve their sweet little girls from the grip of these malevolent ghostly
creatures.
Written by the great Steven Spielberg, the
original Poltergeist movie remains a classic to this day. The special effects
were particularly well done, especially for the era when the film was made.
Also, the Freelings felt like a real tight-knit family who would go through hellfire
and brimstone to get one of their own back. It did not feel fake at all.
Everybody was good in their respective roles.
While not the scariest movie of all-time,
Poltergeist does a solid job of keeping you on edge. With good acting, a
compelling storyline and great special effect, it is a film well worth seeing,
if you haven’t already done so. If you have seen it, it is good enough to watch
again. It is sad to think that two of the movie’s starts, Heather O’Rourke and
Dominique Dunne, would die prematurely a few years after its release.
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