POLTERGEIST (1982)

POLTERGEIST (1982)

Tagline: “They’re here.”

Look, Dr. Lesh. We don't care about the disturbances, the pounding and the flashing, the screaming, the music. We just want you to find our little girl.

At one point this was on cable like every 4 minutes and each time I remember thinking “Get rid of all the stuffed animals and any creepy toys”. Now it’s a bit tougher to find online streaming anywhere but alas for this Halloween season you can find it for a mere $4.00 or less on DVD (try Walmart). It will be worth it just for the sheer terror factor alone.

Coach (actually Craig T. Nelson as Steve) and Diane are visited by spirits trying to talk their youngest daughter into joining them through static on the TV. The family is excited to have ghosts at first but slowly things get freakin out of freakin control and the whole family is in danger, like serious creeptastic mind-blowing danger. To me, this is the epicenter of horror even just hearing Zelda Rubinstein’s voice is worth watching this thing. Fantastic special effects, great storytelling, and wow factor are all over this thing. Steven Speilberg wrote this but it is directed by Tobe Hooper who did INVADERS FROM MARS and CROCODILE. Some of you may also know the film series (particularly POLTERGIEST III) was surrounded by tales of curses and bizarre events which only add to the intrigue (but in some cases are just flat-out haunting, like real-life haunting).

If killer trees, freaking little puppet clowns, faces getting ripped off and pool cleaners that got fired like 20 years ago are your thing, POLTERGIEST is your movie (it’s also an iconic horror flick that holds up to this day as one of the scariest ever made).

Tip – if you live next to anyone bragging about their furniture moving around on its own, leave town.

I give this movie a 7 out of 7.

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