Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O’Rourke
A suburban family find themselves experiencing some strange phenomena in their home, which seems to be caused by some beings in another realm. The activities seem, at first, rather benign. But when they abduct the youngest, Carol-Ann (O’Rourke), things get much more serious.
Although Poltergeist is from the same director who gave us the grisly and intensely disturbing film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Poltergeist, whilst a horror movie, is far less substantial on the scares and makes for a softer movie. This and the far-greater production values lead many people to believe that the film’s producer Steven Spielberg (who also created the story and partially wrote the screenplay) had a hand in directing. Whether you truly believe this or not, Poltergeist is still a terrifically entertaining film and more of a supernatural mystery. The film’s sense of humour carries it through as well as a great all-round performance from the cast, especially the bizarre yet endearing Zelda Rubenstein as an eccentric medium.
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