Poltergeist

Pros: Entertaining, creepy movie that has held up well.
Cons: Some things could be disturbing for some viewers.

It has been years since I first saw Poltergeist.  Since then, I have seen it again every so often, though I don't remember some things from the movie.  I recently decided to add the movie to my DVD collection and I just watched it ...

Pros: Story, Acting, Scary/Mystery, Special Effects
Cons: Tangina scares me, some special effects dated

As a child, the movie Poltergeist scared me almost as much, as the classic production of the Exorcist. While it was relieving to longer worry about my head spinning, or spitting up pea soup, there was a character in this movie that caused ...

Pros: Original story, good performances, fantastic special effects, truly scary.
Cons: The PG rating is deceptive, two cast members met with tragic ends.

1982 should have been a good year for Tobe Hooper. Up to that point, he had one memorable movie (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974), one good mini-series (Salem's Lot, 1979), one bad movie (Eaten Alive, 1977) and one disappointment ...

Pros: Some good effects, eerie, mounting tension
Cons: Some cheesey effects, goes a little over the top

Regarding this review's title, this is an excuse whenever the family drops by for a visit and one of my craft projects (or clutter piles, if you ask my wife)happens to
be out in the living room. Now I know I seem like a fine, stable and...

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This write-off pertains to a movie that has somehow changed our lives, or it is a movie that we will always remember because of a special moment. While this is a movie review I will also be explaining how it influenced me. These will hopefully lead to...

Pros: Acting, music, special effects, and on and on.
Cons: Some may not like this kind of movie or its bits of humour.

I am not a scary movie buff. I can watch blood and guts spray and still eat without blinking or feeling queasy. Unfortunately this trait does not apply to the thriller genre. Much to my eldest brother chagrin, when I watch a scary movie, I have a bad ...

Pros: great story, good effects, holds up surprisingly well
Cons: the sequels kind of stunk, but don't hold it against this one

I saw this in the theater when it first came out. I was about twelve or thirteen maybe and while it didn't scare the *rap out of me, there were scenes that made me jump. Given that it's almost Halloween, I wanted to let my oldest daughter (eleven years ...

Pros: Scary, well-acted, very accessible story. Good special effects.
Cons: None.

If somebody asked me what one of the scariest movies of the eighties were I know what my answer would definitely be. Although Freddy Krueger's burnt offerings were frightening he loses out to a quite gnarly tree, a pool full of skeletons and one ...

Pros: Several standout scenes. It's a FUN horror movie.
Cons: Parts 2 & 3.

Come on, the kid gets sucked into the TV... That one idiot eats maggots, then peels his own face off...the big sucking closet monster...that damn spooky clown doll...and the swimming pool full of...something. It's a classic haunted house movie,...

Pros: scary, good cast, great set pieces, mind blowing climax etc.
Cons: slightly dated effects

I admit this was the first time I'd seen Poltergeist. I know, its criminal and I bow my head in shame.

I'll begin with the plot. Life is good for the Freeling family. They live in a nice house in a friendly suburban neighborhood. But...

Pros: A Spielberg classic, eerie, characters you genuinely care about, Heather O'Rourke is wonderful
Cons: hmm. none, really!

Wandering through the aisles of a video rental shop one day when I was about 9 or 10, my gaze fell upon a cover with a picture of a little blond-haired girl with her hands on a TV screen on a fuzz channel.
"Mom, look -- there's a movie...

Pros: Scary, humorous, and satirical
Cons: Not for kids!!!

"Poltergeist" is not only a scary haunted house story, it is a humorous and satirical look at life in suburbia. From the first scene, where we see the Freeling family snoozing away as the TV, which they leave on all night, blathers, babbles,...

Pros: Scary, entertaining, at times amusing
Cons: Two inferior sequels

I am not a horror movie fan. I cannot stand grossness or spookiness of any kind whatsoever. I was dragged to see this film against my will by a group of friends when I was 14. I spent most of my first viewing of "Poltergeist" with my purse...

Pros: Sympathetic family; much suspense; great visual effects
Cons: None, really--although some scenes may be upsetting for young viewers

So says little Carol Ann Freleng (Heather O'Rourke) in POLTERGEIST, a fine 1982 parapsychological suspense thriller from co-writer/co-producer Steven Spielberg and director Tobe Hooper (known for his incredible 1974 horror opus THE TEXAS CHAINSAW...

Pros: SCARY! Great gross effects without crossing the line.
Cons: They made sequels.

I hadn't seen Poltergeist since I was about 13 years old and the movie seemed to be playing every other hour on HBO. The movie creeped me out then with its gory effects and keen sense of what creeps us out.

I was channel surfing just the...