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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Tobe Hooper |
| Stars: |
JoBeth Williams |
| Actors: |
Oliver Robbins |
| Genre: |
Horror/Suspense |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Ghosts · Psychic Forces · Family Interaction · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Widescreen |
| UPC: |
012569506435 |
| Release Date: |
1982 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 55min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 1hr 54min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (October 09, 2007)
UPC: 012569647510 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 54min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (September 03, 2002)
UPC: 012569506435 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Steven Spielberg |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/01/2007, p.202, Kat Brown): 4 stars out of 5 -- "POLTERGEIST balances genuine scares with light relief and a top performance from Heather O'Rourke....Classic stuff." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"They're here!" -- Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke) about the poltergeists |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Ghosts invade suburbia in this 1982 horror film from director Tobe Hooper (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and producer Steven Spielberg. Life in the Freeling family's tract home is comfortably bland, but frisky poltergeists soon put a little excitement into their daily routine--moving furniture and communicating with their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, through the television set. Unfortunately, harmless pranks quickly turn nasty and the previously friendly ghosts kidnap Carol Anne, trapping her in the spirit world. To win the child back, the family calls in a team of parapsychologists and a psychic who conducts an elaborate exorcism. The apocalyptic finale is deliciously macabre, and pushed the limits of the PG rating. A number of sequels followed, and speculation still remains on whether Spielberg--who wrote the story and storyboarded the action--essentially ghost directed the film. |
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