Poltergeist

Tobe Hooper
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Scary Movies 5

October 27 - 31, 2011

There are haunted house flicks, and then there’s Poltergeist. Featuring some of the most iconic imagery and words—“they’re here!”—in modern horror, it’s a film that continues to scare the hell out of audiences, no matter how many times they’ve seen it.

DIRECTOR
Tobe Hooper
YEAR
1982
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
114 minutes

There are haunted house flicks, and then there’s Poltergeist. Featuring some of the most iconic imagery and words—“they’re here!”—in modern horror, it’s a film that continues to scare the hell out of audiences, no matter how many times they’ve seen it. The story of a suburban California’s family home occupied by malevolent spirits that abduct the youngest daughter, has spawned two sequels and endless imitators, none of which can rival this one.

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