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Clearly an influential film by Chainsaw director Tobe Hooper, Poltergeist reached for, and achieved, everything that the earlier Amityville Horror failed to be; namely, scary, credible, and well acted.
Poltergeist: Directed by Gil Kenan. With Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett. A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive.
Poltergeist. 2015 1h 33m PG-13. 4.9 (62K) Rate. 47 Metascore. A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive.
Poltergeist (1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Craig T. Nelson stars as Steve Freeling, the main protagonist, who lives with his wife, Diane, (JoBeth Williams) and their three children, Dana (Dominique Dunne), Robbie (Oliver Robins), and Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke), in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood.
Synopsis. The Bowen family - Eric (Sam Rockwell), Amy (Rosemarie DeWitt), Kendra (Saxon Sharbino), Griffin (Kyle Catlett), and Madison (Kennedi Clements) - move into a new home. Upon arriving, Griffin wanders through the house. He notices Maddie talking in front of her bedroom closet to an unseen presence.
Actress: Poltergeist. Dominique Ellen Dunne was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne and Dominick Dunne, a producer, actor, and writer. Actor Griffin Dunne is her brother.
3. Poltergeist III. 1988 1h 38m PG-13. 4.7 (21K) Rate. 40 Metascore. Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a high-rise building, where the supernatural forces haunting her make their return.
Poltergeist II: The Other Side: Directed by Brian Gibson. With JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins. The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
"Poltergeist" is a horror movie written and produced by Steven Spielberg but directed by Tobe Hooper due to the contract of Spielberg of exclusivity while making "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial" film. "Poltergeist" can be considered a classic of the horror genre, with an original story of haunted house.
