Poltergeist

Film - 1982

8,0

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Poltergeist it's a movie with JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Heather O'Rourke, Dominique Dunne Full cast. Directed by Tobe Hooper. Original title Poltergeist, runtime 114 minutes. Genre Horror.

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Hooper & Spielberg in a state of grace of

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Steven Spielberg, at the beginning of the 80s, was very busy, first of all with finishing the filming of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Even before starting filming the film, Steven had a fixed thought: making the sequel of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Steven, at the end of the 70s, had written a story called "Night Skies" which told the story of the meeting between eleven extraterrestrial scientists who come into contact with an American family, all contextualized in a horror way and the director wanted to use this story to build the sequel to the famous film on top of it. Columbia Pictures, on the contrary, was not at all interested in producing a sequel and this decision made Spielberg change his mind and he dedicated himself, body and soul, to making “E.T.” but, deep down, he didn't want to give up on bringing the story of "Night Skies" to the big screen. We arrive in 1982 where MGM decides to produce a film whose story is created by Spielberg himself and whose direction is entrusted to Tobe Hooper (already famous for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" of 1974). The story of this new film (still untitled) should follow that of "Night Skies" but Hooper tells Spielberg that he is not interested in extraterrestrials but would be inclined to use ghosts as protagonists. (Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg during filming) Spielberg accepts and reworks the story by placing as protagonist a very normal American family made up of Steve (father), Diane (mother) and the three children Dana, Robbie and little Carol Anne who take possession of the new house in the Cuesta Verde neighborhood of California. The actors will all prove to be up to the task: from Craig T. Nelson to Jobeth Williams, from Zelda Rubenstein (extraordinary in the part of the medium) to little Heather O'Rourke who will become a small star with this film and the next. The Read all

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Beyond the nostalgic factor, which obviously plays an important role, there is no point in hiding it, it is a truly innovative film for its time, in which Hooper and Spielberg had truly pushed the accelerator of special effects, the visual and the paranormal, also told with ironic features, ultra modern for the time, vaguely splatter and with some horror moments that had an effect. Then possessed puppets, mediums in action and haunted rooms. Great fun and a collectible masterpiece Read all

Giacomo Pescatore

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Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.