Poltergeist doesn't have a ghost of a chance of topping the original. Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic is a terrific horror story with punch lines that stuck with a generation of viewers. Few of us can forget pretty little blonde, blue-eyed Heather O
Of course Carol Ann's name is now Madison. Gil Kenan's dickless remake of Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic Poltergeist is probably the most unnecessary redux in the perpetual cycle of horror remakes yet.
Utter the word “Poltergeist” around people of a certain age and it will induce Proustian flashbacks to the film's signature sight: that of a cherubic young girl making contact with the undead via a television screen, a fantastical encounter that leads
“They're here… again.” Controversy still rages as to who held the whip hand on the original 1982 Poltergeist – director Tobe Hooper or co-writer/producer Steven Spielberg. The film certainly looks more like the dark cousin of ET than the PG-rated (in
Everything old in Hollywood is new again, the most recent example of which is the remake of 1982's supernatural thriller “Poltergeist,” which haunts theaters nationwide today. In the modern take on the horror classic, the