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Poltergeist is a 1982 horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson and Beatrice Straight.
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60 of 434 · most liked firstNebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon slammed far right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer Monday, saying she’s right out of the horror movie Poltergeist — and “she’s crazy.” On Chuck Todd’s podcast, Bacon was asked what he thought of the recent firings of top aides after Trump met with Loomer…
neutral · AI labelView post →Even the 1982 movie Poltergeist is like ‘The USA was built on top of the graves of victims of political violence’ which is now apparently a thought crime
neutral · AI labelView post →They used to just let kids watch Poltergeist. That movie went harder than just about anything in the world. It was also PG-13 and we were all messed up after seeing it when we were tiny.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight’s scary movie: POLTERGEIST (1982), directed by Tobe Hooper
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s scary movie: “Poltergeist” (1982), directed by Tobe Hooper youtu.be/q0p4JUlKJYI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching in the theater, one of my favorite movies. 🎥 Poltergeist (1982) 🎬 Directed By: Tobe Hooper #Horror #80s
positive · AI labelView post →Each Conjuring movie is worse than the last and even the best Conjuring movie (the first one) grants like 20-25% the pleasure of simply rewatching Poltergeist, a perfect movie, for the 50th time.
positive · AI labelView post →A short while ago, I told @scalzi.com that I thought Poltergeist was two thirds of a good movie stapled to one third of a bad movie. He disagreed. God has since punished me for my hubris, because I just watched The Substance, which is most of a superb movie nailed to…a film. That exists.
neutral · AI labelView post →What horror movie did you see WAY too young? Mine was Poltergeist.
neutral · AI labelView post →You can now stay overnight at the Simi Valley house used in 1982's POLTERGEIST -- with an interior that's painstakingly renovated to look exactly like it did in the film! You can even book custom experiences like tours, movie screenings, or a night that feels... watched... www.poltergeisthouse.com
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie Poltergeist may have traumatized me and made me afraid of trees and clowns as a child but at least it taught me how to tell how far away a storm is
positive · AI labelView post →I think anyone who thinks Tobe Hooper couldn't have directed Poltergeist hasn't actually seen any of the rest of Tobe Hooper's body of work other than Texas Chainsaw Massacre and even then, what are you talking about, TCSM is a perfect movie
positive · AI labelView post →An unusual theater visit mid-week since I have a baseball game to attend on Sunday. A strong #LastFourWatched this #LetterboxdFriday. Poltergeist is an iconic film, X to show my cat her namesake of Maxine, Jackass 2 to revisit before the new film, Best & Last is bittersweet if not lacking. #Filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →The $75 million AmazonMGM claim to have spent on the Melania movie didn't include any kind of cash budget for screening it film to critics; I'll post a review when I see it. In place of that review, here's my thoughts on 1986 horror Poltergeist II: The Other Side film-authority.com/2023/10/08/p...
neutral · AI labelView post →As I recently rewatched Poltergeist and Poltergeist ll: The Other Side . And with Tom Skerritt's recent passing, I thought I'd watch: #NowWatching: 📽️ Poltergeist lll 🎬 Gary Sherman #Horror
neutral · AI labelView post →What scene from a horror movie still haunts you to this day? 😬 For me… this moment with the f’ing clown doll from ‘Poltergeist’ 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →I just turned on the Poltergeist remake, which I have avoided because Poltergeist is my favorite movie, and I see in the first minute that they have renamed Carol-Anne to “Madison”. This movie’s gonna stone cold suck ass
negative · AI labelView post →Housed in VHS style packaging, Warner Bros. will release the ‘80s Horror 5-Film SteelBook Library Case Set on October 6. The Amazon Exclusive features A Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist, The Lost Boys, The Shining, and Little Shop of Horrors. Pre-order from Amazon now.
neutral · AI labelView post →We were watching Poltergeist (the original) last night, and I realized what a GenX movie it is. "Sure, we're under attack by some paranormal activity, so let's just put our tender-aged son in a cab to grandma's by himself while we take care of things!" Bye, see ya!
neutral · AI labelView post →Remake of the movie Poltergeist but it's a hospital CEO being targeted instead of a real estate developer
neutral · AI labelView post →Adulting hard today💪: Work shift ✔️ Therapy session ✔️ Future therapy and doctor appointments made ✔️ Now, time to relax, spend time with my kiddo, make dinner, make cookies, and try to watch a movie. Probably Poltergeist 2, as my son and I were talking about it yesterday. 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m reading a transcript of a talk I had with an industry person and Poltergeist Legacy was transcribed as Poultrygeist Legacy and now I really wanna see the latter film 🐓 Pitch meeting: “Obviously Poltergeist is a classic, but we’ve all had the same thought: there simply were not enough chickens!”
neutral · AI labelView post →I just rewatched POLTERGEIST for the first time in years. All I'm going to say about it is that if you want to see a truly frightening suburban horror film watch Demián Rugna's TERRIFIED. Yes, there are subtitles. Suck it up. It's on Shudder and AMC+.
negative · AI labelView post →Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) dir. Brian Gibson 🎬 What's your favourite #horror sequel? #filmsky #moviesky #cinema
neutral · AI labelView post →Poltergeist is a horror movie about things getting in the way of having sex with a stoned JoBeth Williams in a football jersey
positive · AI labelView post →Mad Max 350K Jaws 3.5M The Thing 10M Star Wars 11M Poltergeist 15M Highlander 17M Predator 18M Raiders of the Lost Ark 20M Blade Runner 30M Resident Evil 33M Star Trek TMP 44-46M Stargate 55M But let's murderthe mid-budget movie and replace journeymen film makers with AI. That's definitely working.
neutral · AI labelView post →While we’re all discussing Tom Skerritt, I want to take a moment to say that, yes, POLTERGEIST III absolutely rips. In a franchise of movies made for midnight, III is the undeniably the 3am movie and it owns that weirdness. Skerritt absolutely got assignment and helped make it all the better.
positive · AI labelView post →In Its A Wonderful Life, I’d never noticed that (in alternate reality terms) Bailey Park is built on a cemetery, raising the possibility that all the Bedford Falls citizens’ lovely new houses are haunted transdimensionally, by angry spirits, like in Poltergeist, and I would like to see that film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Share your fave: Vampire Movie: Sinners Zombie Movie: Rabid (1977) Haunting Movie: Poltergeist (1984) Creature Feature: The Return of Godzilla Found Footage: The Last Exorcism Slasher: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Cosmic Horror: Hellraiser (1987) Psychological Horror: Rope Horror Comedy: Gremlins 2
neutral · AI labelView post →POLTERGEIST Dir: Tobe Hooper 1982 #NowWatching Maybe it's nostalgia, the film that had a HUGE part in getting me into horror films. Maybe it's not but all I know is this is a hell of a horror film, everything works so perfectly in it. Love it, 5 stars all the way!
positive · AI labelView post →Share Your Favorite... Vampire Movie: Near Dark Zombie Movie: Fido Haunting Movie: Poltergeist Creature Feature: The Descent Found Footage: Host Slasher: You’re Next Cosmic Horror: In the Mouth of Madness Psychological Horror: The Dark and the Wicked Horror Comedy:Bubba Ho-Tep
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to POLTERGEIST, released on this day in 1982. I reviewed it when it hit 4K. filmfreakcentral.net/2022/10/polt...
neutral · AI labelView post →People always reference cool animes and action movies when they talk about their inspirations and I'm over here like Idk I was into Rocko's Modern Life and Peanuts and Poltergeist and A Goofy Movie and Sonic the Hedgehog and Nightmare on Elm Street and Tremors
neutral · AI labelView post →Tom Coombe, writer of several short horror stories. My biggest childhood horror influencers are the movie Poltergeist, but more importantly the novels of John Bellairs. #HorrorWritersChat
neutral · AI labelView post →New song that’s a little bit about memory and fear and a little bit about the movie Poltergeist out in one week
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun movie fact: E.T., Poltergeist, and Gremlins all started out as the same movie, Dark Skies. (A horror sequel to Close Encounters that didn't pan out) Poltergeist is the ugliest of the triplets, let me tell you.
negative · AI labelView post →Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned that Warner Bros. Discovery is launching the next two installments in the sellout Film Vault Range in collaboration with Vice Press News, and Tobe Hooper’s horror classic POLTERGEIST is coming along for the ride:
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching Poltergeist and there’s so much about 1982 that’s practically unparseable in 2026 that this might as well be a foreign film. Remote control fights, carpeted toilet covers, disposable income, owning a home. The haunting is the most plausible thing about it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jerry Goldsmith (with scenes from "Planet of the Apes", "Chinatown", "Alien" and "Poltergeist" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge Day 31 Favorite Horror Movie Poltergeist (1982)
positive · AI labelView post →Which film reminds you most of your childhood? 🎥 It’s a tie between Jurassic Park, Jumanji, and Poltergeist 👻
neutral · AI labelView post →Share your fave: Vampire Movie: Subspecies Zombie Movie: Land of the Dead Haunting Movie: Poltergeist Creature Feature: Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor Found Footage: Blair Witch 2015 Slasher: Sleepaway Camp Cosmic Horror: Cryptic Plasm Psychological Horror: Possession Horror Comedy: Toxic Avenger
neutral · AI labelView post →As you can tell by my display name I’m a big fan of Poltergeist (and Poltergeist 2). But so much of the reality of the film is foreign to the generations that came after. TV stations going off the air? Believing TV remotes can work through walls? STATIC?? It’s an alien world.
positive · AI labelView post →Favorite film for each year of ‘80s? 1980: Kagemusha 1981: Possession 1982: Poltergeist 1983: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 1984: Paris, Texas 1985: Clue 1986: Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives 1987: Princess Bride 1988: Die Hard 1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
positive · AI labelView post →The film adaptation of Communion gets a lot of shit, probably because Whitley Striber is a con artist, but goddamn Christopher Walken was great in it. I miss the early-mid 80s, slightly frenetic, naturalistic, stoned parent dialogue in movies like this and Poltergeist.
neutral · AI labelView post →Poltergeist is still such a fantastic film.
positive · AI labelView post →A clip from my independent animated film ANATOMY (1963), a slight homage to Poltergeist, with a faustian bargain twist...
neutral · AI labelView post →Despite being a hit film, with involvement by Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist was only ever made into a video game once. A charming, but challenging game that was exclusive to the TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo). www.retroist.com/p/poltergeis...
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m watching Poltergeist (1982) and I always forget how much I love this film. Zelda Rubenstein was a G.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm Gen X. I've never read a Stephen King book or seen a movie. But, I did watch Poltergeist in the theaters when I was 8 & my mom gave me Frank Herbert's Dune to read at 13.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oliver Robbins, who played Robbie in the 1982 film Poltergeist just posted this on Facebook. Hell nah bro 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →On this Patreon exclusive episode, the gang chat with special guest @jakerockatansky.bsky.social (QAA) about Poltergeist and other wild tangents surrounding film conspiracy theories. Additionally, we of course talk about Ghostbusters & Weezer. linktr.ee/jortscenter
neutral · AI labelView post →Latest newsletter is an extremely comprehensive interview with the brilliant Louise Weard on Castration Movie, Computer Hearts, watching Poltergeist as a child, growing up online, seeing The Odyssey in front-row IMAX seats, and much more last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/louise-weard...
neutral · AI labelView post →Now seated for Regal Horror Movie Fest “31 Screams on Screen” Now watching ‘Poltergeist’ with the bestie.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s a dark and stormy night…what movie are you watching? Poltergeist (1982)
neutral · AI labelView post →what is the best haunted house movie ever and why is it POLTERGEIST
positive · AI labelView post →When I was eight, the babysitter brought Poltergeist for us to watch together because it was my favorite movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Vampire Movie: Lost Boys Zombie Movie: Return of the Living Dead or Bone Temple Haunting Movie: Poltergeist Creature Feature: Tremors Found Footage: [Rec] Slasher: Scream Cosmic Horror: The Thing '82 Psychological Horror: Perfect Blue Horror Comedy: Little Shop of Horrors
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Movie: Fright Night Zombie Movie: 28 Days Later Haunting Movie: Poltergeist Creature Feature: Jaws Found Footage: The Blair Witch Project Slasher: Black Christmas Cosmic Horror: Invasion of the Body Sntachers Psychological Horror: Jacob's Ladder Horror Comedy: Killer Clowns from Outer Space
neutral · AI labelView post →For movie night we watched POLTERGEIST and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 back to back (big fan of both for different reasons) and you’ll never convince me Hooper directed POLTERGEIST
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