Poltergeist

Though some of the green-screen work in Poltergeist is very dated (though at the time it must have dazzled audiences), the practical effects – specifically lighting and atmospheric – is incredible, even by today’s standards.

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The TV people [ed. note: like in Poltergeist?] soon realized what we really wanted to do with the concept.

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Julian Beck (who played Kane in Poltergeist II: The Other Side) died of stomach cancer during filming of the sequel.

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Poltergeist is like the ultimate upper-middle class Americana nightmare come true.

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He reminds me of that creepy preacher guy in Poltergeist who held the souls captive.

Blitzer: As the race comes into focus, the gloves come off 2008

I may have mentioned this before, but ... remember the "clown scene" in Poltergeist?

Archive 2007-08-01 Heather McDougal 2007

I may have mentioned this before, but ... remember the "clown scene" in Poltergeist?

Puppetmaster Heather McDougal 2007

Twenty percent said they'd seen "Friday the 13th"; 48 percent had seen "Poltergeist" - in almost all cases they'd watched them on cable.

Violence In Our Culture 2008

Will Sampson (the medicine man in Poltergeist II) died within a year of the film’s release from post-operative kidney failure.

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Although Poltergeist is seemingly the most notorious film to be “cursed”, it’s by no means the last.

TEN of TERROR #1: Poltergeist « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009