Saturday, October 06, 2018

Poltergeist (1982)

Second viewing; first viewed in 1982, probably.

A  little girl is sucked to another dimension; concurrently to that, her house is affected by strange phenomena. Her family hires a team of experts to recover her.

This incoherent mess is, according to IMDB viewer poe426, a blend of two uncredited sources by Richard Matheson: The Twilight Zone episode Little Girl Lost and the movie The Legend of Hell House. There are many cringeworthy dramatic moments that punctuate Poltergeist, and some effective fright setpieces as well. Thus, despite being a very problematic film, it is watchable.

Rating: 40 (down from 49)

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