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HUMANITY AND HORROR MIX PERFECTLY IN 'POLTERGEIST' Miami Herald, The (FL) - June 7, 1982 Author: BILL COSFORD Herald Movie Critic The kids k...

Read the Empire Movie review of EMPIRE ESSAY: Poltergeist. Managing to cause ripples post release — two sequels, a TV series plus a real life "Curse Of...

(Originally posted on 2/26/04) Although I was disappointed to find that my favorite scene from 1982’s Poltergeist -- the one with the paranormal expert tea...

Brilliantly chilling ghost story about house built on graveyard. They're heeeere.

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Given the talents, Poltergeist is an annoying film because it could have been so much better. Certainly, the subject is interesting, a persistent parapsychol...