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Poltergeist(Movie, 1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 54min | Genre: Horror
PoltergeistRating: 3.6/5 (with 12951,295 votes)
Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. It stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson and Beatrice Straight, and was produced by Spielberg and Frank Marshall. The film focuses on a suburban family whose home is invaded by malevolent ghosts that abduct their youngest daughter. As Spielberg was contractually unable to direct another film while he made E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hooper was selected based on his work on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Funhouse. The origin of Poltergeist can be traced to Night Skies, which Spielberg conceived as a horror sequel to his 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Hooper was less interested in the sci-fi elements and suggested they collaborate on a ghost story. Accounts differ as to the level of Spielberg's involvement, but it is clear that he w... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Poltergeist

Saturn Award for Best Make-up Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

About Poltergeist

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

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TCM Big Screen Classics Fathom Event(Teaser, 0:21)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: California
Plays in: California
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Poltergeist" (movie, 2015)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 27 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/23/1982 (World premiere: 06/04/1982)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Poltergeist : La vengeance des fantômes"
"Poltergeists"
"Полтергейст"
"Juegos Diabolicos"
"鬼哭神號"
"Poltergeist (1982)"

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