Beatrice Straight

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Poltergeist review by danieljparsons from Ashford

"They're here..." 2 January 2010
...well written and Zelda Rubinstein has a great deal of presence in a small part. Beatrice Straight and JoBeth Williams are also impressive and special mention should also be give... Read customer review

Chiller on DVD (1985)
Starring: Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson
Director: Wes Craven
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From the master of terror Wes Craven, the story of a man who returns to the living ...without his soul.

43% from 62 members

Poltergeist on DVD (1982)
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Director: Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
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Watch now: £2.49
Life is very pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family until a host of otherworldly forces invades their peaceful suburban home. It starts with just an odd occurrence or two, but soon their house is transformed into a swirling supernatural sideshow. The forces at work are anything but friendly, ..read more »

73% from 5,448 members

Poltergeist - Blu-ray (1982)
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Director: Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
A peaceful suburban home suddenly becomes a gateway for enraged ghosts who kidnap a little girl and take her to their twilight world. Hiring paranormal experts, the girl's family attempts to discover why she was taken and how to get her back. Great performances by all in this superlative ghost story.

72% from 1,358 member

Endless Love on DVD (1981)
Starring: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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A modern variation on the Romeo and Juliet theme, Endless Love features tha Oscar-nominated song performed by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, this timeless romance stars Brooke Shields as Jade, who becomes the true love and obsession of the boy next door, David. However,..read more »

56% from 806 members

Bloodline on DVD (1979)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Romy Schneider, James Mason
Director: Terence Young
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Suspense thriller based on the best-selling novel by Sidney Sheldon. When Sam Roffe, president of a multinational pharmaceutical company, is killed while mountain-climbing, his beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Audrey Hepburn) inherits the controlling interest of his empire - and almost immediately ..read more »

45% from 122 members

Network on DVD (1976)
Starring: Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden
Director: Sidney Lumet
Certificate:
A trenchant satire of trash TV, Network seems to grow only more relevant with each passing year. Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the dean of newscasters at the United Broadcasting System, is put out to pasture because he skews old. Network executive Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard's best friend,..read more »

70% from 8,202 members

Patterns (1956)
Starring: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley
Director: Fielder Cook
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"The Twilight Zone" was still three years away when Rod Serling wrote "Patterns", the prescient tale of Machiavellian goings-on at a large corporation. Serling's later masterpieces harken back to many of these plot elements, including a well placed twist at the end.

57% from 28 members
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Chiller - 2.0 stars
Poltergeist - 3.5 stars
Poltergeist - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Endless Love - 3.0 stars
Bloodline - 2.5 stars

Poltergeist - 3.5 stars
Poltergeist - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Network - 3.5 stars
Endless Love - 3.0 stars
Bloodline - 2.5 stars

Patterns - 3.0 stars
Chiller - 2.0 stars
Bloodline - 2.5 stars
Endless Love - 3.0 stars
Network - 3.5 stars

Michael McManus - 3 times - show films
Zelda Rubinstein - 3 times - show films
Oliver Robins - 3 times - show films
James Karen - 3 times - show films
JoBeth Williams - 3 times - show films

Steven Spielberg - 3 times - show films
Tobe Hooper - 3 times - show films
Franco Zeffirelli - 2 times - show films
Sidney Lumet - 1 times - show films
Fielder Cook - 1 times - show films