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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, and if the luckless Freelings .. Read more

Starring	JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne
Director	Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
Genres	Horror

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- Credited to Hooper, but every inch a Spielberg film, this is a barnstorming ghost story, set in one of the small... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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  Superb..and still SCARY!!
  
  I remember being allowed to watch this when i thought i was old enough....how wrong was i,i still love this film and its still hugely scary....
  
  Sit ... read more »
  
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  - NIK KENDALL
  - London,England
  - 09 May 2005 at 19:47
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  - 1
  disappointing crashes!
  
  The disc i obtained on this film was damaged! it crashed and skipped important parts of the film! the disc looked damaged as it is missing part of the cover of ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 Feb 2012 at 20:08
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  Great stuff
  
  I saw this movie when it came out & it was scary,watching it again it's still scay,absolute classic & a must if your ghost film type,atmosphere is ... read more »
  
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- - Rhyno5k
  - 60 reviews
  - Plymouth
  - 05 Nov 2011 at 20:41
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  - 8
  wtf is hapeing
  
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  how come it wont work we have been waiting for a hour i want my 2 50 back blah blah blah blah can u help use
  
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- 1052384
- - a customer
  - 17 Oct 2011 at 20:06
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  Watch it
  
  A classic horror and i loved it, well worth a watch. Even after all these years it is cheesy, awesome!
  
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- - snipewife
  - 5 reviews
  - 27 Sep 2011 at 17:00
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  Supernatural High
  
  I thought that is was very good for an old film i had this film on video ages ago, so i wanted to watch it again and i was amazed they did it on dvd so i had to... read more »
  
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- 1043089
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  - 21 Sep 2011 at 09:05
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  Not sure why a classic
  
  I think this film would probably have been scary at the time of making in 1982, however I've watched it in 2011 and can say I was quite disappointed. I ... read more »
  
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- 1041325
- - rachaelknight16
  - 60 reviews
  - Derbyshire, England
  - 16 Sep 2011 at 12:18
- - 0
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  THEY THINK ITS ALL OVER
  
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  really enjoyed this film was genuinley scary and when you think its all over it gets even scarier!! i was hiding behind my hands at points. special effects were... read more »
  
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- 1031289
- - BobCharly
  - 8 reviews
  - 19 Aug 2011 at 19:45
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  for 80s horrors fans only
  
  ts hard to really review this film as i have seen lots of parodys off this flm so i couldnt take it serously abit of a creepy ending nothing special for thoose ... read more »
  
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- - vs
  - 12 reviews
  - 17 Jul 2011 at 15:47
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  Enjoy but don't get trapped in the Television!
  
  The first and best of the Poltergeist series.
  
  This was ground breaking for it's time and tried to approach the haunted house story from a more ... read more »
  
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- 1001886
- - Valiant016
  - 51 reviews
  - Lytham St. Annes
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 21:59
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  Poltergeist One - Blu-ray
  
  Actually forgotten how good this was.
  
  Have not seen it in ages.
  
  Still scary in parts.
  
  Looks good in Blu-ray a good transfer.
  
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  - Gloucestershire
  - 06 Mar 2011 at 15:08
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- - 12
  - 1
  Superb..and still SCARY!!
  
  I remember being allowed to watch this when i thought i was old enough....how wrong was i,i still love this film and its still hugely scary....
  
  Sit ... read more »
  
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- 101295
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  - NIK KENDALL
  - London,England
  - 09 May 2005 at 19:47
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  perfect
  
  just wanna say that there is a really dodgy edit about 32 minutes in. You'd have thought they would've sorted that out for the dvd!
  
  The ... read more »
  
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- - onion
  - 250 reviews
  - south
  - 06 Dec 2008 at 04:12
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  Still one of the best horror films
  
  Despite this being made in 1982, it still has clout and, unlike The Exorcist, its hardly dated at all. Still very scary. If you watch closely you'll see ... read more »
  
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  - Fastfingers
  - 42 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 14 Apr 2010 at 15:59
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  "worst" horror film ever
  
  And this time worst is superlative. I have seen this when I was about 14. Had no idea that it's actualy horror film till it was too late. Home on my own. ... read more »
  
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- - Zatoichi
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  - Solihull
  - 20 Jan 2008 at 20:34
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  "They're here..."
  
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  Watching Poltergeist again now, so much seems to be entwined in my memories of being a kid watching a film I probably shouldn't have watched. I was still a ... read more »
  
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- - danieljparsons
  - 113 reviews
  - Ashford
  - 02 Jan 2010 at 16:19
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  What A Classic
  
  That one word sums it up, was scary back in the day, and still send those chills through your bones, hiding behind the cushions...lol!
  
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- - dilbo99
  - 1 review
  - Lancaster
  - 29 Oct 2010 at 20:33
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  Poltergeist. - fab film
  
  Excellent film throughout. Total Classic - just watched it online and it still stands out even nearly 20 years on.
  
  FABULOUS. Speilberg never ... read more »
  
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- - TILLY1
  - 36 reviews
  - Cheshire
  - 02 Nov 2010 at 15:56
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  Really Scary, Prepare To Be Terrifed.
  
  For a old film, Poltergeist is a terrifying and scary movie especially on Blu-Ray. Be prepared to be freaked, horrifed, shocked and on the edge of your seat ... read more »
  
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- - filmsaremypassion
  - 125 reviews
  - Bexhill
  - 09 Dec 2010 at 18:54
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  poltergeist 1
  
  Spielberg can do most movies great and this is no exception. Slightly over the top effects to make this movie, but just as good and nearly as scary as ... read more »
  
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- 951029
- - a customer
  - Liverpool
  - 05 Jan 2011 at 16:32
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  good film
  
  Rememeber watching this film when it first came out, really scared me as a kid. Still good film for its time the special effects looked a bit old but still good... read more »
  
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- - gaz115
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  - Stoke-On-Trent
  - 27 Oct 2007 at 15:03

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