deadwaxdallas Review of Poltergeist

Poltergeist (1982)

Here come all the millennial film students with their hot takes

[7/10 · 26 September 2022]

I'm gonna get right to it. This is a fantastic, blockbuster haunted house movie. It's got a great script, great cast & the special effects have held up 40-years-later. Also, we all know at this point Spielberg directed it. Tobe might have filmed a few scenes, but there's nothing in his career that makes you believe he could do anything this good (Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't that great. Sorry. It's terribly acted & mostly very boring). Anyway, as big budget scare flicks go, this one is still top notch. Mostly, it has actual heart & real emotion. Something lacking from even the best horror movies from the last 40 years.