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They’re (still) Heeeere!: ‘Poltergeist’ at 40

They’re (still) Heeeere!: ‘Poltergeist’ at 40

Steven Spielberg doesn’t talk about Poltergeist for reasons that I can only speculate. The last time that I recall that he even mentioned the film was on an AFI special 20 years ago in which he dismissed any suggestion of subtext by saying “Poltergeist was just meant to be a rollercoaster ride. I wasn’t trying to do […]

| June 4, 2022
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

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Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

Poltergeist II: The Other Side is sound and fury signifying nothing, a good-looking special effects show that contains no less than a flying chainsaw, a set of killer braces and a creature excised from the human body through vomiting, yet it can’t find a cohesive foothold to string any of those ideas together.  Then again […]

| May 23, 1986 | 0 Comments
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