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Post by endo on Oct 24, 2011 13:44:56 GMT -5
Tobe Hooper's classic film from 1982 of ghosts taking over a home and a child of the family that lives there. This one was an instant classic for me. Some of the scenes in the movie still freak me out...the evil clown under the bed for instance. Great cast and story and a good twist at the end. Gonna try to get a watching of this in before Halloween. Great movie.
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Post by NDX on Oct 24, 2011 21:33:07 GMT -5
Jeez, so many classic horror films I've never seen. I really need to get on the ball, dammit.
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Post by leroy on Oct 25, 2011 6:38:18 GMT -5
i've not seen this in a long time. i'm going to have to find my copy of it and give it a viewing.
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Post by endo on Oct 25, 2011 9:27:45 GMT -5
Jeez, so many classic horror films I've never seen. I really need to get on the ball, dammit. It really is a good movie. Seen it many times and love it every time.
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Post by gorepolice on Oct 26, 2011 0:17:52 GMT -5
I too must admit that I've never seen this movie. Bits and pieces, but never in it's entirety.
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Post by NDX on Oct 26, 2011 0:37:40 GMT -5
Yes! For once it's not just me!
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Post by endo on Oct 27, 2011 14:18:26 GMT -5
You guys got to get on dis.
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Post by queenfreaky2 on Oct 28, 2011 7:29:25 GMT -5
this is a great classic. I remember my sister saying these movies freaked her out cos the little girl was a dead ringer for me as a kid. Spooky!!!
talking of spooky, was nt there a load of myths and weird stuff associated with the poltergeist films? Like crew and cast members dying on set? I remmebr the actress whom played the big sister got murdered........
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Post by endo on Oct 28, 2011 10:57:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I almost posted about it when I posted about the movie. It's the "Poltergeist curse". The "Poltergeist curse" is a rumor of a supposed curse attached to the Poltergeist trilogy and its crew, derived from the fact that four cast members died in the six years between the releases of the first and third films.[1][9] The rumor is often fueled by the fact that real cadavers were used as props in various scenes of Poltergeist and Poltergeist II.[10] The rumor and the surrounding deaths were explored in a 2002 episode of E! True Hollywood Story entitled "Curse of Poltergeist." Dominique Dunne, who played the eldest daughter Dana in the first movie, died on November 4, 1982 at age 22 after being strangled by her abusive former boyfriend.[11] Her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison, but was paroled after serving three and a half years.[9] Julian Beck, 60-year-old actor who played Henry Kane in Poltergeist II: The Other Side, died on September 14, 1985 of stomach cancer diagnosed before he had accepted the role.[12] Will Sampson, 53 years old, who played Taylor the medicine man in Poltergeist II, died as a result of post-operative kidney failure and pre-operative malnutrition problems on June 3, 1987.[13] Heather O'Rourke, who played Carol Anne in all three Poltergeist movies, died on February 1, 1988 at the age of 12 after what doctors initially described as an acute form of influenza but later changed to septic shock after bacterial toxins invaded her bloodstream.[14][15] At the time, she had suffered acute bowel obstruction, initially diagnosed as Crohn's disease, which may have been the cause of death. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_%28film_series%29#The_Poltergeist_curse
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Post by gorepolice on Oct 29, 2011 22:19:23 GMT -5
I watch so many ridiculous and obscure titles that I neglect the classics. My friends all love this movie so I need to see it too.
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Post by endo on Oct 29, 2011 22:32:56 GMT -5
All of them are good. The third one is just sad because Heather O'Rourke looks really bloated from her illness. She was way too young to have to go through all that, and then pass.
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Post by gorepolice on Oct 29, 2011 22:33:53 GMT -5
That's extremely unfortunate. No one so young should have to suffer and go out like that.
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Post by occupant on Oct 30, 2011 12:52:27 GMT -5
Poltergeist was a really effective horror movie, one of my favorites from the era. There were so many disarming scenes that made you laugh and relax and then, Wham, when you least expect it you get sucker punched in the gut. This is one of the first movies I can recall where you see people initially reacting with curiosity and wonder when it becomes clear there is something supernatural taking place in their home. I think this speaks to the open mindedness people have today about otherworldly occurrences. Older movies would have had the people reacting with fear from the moment it became clear they weren't alone in that house. Nowadays, we have reality shows where searching for ghosts and trying to provoke encounters has become an entertaining commercial enterprise. What fools these mortals be.
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Post by endo on Oct 30, 2011 13:46:31 GMT -5
Yeah. They were actually having fun with it when they realized something supernatural was going on. Guess they assumed whatever was there was friendly. Big mistake as it turned out, lol.
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Post by occupant on Oct 30, 2011 14:10:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't really see the wisdom in offering your little girl to some unknown non-corporeal beings to be used as a human shuffleboard puck no matter how entertaining it is to watch her slide from one end of the room to the other.
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