adonis98-743-186503 A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap" the youngest daughter. Poltergeist is a pretty watchable but also entertaining horror flick but it's far from being as good as it could have been as well cause i didn't found it that scary to be honest but it's special effects and the acting was a major plus for sure also even Steven Spielberg was a producer so that says something. (7.5/10)

Fella_shibby Saw this in the mid 80s on a VHS. Found it to be really scary. Revisited it recently aft watching the remake. The remake was bad. This movies effects were really good for that time. It has diminished over the years but the movie still stands out as one of the best pg13 horror. Moving household items, flickering lights, sudden rain n thunder, ghost investigators coming to live at the house, people passing thru another dimension/ghost world were all the stuff which inspired future horror films. The creepy smiling clown n the big monster tree really added to the scary stuff. Kids will definitely enjoy this as it lacks the tension n violence. Don't let the names of Hooper n Spielberg fool u. Its not brutal or violent neither it is tame or mild. It does hav some creepy n scary stuff.

John Doe This is the most boring dull and stupid horror movie I've seen. Everything about it is stupid, the characters, the stories and acting..bleh. Why they made three sequels and a remake is beyond me. This deserves a Razzie award in every category. A complete waste of my time and brain cells.I give Poltergeist a 1/10

kausix777 Whatever I try to remember about this movie brings memories of the mother's acting. It was poor. She seemed to have no issues losing her daughter to ..., as happens early on in the movie. She didn't seem to know when to cry, when to drink, when to bathe, when to laugh and when to feel worried. Her demeanor actually made many scenes predictable.Overall, this movie is not bad. It's the same old plot of a family moving into a new house, which shows signs of a haunting pretty quickly. A tree is bothering the son while the daughter sees strange things through a TV. The second half is more of a "cleansing of the house" to bring back the daughter from the clutches of the... (you'll find out).The best part of the movie is the background score and the cinematography.