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  • Poltergeist is a marvel among horrors. It takes “the haunted house picture” and  adds fantasy to it, giving it a freshness that most other ghost movies just don’t  have. My...June 23, 2010

    A Word from the Webmaster

    Poltergeist is a marvel among horrors. It takes “the haunted house picture” and  adds fantasy to it, giving it a freshness that most other ghost movies just don’t  have. My…

  • Style A Style C Spanish Turkish Japanese  Style BJune 23, 2010

    Posters

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  • “Poltergeist is not a horror pictures. Poltergeist is a love story. A scary love story.” -Jerry Goldsmith” In an interview with Cinema Score, Jerry Goldsmith spoke about how he got the...June 23, 2010

    Jerry Goldsmith Scores Poltergeist

    “Poltergeist is not a horror pictures. Poltergeist is a love story. A scary love story.” -Jerry Goldsmith” In an interview with Cinema Score, Jerry Goldsmith spoke about how he got the…

  • It begins with the Star Spangled Banner playing loud and proud as if we were about to watch a baseball game, but no it’s just some channel’s late night programming coming...June 23, 2010

    Score Analysis

    It begins with the Star Spangled Banner playing loud and proud as if we were about to watch a baseball game, but no it’s just some channel’s late night programming coming…

  • The scene where Diane is invaded by an invisible force and dragged up the walls was, at one time, a much darker and more aggressive sequence. It was a bit more...June 23, 2010

    Alternate Bedroom Attack: “The Stain” Part Two

    The scene where Diane is invaded by an invisible force and dragged up the walls was, at one time, a much darker and more aggressive sequence. It was a bit more…

  • In the final film, there is a scene where Carol Anne approaches the television. A ghoulish hand floats out and bursts into the wall. In the screenplay, this began a...June 23, 2010

    “The Stain” Part One

    In the final film, there is a scene where Carol Anne approaches the television. A ghoulish hand floats out and bursts into the wall. In the screenplay, this began a…

  • Scenes: Carol Anne Gets Abducted, Diane on the Walls How It Was Done: These scenes were shot on a gimbal set. A gimbal set is, for lack of a better...June 23, 2010

    How They Did It: Diane Dragged on the Walls

    Scenes: Carol Anne Gets Abducted, Diane on the Walls How It Was Done: These scenes were shot on a gimbal set. A gimbal set is, for lack of a better…

  • Tobe Hooper was hired to direct, something which later become somewhat of a massive controversy. Spielberg had seen Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and loved it. Spielberg said about TCM: “It’s a...June 14, 2010

    Spielberg Hires Tobe Hooper

    Tobe Hooper was hired to direct, something which later become somewhat of a massive controversy. Spielberg had seen Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and loved it. Spielberg said about TCM: “It’s a…

  • The legacy of Poltergeist begins with Raiders of the Lost Ark. During the production of Raiders, Steven Spielberg headlined discussions for what soon became Poltergeist. In a 1982 interview with...June 14, 2010

    Script Development

    The legacy of Poltergeist begins with Raiders of the Lost Ark. During the production of Raiders, Steven Spielberg headlined discussions for what soon became Poltergeist. In a 1982 interview with…

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