Poltergeist | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary

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  @okeefe757 · 2 years ago (edited)

  You got it right George. In the days before 24 hour cable, the 3 major networks ended each broadcast day like at 1:30 am with the national anthem in the U.S.

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  @michelle6337 · 2 years ago

  "You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you!? You left the bodies and you only moved the headstones!" Is one of my favorite horror movie lines.

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  @GeneralZodFDNY77 · 2 years ago

  I remember the days of passing out in front of the TV and hearing the national anthem playing. That was the cue to wake up, turn off the TV, and go to bed. That signified the end of the broadcast day on TV, usually around 2am. The broadcast day resumed around 6am.

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  @McCaricature · 2 years ago

  My favourite line ever. “She’s a medium.” “No, she’s definitely small.”

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  @mj_SR22 · 2 years ago

  My sister is a Little Person and the "she's a medium"/"she's definitely a small" exchange had me dying. LOL. Already sent to my sister and she loves it.

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  @frogofbrass382 · 2 years ago

  The actress who played the medium Tangina Barrons was Zelda Rubinstein.  She had a degree in bacteriology and worked as a lab tech until aged 45, when she decided to try acting.  "Poltergeist" was her first major film role.  Chidlren of the 80s know her for this and as the organist in "16 Candles,"  Given her degree, she took a very active and early role in the promotion of AIDS awareness, having lost a friend to it.  Given the stigma around in the 80s, she may have likely lost work because of her activism.

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  @raydurz · 2 years ago (edited)

  The tagline for the sequel was: "They're baaaack!" And, unfortunately, the actresses that played Carol Anne and Dana died young and under very tragic circumstances.

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  @AuspexAO · 2 years ago

  Poltergeist did something zany: It made you actually care about the family and gave them personalities so you want them to make it.

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  @quinhammes8225 · 11 months ago

  My mother, who we lost a five years ago, loved this movie so much. She loved the family being strong and how the mother will do anything to protect her children. For years in the 1980s, she would put this movie on with a VCR to play as background noise when she cleaned. She literally must have played that tape hundreds of times. thanks for reminding me of that really sweet memory.

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  @pluflop · 2 years ago

  George saying this feels like Harry Potter, has he ever seen Matilda?

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  @Daveyboy100880 · 2 years ago

  Ah, the 80s, when movies featuring actual human corpses and someone tearing their own face off were marketed as family films! <br><br>The thing with Spielberg movies - even the ones he produces rather than directs - is that he always keeps things at a human level. No matter what crazy things are going on, he never lets us lose connection with the characters. It’s something that most other “big budget” directors forget to do, and why his films were so successful at connecting with audiences. <br><br>Of course, there was a lot of controversy over who actually directed this movie! &nbsp;It that’s a whole different story…

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  @tye8876 · 2 years ago

  I saw this in the theater when it came out with 7 of my best friends. We were all high school seniors except for one. &nbsp;He was home on leave from basic training. &nbsp;What we didn&apos;t know is that he had seen the film with some of his buddies in the corps. &nbsp;The scene where the mom was in the bathtub was super intense. &nbsp;My friend, knowing nothing happened, let out a blood curdling scream at the top of his lungs. &nbsp;Everyone in the theater jumped our of their seats, everyone&apos;s popcorn flew 4&apos; in the air, and we all got a great laugh.

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