Poltergeist

A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.

Cast

Sam Rockwell

as Eric Bowen

Rosemarie DeWitt

as Amy Bowen

Saxon Sharbino

as Kendra Bowen

Kyle Catlett

as Griffin Bowen

Kennedi Clements

as Madison Bowen

Jared Harris

as Carrigan Burke

Nicholas Braun

as Boyd

Jane Adams

as Dr. Claire Powell

Susan Heyward

as Sophie

Karen Ivany

as Mrs. Stoller

Reviews

Zevi Wolmark

It’s not the worst remake of all time, but it’s just ordinary. It’s bland, lifeless, vanilla, and feels like what the Lifetime Channel in America would do to a remake of the Tobe Spielberg classic haunting film. I think the only reason Gil Kenan was hired for this movie was because the movie is base...

Reno

> Would have been a better film if it was an original. Unnecessary to compare this with the original and I tried, but impossible to avoid it since it's an official remake. Everything, from the house to frame by frame, all the scenes looked the same, except the cast and it's set in the present wor...

talisencrw

I had huge reservations about watching this remake, which I felt was completely unnecessary. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated, and that the bad reviews at the time gave me the impression I should fear or avoid watching it. The special effects were pretty good, and Sam Rockwell, Jared Harris and...

Per Gunnar Jonsson

The movie blurb is written by some 20th Century Fox representative. I would guess that the person in question has not even watched the original movie. “Legendary film makers”? What a load of bull! These people have not produced anything really worth watching and this movie certainly do not improve o...

r96sk

Lame horror. <em>'Poltergeist'</em> offers nothing. It may not be an absolutely awful watch, but there's nothing about this that's good unfortunately. The story is largely predictable and plain, none of the cast give anything close to a performance that's worth remembering. There aren't many, if ...

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