KnockBack, Episode 195: Poltergeist
Added 2021-11-01 16:01:04 +0000 UTC1982's Poltergeist is a fascinating film to examine. It's a Steven Spielberg horror production that also wasn't, a movie with what was essentially a 'shadow director,' allowing Spielberg to navigate around contractual issues with ET, which he (also) directed, and which came to theaters at nearly the same time. But production curiosities aside, Poltergeist is akin to the collision of two Spielberg pictures -- Jaws and The Goonies -- a sometimes dire and scary while at other times upbeat and even funny adventure about a house built on an old graveyard... and the consequences therein. Is the house clean? Well, not exactly. Yet, the TV beckons... and so does this episode of KnockBack.
Comments
The problem with Kathleen Kennedy is she is a business person, not a creative. She is a great producer, handling the finances of film and budgeting. But, she isn't a creative mind. It's like putting Jeff Bezos in charge of Star Wars.
NinjaDC
2021-11-10 13:25:58 +0000 UTCWhat a groove.
Colin Moriarty
2021-11-03 15:39:47 +0000 UTC🎵IF YOU LIKE PIÑA COLADAS🎵
Brandon Soto
2021-11-03 04:23:53 +0000 UTC=D
Colin Moriarty
2021-11-02 18:06:17 +0000 UTCWarren Buffet? LMAO
Travis B
2021-11-02 11:33:13 +0000 UTCI agree, I think it straddles the line well and plays with elements of tension that allow it to be less gory and explicit.
Colin Moriarty
2021-11-01 21:26:38 +0000 UTCWatched the film this year for our 80s theme horror movie marathon (we do horror movie marathons every October, when the films are "in season") I would argue Poltergeist was an attempt at a "family horror film" and does an admirable job. Fun (weird) fact, the skeletons which pop up during the climax were genuine, bought from a medical company.
James McGivern
2021-11-01 19:20:10 +0000 UTC
