• Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor from a...
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  • Poltergeist is an American horror film franchise distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the 1980s. The original trilogy revolves around the members...
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  • Poltergeist II: The Other Side (also known simply as Poltergeist II) is a 1986 American supernatural horror film directed by Brian Gibson. JoBeth Williams...
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  • It is a remake of the 1982 film of the same name and is the fourth installment overall in the Poltergeist franchise. The film stars Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie...
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  • Heather O'Rourke (category American film actresses)
    breakthrough starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist (1982), which received critical acclaim and established her as an influential...
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    The Enfield poltergeist was a claim of supernatural activity at 284 Green Street, a council house in Brimsdown, Enfield, London, England, between 1977...
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  • objects. Poltergeist may also refer to: Poltergeist (film series), series of horror films Poltergeist (1982 film), a horror film Poltergeist II: The Other...
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  • in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The top ten 1982 released...
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    Dominique Dunne (category 1982 deaths)
    horror film Poltergeist (1982). She went on to headline the western film The Shadow Riders (1982), and portray Amy Kent on the crime series CHiPs (1982). On...
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    JoBeth Williams (category American film actresses)
    She rose to prominence appearing in such films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Day After (1983)...
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  • The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell...
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  • Oliver Robins (category American male film actors)
    Freeling in the 1982 feature film Poltergeist and its 1986 sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side. His other feature film role was in the 1982 comedy Airplane...
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    Zelda Rubinstein (category American film actresses)
    rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Playing "Ginny", she was a regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy...
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    Richard Lawson (actor) (category American male film actors)
    He is perhaps best known for his roles in genre films; he portrayed Ryan in the 1982 film Poltergeist, and Dr. Ben Taylor in the 1983 NBC miniseries V...
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    Saxon Sharbino (category American film actresses)
    Robbins in the Fox series Touch and Kendra Bowen in the 2015 remake of Poltergeist. Sharbino was born in Lewisville, Texas, the daughter of Angela and Ron...
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  • masses. The Changeling (1980) The Shining (1980) Ghost Story (1981) Poltergeist (1982) Ghostbusters (1984) The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Lady in White...
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  • Will Sampson (category American male film actors)
    1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Crazy Horse in the 1977 western The White Buffalo, as well as his roles as Taylor in Poltergeist II: The...
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  • films such as Death Line, Dead & Buried, and Poltergeist III. Sherman began his career directing short films, commercials, industrials, and documentaries...
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    Craig T. Nelson (category American male film actors)
    Series), Deputy Warden Ward Wilson in the 1980 film Stir Crazy, Steve Freeling in the 1982 film Poltergeist, Burt Nickerson in All the Right Moves (1983)...
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  • Mark Victor is a screenwriter. He co-wrote Poltergeist (1982), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), Marked for Death (1990), and Cool World (1992)....
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    Tobe Hooper (category Film directors from Texas)
    major studio slasher film distributed by Universal Pictures. The following year, he directed the supernatural thriller Poltergeist, written and produced...
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    James Karen (category American male film actors)
    was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Karen is known for his roles in Poltergeist, The China Syndrome, Wall Street, The Return...
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  • Patrick (1978) Peeping Tom (1960) Pig (1998) Poltergeist (1982) Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) Poltergeist III (1988) Post Tenebras Lux (2012) Psycho...
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  • Grais is an American screenwriter, best known as the co-writer of Poltergeist (1982). He has also produced such movies as Great Balls of Fire! (1989,...
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    earliest films, with the written works of Stephen King being adapted into Carrie (1976) and The Shining (1980). The film Poltergeist (1982) was also...
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  • American films released in 1982. The highest-grossing American films released in 1982, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: List of 1982 box...
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    La La Land. She also starred in the horror/thriller Poltergeist (2015), a remake of the 1982 film of the same name. DeWitt was born in Flushing, Queens...
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  • Bill Neil (visual effects artist) (category American film biography stubs)
    nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Poltergeist II: The Other Side. He is the younger brother of documentary filmmaker...
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    2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019. Tobias, Scott (October 24, 2007). "Poltergeist: 25th Anniversary Edition". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original...
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  • survive the night inside the crypt. The film was conceived and filmed under the title Rest in Peace before Poltergeist. It was given a limited platform release...
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