"They're here..." Watching Poltergeist (1982) *IN THE DARK* for the First Time | MOVIE REACTION
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Steven Spielberg's POLTERGEIST is the first movie in our Candlelight Frights series, where we turn off the lights and watch scary movies completely in the dark except for candle light. This iconic film was the perfect choice to make us afraid of things that go bump in the night...
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SPOILERS FOR THE FILM IN THIS VIDEO
00:00 Intro
02:55 Reaction
25:28 Commentary & Final Thoughts
Poltergeist (1982)
Craig T. Nelson
JoBeth Williams
Beatrice Straight
Dominique Dunne
Oliver Robins
Heather O'Rourke
Zelda Rubenstein
Tobe Hooper (dir.)
Steven Spielberg
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"It's just props but still... " you made me nearly spill my coffee. 🙂 The actress did not know this while shooting in the pool but these were real human skeletons (probably a good idea not to tell her because no money in the world would make me go into that pool personally) - apparently it was cheaper that props made of rubber and as they needed so many of them...
Yes it was cheaper to use real skeletons than make skeletons of plastic or whatever. I wonder how Jobeth (Diane) reacted when she found out.
Yowsuhs!!!
Came here to say this!
A classic Halloween movie. Also, those skeletons in the pool, those were later found to be real human remains (this was back when classrooms still used real skeletons to hang up for educational purposes), because it was cheaper to buy the real things than it was to make realistic plastic and rubber skeletons. This was said to be the reason behind the "curse" of the film, in which four actors died not long after the release of the film
"She grabbed JonBenet by mistake." - Oh David!!! OMG! I did a "spit take" at that and I wasn't even drinking anything (thank goodness) at the time. I love scary movies & stories where the scares are due to supernatural or unexplained entities & atmosphere rather than slasher maniac horror. Two movies I'd like to recommend is THE UNINVITED (1944) B&W, if you can find it and THE HAUNTING (1963) also B&W and with a lot of Dutch angles and Mrs. Dudley, the housekeeper but don't expect any help from her, as she says, "No one could. No one lives any nearer than town. No one will come any nearer than that. In the night. In the dark." 👻
I LOVE THE UNINVITED! ❤❤ My mom and I used to watch it together.
@@meghanmonroe Same here with my mom. Thanks for your comment.
Thank you!!! And ohhhh how I miss my Hill House family! I remember several people recommending the '63 Haunting at the time (you included, I believe..), so thanks for keeping it fresh in my mind. :)
Okay, I'm old, I repeat myself...I, um...where are my glasses...uh...yeah David, I'm old, I repeat myself. @@DavidvsFilm 👴
"They're here."
Fun Fact: Heather O'Rourke kept the pet goldfish Carol Anne has in the film.
Cameo Hands Fact: The hands which pull the flesh off the investigator's face in the bathroom mirror were the film's producer, Steven Spielberg.
Quick Change Fact: The shot of the chairs that position themselves in the amazing balancing act on the table was all done in one take. As the camera panned along with JoBeth Williams, who was getting some cleaning materials, several crew members quickly set an already organized pyramid of chairs on the table, then took the single chairs away before the camera scrolled back. The table is off-screen only seven seconds. The chrome toaster on the kitchen counter reflects the crew switching the chair arrangement. Moreover, the leaves of the plant in the corner get disturbed.
I don't know how you do it, but you always manage to pick a few tidbits of trivia that are right up my alley! Thank you so much for sharing this my friend :)
You're welcome. 😁
Go with God and Be Safe from Evil. 😎 👍
Zelda was also in 16 Candles. She was the organist at Samanthas sisters wedding. 😊 Absolutely luv the lighting for spooky season. And you guys know what fun we have watching along with you two. Also glad y'all are feeling better. Until next time. 👻
Thank you so much, my bestie!! Ok now listen, don't freak out, but I haven't watched 16 Candles. I know, I know- we need to have a whole John Hughes month where I watch all the greats ;)
@DavidvsFilm WHAAAAAATTT?? 😱 I'm glad I was laying down. 🤣 I just assume that everyone has seen his classic movies. So what about Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck?? There's other classics he's written, produced or directed. You'll eventually get to them. If you need any more suggestions for spooky months have you seen Fire In The Sky? It's about an alien abduction based on a true story.
@@DavidvsFilm At Zelda's request she didn't have a funeral. And Poltergeist was her first major film role. 😢♥🙏🥀
@@DavidvsFilm Believe it or not that very same clown🤡malfunctioned nearly killing Oliver Robins when his face began to turn blue. 😮🙆🤷♂🙊
She was also in Teen Witch
Extra thanks to 1980's HBO for traumatizing a whole generation of children too young to see that face-pulling scene! It's amazing more of us weren't hospitalized tbh
hahahahahahaha
This film was the tone of everyones nightmare as kids ( this and children of the corn)! Not so scary as an adult but iconic ! ❤❤ love you both!
Love back to you my friend!! I still need to see Children of the Corn!
@@DavidvsFilm they all seems kind of silly now, but back then as kids… i mean… the trauma! 😅
@@witchfromthenorth5294 Oh I totally get it. Butt there were still a couple of good jump scares in this one. The pool scene at the end really got us!
@@DavidvsFilm it is one of the great ones! ❤️
The medium...she brings sooo much to this movie...everything about her makes me believe she really is this character!!!
I have to agree! Looking back, she really does add a critical element to the film that it would suffer without, I feel like.
The Spooks 'n Booze intro is awesoooome!!! Love it guys!!!
Edit: OMG THE CANDLELIGHT!!! You guys are killing it!!!
The Mum rolling on the roof is accomplished with an entire room that rotates.
Ahhh! That's very impressive! That was a very brief part of the movie, so the fact they dedicated the resources to that kind of setup speaks a lot to the care with filmmaking, imo..
@@DavidvsFilmI believe the rotating room also used for the amazing Glen (Johnny) death scene in Nightmare on Elm Street with the reverse blood bath! It was a nightmare to shoot, the water got electrified at one point though nobody was hurt and amazingly...a single take.
"In the Dark"... Only by candlelight? Nice touch!
And I am looking forward to yet another great reaction. You always deliver :)
Thank you sir! This was a great movie to ease into the (skeleton) pool with for the scary season. Not too bad, but a couple of good jumps.
Watching by candlelight turned out so great! Can’t wait to spend the spooky season with you guys! Also happy you guys recovered from Covid so quickly!
Thank you my friend!!! Yeah, I was pleased with it. Didn't expect that weird halo around the candle, but it kinda works for the mood too, I felt like :) And GOD YES about the Covid! Ugh, that was rough. I'm still coughing.
"...the wrath of Becky." Probably the greatest comment ever made during a POLTERGEIST reaction.
Haha thank you! This made my day!
While he wasn’t the director but the producer, Steven Spielberg was on set most of the time because he was very protective of actress, Heather O’Rourke (Carol Ann). While only 5-years-old she wasn’t afraid of filming her scary scenes except for one. The scene when she is holding onto the headboard of the bed with a fan blowing on her at full force and toys flying by her terrified her to the point she started panicking. Spielberg stopped the scene immediately and took Heather into his arms promising she would never have to do it again. He adored her so much that after she finished her scenes he gifted her the goldfish that were in the movie. Sadly, Heather died at the young age of 12 from a misdiagnosed bowel obstruction that was diagnosed as Crohn's Disease.
23:48 "They're just props." Fun fact: THEY WEREN'T. Heeehee. So, they were real skeletons that the prop department put in the pool. The actress said “I found out - as did the whole crew - that they were using real skeletons because it’s far too expensive to make fake skeletons out of rubber. And I think everybody got real creeped out by the idea of that.” There's a whole story about it, which you can google.
Candlelights and Frights...love this! You are always so clever with your wording!👻🤗💚
Thanks chica!! I can't take credit though- it was one of a few suggestions that I proposed over on Patreon, and they voted on it ;)
Hey, Marc, you asked how did they the effect of them slapping Jo Beth around the bedroom trying to cover her panties with a Jersey night shirt. They did it with a rotating set. Everything was glued and nailed in place to look exactly like the real bedroom set. It’s in a HUGE cylinder that is on its side, they crank it up and rotate the set. It’s an old trick done with Fred Astaire dancing all over the walls and ceiling.
They were really pushing for Jo Beth to be nominated for an Oscar for this because back in them days, she was having to act against nothing and pretend it was there and it was real. She did a great job acting to air with such urgency. Speaking of…
They floating ghost at the top of the stairs and the guardian spirit that sat in front of the children’s room and not let her in were ground breaking. They used puppets with extremely light cloth. They sank it in a large glass tank of water, had the water swirled and moved by the puppeteers from above while the camera is right up on the glass of the tank so that there would be no light reflecting off of the glass. Then they super imposed it into the shots that Jo Beth had already filmed. ☠️I’ve never sensed anything like it!! 😈
That’s it? Just a thumbs up?!
I’m insulted unless you have already known this. 🤯
Let me first say that I love you guys! I hope to one day have a partner as compatible as the two of you.
Second, at 15:30 "maybe don't go to that Kroger again" caused me to have a legitimate spittake. Thank you for helping to make my day just a little bit brighter when I need it.
Aww thank you so much!! FYI I was at my local Kroger the other day, and everything appeared ok. APPEARED ok.....
They say this movie was cursed. But that's only because the mechanical clown nearly strangled the boy to death. The older daughter was murdered they year this movie was release. And the younger sister died four years later. Oh and also props used real medical skeletons without telling anyone.
@rumbleddumpthumpershaker6735 Heather O'Rourke would die 6 years later not 4. She died February 1, 1988. Julian Beck aka Kane would die from stomach cancer in September of 1985. Will Sampson died in 1987 from Kidney failure and was only 53 years old. Even Poltergiest II and III were plagued with freak accidents and deaths. 🎥🎬🧐🙆
Fun but very creepy factoid:
The muddy pool scene with skeletons...later it was discoveres that REAL human bodies were used as some of the props in that scene yet the actors had no clue!!! Isn't that awful?!?
Uhhhh YES IT IS!! lol. Wow, that's crazy though. I mean, I guess that's the best way to get an authentic response haha
@@DavidvsFilm So when Marc was saying," Well at least they are just prop bodies." I was yelling...but they weren't Marc, they were real!😵😳
Still happy you two watched it despite the real scary behind the movie info.
@@DavidvsFilm Yup, authentic. According to what I heard, that was the reason behind using real cadaver skeletons... to get an authentically "flipping the eff out" reaction! Same reason why, in making _Alien_, the filmmakers didn't tell the other actors that the little alien was going to pop out of the person's chest.
@@DavidvsFilmReal skeletons were cheaper than prop ones.
18:26 -- yep, she's a medium.
In fact, she was busted for bank robbery and eluded police for a few days.
The newspaper headlines read, "SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE."
Nailed it.
Clairvoyant would actually by a more suitable word for her.
Dominque Dunne who played the oldest was murdered in 1982 - her boyfriend strangled her in her driveway and she went into a coma and died 4 days later. Heather O’Rourke who played the little girl died in 1988 at the age of 12. She died after 2 cardiac arrests and it was later revealed she had congenital stenosis of the intestines complicated by septic shock.
@crystalclough5691 And despite being sentenced to 8 years in prison he only served 3 and a half years! Seems like he was able to pull an O.J. Simpson Crazy isn't it! 🤔🙄🤨🙆
"... It hasn't been bad so far. Just kinda laying the groundwork." Literally, the very next moment *possessed tree tries to eat child*
Haha exactly!! “Looks like everyone is really enjoying this cruise!” (Titanic)
I REALLY enjoyed your reactions (as always) and the candle light was GREAT!!
You were right about the deaths...The oldest girl was stabbed to death in the doorway to her home by a stalker. The little girl (Carol Ann) died a couple years later (after the sequel) from a rare gastric disorder...😪
Thank you!!! Yeah, I think it turned out all right. I like the look of it ;)
Ok see I had heard something about that, but wow! That's horrible about the actress who played the older daughter :( Also sad about poor little Carol Ann, though I'm glad it wasn't something more gruesome.
@@DavidvsFilm Actually, the oldest girl, Dominique Dunne, was strangled by her boyfriend. The actress killed by a stalker in her doorway was Rebecca Shaffer (My Sister Sam fame). They do look very alike.
Other deaths: in the sequel, they lost three of the actors, including the one playing the main bad guy (they had to replace him during filming as he died before it was finished).
The littler girl, Heather Rourke (Carol-Anne) died after the third movie, at the age of 12. She was an amazing actress, dancer, and singer and played in the musical Alice In Wonderland and it's sequel Through The Looking Glass (both very hard to find nowadays).
I heard the small lady also died after the third movie, but I am not sure about that info.
@@DavidvsFilm - IKR!
Thanks for your reply (it's always so special)!! No one treats their supporters better!! (((HUGS)))❤️ Diana
@@oougahersharr - Thanks for the clarification! I'm on chemo and get brain-fog, but I should have done a little research to at least get their names!! 🙄 Again, thanks for straightening it out! 😊 Diana
@@DianaJG8 Not a problem. I study true crime and Dominique's father, Dominic Dunne, used to have a show about the Rich and Famous and the crimes associated with them. He started that show due to his daughter's murder. He also fought hard to get her justice. But you did very well recalling, as the actresses do look so very much alike.
Not JonBenét 🤣💀🤣💀🤣
Your sense of humor never fails 🤣
I don't normally watch scary movies, but this one has always had a special place in my heart. It was such a moment in time, and so very Spielberg. The ghost lore was also fascinating, and part of that era of exploration of past lives and the spirit world. The contrast between the perfection of the neighborhood and the horror behind closed doors was intense! Glad you liked it!
This movie was released the year I was born, but I fortunately didn't see it until I was in high school, so I enjoyed it instead of being traumatized by it. My nickname for Zelda Rubenstein's character in this is the "Small Medium at Large". In the scenes with the skeletons, they were actual human skeletons and not "just props". This was because real skeletons actually cost a lot less in that time and place than artificial prop skeletons would have. The actresses who played both of the daughters in the family came to tragic, untimely ends. The actress playing the teenage daughter was murdered by an ex-boyfriend a few months after the movie was released, while the actress who played Carol Anne died after a surgery during the filming of Poltergeist III. These deaths have led to some people saying the movie was cursed, possibly due to the use of actual skeletons.
"I know they're just props, but if I was the actor i'd be screaming still."
The skeletons in the pool were real human skeletons as they were cheaper to buy than fake ones. (they didn't tell the actress)
I'd be both angry they didn't tell me, but also grateful that it got a good performance out of me ;)
When David called Beatrice Straight "Tootsie" I almost died.
:) Glad you liked that. I would TOTALLY watch a movie where Dorothy Michaels comes in to clean up a Poltergeist house lol.
Great way to start off October! Here's my trivia... the brother almost died during filming because the clown's arms got wrapped around his throat so tight, he started turning blue. Steven Spielberg saved his life.
My older sister saw this in theaters when it first came out with a bunch of our cousins. The youngest in the group was about 10 years old. He decided he was going to be brave and sit on the front row of the theater by himself. Around the time of the face chunks falling in the sink, he made his way back to sit with the older kids. 😂
My two favourite (and sexiest) reactors doing a classic. And I think this is your best one yet. I laughed SO much!
Dominique Dunne, who played the older sister (and, as has been noted in other comments, was murdered by an ex-boyfriend) was the daughter of Dominick Dunne, who was a damned good author (The Two Mrs Grenvilles, etc) who was a regular contributor to Vanity Fair before be passed away. Her older brother is Griffin Dunne, who was best known for playing the dead (and increasingly decayed) best friend in An American Werewolf in London. But the Griffin Dunne film I think you'd LOVE reacting to is After Hours. The 1985 dark (very dark) comedy Martin Scorsese did as a sort of low-budget indie movie, also featuring Rosanna Arquette, Catherine O'Hara, Terri Garr, and more. It's awesome!!
Ahhhh get outta here... 😁 Thank you so much!!! You know, I had NO IDEA that was Dominick Dunne's daughter! I used to watch the tv show he hosted Power, Privilege, and Justice. Thanks for the info on this! Let us know how you like some of the other reactions this month also :) Happy Halloween!!! 🎃
I love the way you two watch horror at Halloween!! Love your spooky setup!!
Heather O’Rourke (Carol Anne) died from a bowel obstruction which led to sepsis. This was either during or shortly after the third movie was released.
Dominique Dunne (teenage sister) died from her ex-partner choking her to death when she wouldn’t get back together with him. This was shortly after the first movie was released.
Julian Beck (The Preacher) died from stomach cancer shortly after the second movie was released.
Will Sampson (Taylor, the Native American shaman) passed after a heart and lung transplant. He was also in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. (Another movie you might like to review.)
Thank you so much! And also a separate 'thank you' for reminding me about Cuckoo's Nest! That is definitely one I've always wanted to see.
''She won an Oscar for the shortest performance'' HAHAHAHA!! (no pun intended) ! Oh no, I made a mistake, I was thinkin' of Zelda Rubinstein Hahahaha!
Peter!! Not Zelda haha. Though she should have won an Emmy for Picket Fences- I used to love that show, and she was good in it.
Loving the candlelight Spooks and Booze! I’m 1000% there with you, David. “They’re here”?! No heifer, we gone! We’re not even stopping to pack! We’ll get some new clothes at Target and stay on at the Marriott. The ghosts now own the house! 😂
It was a bittersweet franchise because the actress who played Carolann died so suddenly at age 12 or 13. Bless her, she had Crohn’s disease and had to have some sort of surgery. She died of a heart attack on the table, poor baby.
Spielberg really does do it all, doesn’t he! Loved this reaction. Marc jumps so adorably ❤ absolutely loved this one
Spielberg's love of ghost stories seems to have been spurred by Tobe Hooper! Spielberg went on to produce 1995's Casper, 1999's The Haunting remake, 2018's The Haunting of Hill House miniseries, and 2020's The Turning (based on Henry James' ghost story The Turn of the Screw).
Craig T Nelson will always be Coach to me, such a classic.
I was scared of this when I was little for sure, still a great movie especially for the time.
Sad how some of the actors died so tragic. Part 2 is good 3 is just ok.
Love the ambiance looking forward to the next reaction ❤
So true. I know him from this movie first, but Coach was such a staple in my home, he will always make me think of that character.
Thanks!! Yeah, I knew him from Coach first, but I love his performances in Family Stone, Grace & Frankie, and now this. I'm interested in seeing at least the sequel :) Thanks for the kind words on the ambiance! This is my favorite time o' the year
@@DavidvsFilm FAMILY STONE!! Oh, I loved that one! That one went under the radar, imo. Great movie.
@@DavidvsFilm That's the thing originally Craig T. Nelsen and JoBeth Williams had refused to comeback for the sequel after all the freak accidents on the set and the tragic murder of Dominque Dunne. But they would later change there minds and returned. But they wouldn't return for Poltergeist III in 1988. 💀🤔🎥🎬
You will forever remember the saying "they're here!" Love the format! I can't wait for the next Halloween reaction!! Tragically, Dominique Dunne, the actress who played the oldest daughter was murdered by her boyfriend at age 22 & Heather O'Rourke, who played Carol Anne, died at age 12 by complications from a bowel obstruction.
Very sad! I knew I had heard something about a "curse" and deaths of some of the actors. And you are 100% right about "They're here"! Even before watching this movie, I had seen that little snippet and it's scary as hell lol. Thank you for the kind words about the format!!
A couple of gaffs that people don’t catch is:
1) Diane is always making sure ‘this house is clean’. She’s constantly has some disinfectant, a rag, flushing tweetie (it was the old fashion way.) Then when they get Carol Ann, there are leaves and all kinds of debris coming from under the kids beds. I’d hate to see under her rugs!
2) While Carol Ann is holding on to the wicker head board of her bed, she is holding on with two hands. Then they do a close up shot of her holding on with her right hand and then her hand slips away and she’s off to see Dorothy. The next shot is her flying in the air, into the closet with both hands tightly clenching to the top of the wicker head board.
Things that make you go humph… 🤔
You know, when I was younger, I really just loved this movie, but as an adult with a kid, it hits sooooo different now.
I bet. I can definitely identify with that because I just saw scenes of this when I was a kid and was like, Oh hell no.
It's hard to remember that there was a time when suburbia was underrepresented in entertainment, until Spielberg came along.......
I saw this when I was like 10 years old and I had nightmares for a solid month. Not a clue why, but it was that canid thing that forms in front of the door that messed me up. I’m almost immune to horror movies now, but anytime I watch this movie and see that thing my skin crawls. Love these movies.
I loved the scary candlelight fright viewing!! David?!? I can’t believe you’ve never seen this!! Oh! And BTW…you’re wrong for Jon Benet!! I couldn’t stop laughing at that comment! Steven Spielberg was pulling double duty in 1982 as he was filming E.T. in the neighboring neighborhood in Temecula, CA. The Poltergeist neighborhood was filmed west of that area close to Granada Hills. And Granada Hills is where they filmed Knots Landing (you know I loved the reference when you said it). Trust! I know my sh*t!!😂 Anyway, it was rumored that Steven Spielberg would go over to the Poltergeist set to watch some filming and the dailies. He and Tobe Hooper would clash a little on the directorial aspect of the film. It was notoriously reported that SS directed some scenes. He would have directed both this one and E.T. but couldn’t because there’s some kind of code or regulation that prevents a director from filming two movies at the same time. He would have gotten into some serious trouble if it was found out that he had any involvement with directing. Apparently Spielberg says he was only there as an advisor. Also, John Williams was supposed to score this film as well but couldn’t because he was scoring E.T. for which he won an Oscar for best original score. Steven sought after Jerry Goodsmith who was available and provided an excellent movies score. The pool scene did indeed have real bodies. They didn’t tell Jo Beth Williams at all and kept it from her until during filming, it got out and she was absolutely terrified. I know y’all may not watch it. But I did enjoy the sequel (Poltergeist II: The Other Side). See if y’all can check it out. However, don’t bother with number 3. I saw Jo Beth Williams on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in which she talked about the skeletons and real bodies used. She was also tricked into thinking no real bodies would be used in the sequel. But she was dead wrong!☠️ The Poltergeist curse has now become legend! Four actors involved in the movies passed away. Those that died include Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Will Sampson, and Julian Beck. All their deaths were attributed to the making of these two movies. There were other things that happened but I’ll leave that to y’all to check out if you’re curious. I loved this movie when I saw it as a kid. It scared the hell out of me. Glad you finally saw it! Great reaction!!💙🥰⭐️🙌🏼
I watched this while high and it’s the best commentary I’ve heard on this movie so I liked it for repeat future views, 😂. Especially thinking about the wrath of the spirit of Becky, a new way to look at the haunting 😅😅
Haha I love everything about this comment! Thank you
Happy Movie Weekend, David and Marc! 🎃
This is one of my all-time favorite horror movies. Definitely one that I always have to watch every Halloween season.
22:25 - 22:47 The clown scene always scares the 'you know what' out of me!!!!
Speaking of clowns, I very highly recommend the 1990 "IT" mini-series, the 2015 "IT"remake, and the sequel "IT: Chapter 2".
Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
Hello my friend!!!! Ohhh you are testing my courage now! That one (IT miniseries) has been haunting my nightmares since I was a kid. I can't believe it was on TV! But I faced Freddy last year, maybe I can face Tim Curry :)
I like this concept of watching by candlelight! I watched this in the theater (about 20 times) to gauge responses and the same scenes and scares caught everyone. Lol also Spielberg was directing ET at the time and Tobe was chosen to be the director…. However Spielberg retained creative control…. So Spielberg basically wrote, storyboarded and directed Poltergeist and ET but gave Tobe credit. There are quite a few plot errors in the movie but aren’t noticeable in a first viewing. Also in the face disfiguring scene, the hands ripping the face apart are none other than Steven Spielberg himself. Great review and so much fun to watch! Thanks for the fun review! Also, Spielberg lived near Cincinnati Ohio… “out near interstate 74” mentioned by the mom is route 74 about 5 miles from where I live. Heather O’Rouke died a few years later, Dominque Dunn (her sister in the movie) was murdered by her boyfriend, and a character from part II (not saying more as to not give any hint of plot) died, staring a conspiracy theory that the series was cursed.
Also watch Grave Secrets: the Legacy of Hilltop Drive. It’s a true story that mirrors Poltergeist in many ways.
“They’re just props!” Hate to break it to you, but those were actual skeletons used in the pool scene. I felt so sorry for the actress and the deceased if I’m being honest. But, I guess they got an IMDB Credit posthumously?! 🤭
Your Jon Benet quote was perfect! Love your wit!
So happy that Spooks and Booze is here once again! Such a great reaction! Love you guys! ❤👻
@dawnburrie6412 Yes I know and they would once again use real skulls in the sequel which caused more problems during the production. Actor Will Sampson performed a blessing on the set and that is when things calmed down. Sadly he would die from kidney failure in 1987 less then a year after the sequel. 💀🤔😮🙏
Hi! Our fave season is here!! Just wanted to point out a lot of reactors get caught up with Spielberg's name on this. Yes he wrote & produced which means a lot of creative control (did ya notice all the Lucas-Star Wars shout outs in Robbie's room?) but many of y'all seem to miss the Director, Tobe Hooper...of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame. That collaboration of the 2 is a dream! I've seen a lot of horror films and something about Poltergeist is magical, heavily re-watchable, character-likeable and never duplicated. The practicals are amazing. I was 8 when I watched this and it sparked an early fascination with spirituality & parapsychology for me even then. It also fuelled my fear of skeletons which would take til 3 years later with The Goonies to quell. 🙃 It's too bad Hooper & Spielberg didnt do more together...the marriage of horror and idealism/magic is rare & I feel they brought out the best of each other.
Sidenote -- Poltergeist was originally hoped by Spielberg to be a followup to Close Encounters but Tobe wanted to do ghosts, not sci fi.
Love the candlelight. Scary movies are meant to be watched in the dark or spooky ambiance. Thanks for being appropriate. 😘
Happy Spooktober! 👻🧡🎃
Hey Jolly!!! Thank you so much. Yeah, I noticed that the director was Tobe Hooper, but I did NOT realize he directed TCM! That's cool!
@@DavidvsFilm 🧡🎃🧡
David I love that you keep on calling him Coach...I used to love that show!!!!
Great job guys!!!🤗💚
Thanks! Me too :) I watched that show religiously back in the day.
Im an 80's baby and everytime I tell my kids to do something I say "only when I say so, only when I say". All my kids are blonde so I refer to my house as village of the damned.
Ahhhahaha. I’m glad you’re on our channel. You sound fun 😁
@@DavidvsFilm thankfully I avoided giving them god awful bangs
The corpses in the pool were real cadavars. Poor Heather O'Rourke ( Carol Anne) passed away in 1988. She was 13. Many bad things happened to cast and crew members after these movies that it's was said to be cursed. Just like the omen movies.
Oh I didn't realize the Omen movies had a curse too! I don't think I've seen those (not that I remember anyway), but I'm aware of them.
Oh my goodness you guys are so awesome! This was such a fun video 😊
And yes Marc is correct...Poltergeist I believe is german in origin.👻 It literally means noisy or knocking spirit. So mostly it is a spirit that makes noises, some believe that they can move things too. Not sure about the biting and touching stuff...maybe an altered definition.
Ahhhh gotcha..
I don’t know Eileen, but I am that friend that knows everything about “Poltergeist”! I had to laugh at Marc when he said that they did a really good job on the skeletons in the pool. That’s because they were real skeletons. Spielberg got them from a med school.
No one told Jo Beth until after the filming was complete.
Yes, Spielberg was doing E.T. at the same time. First of all Drew
Barrymore was cast to be Carol Ann, and Heather O’Rourke was cast as Gertie in E.T. Spielberg knew he wanted to use both girls,
But Drew came off as a tomboy and Heather as a sweet beautiful
delicate child that it would break your heart if anything happened
To her, so he switched them which was perfect.
Every night after wrapping the day on E.T., Spielberg would go to
the production office of Poltergeist and watch the days rushes.
He wasn’t happy. He had Hooper reshoot scenes. That’s why
Most of the shots looked like Spielberg directed it.
I do a MEAN Tangina Barron imitation! When me and hubby first
got together, he had never seen this and is scared to death of
horror films. He gave in and watched it… that night when we went
to bed it was dark and quiet and I did the “To her it simply is
another child. To us, it is the beast” speech and you’ve never seen
someone jumping out of bed so fast trying to turn every light ON!
I loved it. It was fabulous! It’s been 29 years and he still hasn’t
forgiven me for that. That’s ok. I still have my memories!!
There are a lot of gaffs that y’all missed and I’m glad. I was hoping
y’all would enjoy the film in stead of looking for mistakes (thanks
Toby Hooper 🤬).
When my youngest was little, he crawled into my lap. I thought, "Wow, a cool mother - son moment". Instead he leaned forward to whisper in my ear, "Mommy, the darkness is coming ..." Find me a church!!!!!
When I saw this movie, I was living in a home that had been built on reclaimed cemetery land. (They moved the graveyard from beside the church to the edge of town . . . I lived three houses away from the church.) And thus, we were freaked out by this movie. And we were even more freaked out when Mom was digging in the backyard to set a foundation for a patio or something, and wound up digging up part of a coffin. She reburied it but it still freaked us out.
This movie was inspired by the Chessmen Park in Boulder, Colorado. However, it was also supposed to be a sequel or prequel to E.T. (I'm not sure which).
Ahhh I see! Thank you :)
Those were not props in the pool. Special effects makeup artist Craig Reardon, however, said under oath that the skeletons used for the scene were real. In late 1982, Reardon was deposed as part of a lawsuit filed against Spielberg by screenwriters Paul Clemens and Bennett Michael Yellin.
Oh! A new angle to the confirmation- thank you :)
Dominique Dunne, who played the oldest child, was killed by her boyfriend. Will Sampson, who appears in Poltergeist 2, died . Heather O’Rourke, who appeared in all 3 films, died of an abdominal condition.
The intro is back !!!!! Literally a throwback to when I watched the channel first ! Love it ❤
Aww yay!! I’m glad you like it buddy. Yeah I was so afraid I had deleted it last year by accident.
A golden classic! A modern - suburban take of Ghost Stories instead the old Victorian house or Medieval castle
The scene where the mom is in the pool surrounded by skeletons, those are real skeletons, they used real ones because Spielberg wanted to save money as it’s much cheaper than making fake ones from rubber. Also this movie is known for being “cursed” the little girl died a couple of years later, she was already sick when they did the sequel. 3 other cast members died in the next couple of years too.
I was waiting for that scene. "I know they are just props but,...." Ummmm, yeah. About that......
@@hackerx7329 They also had real skulls💀in the sequel which caused more problems while filming to the point where the actor Will Sampson had to bless the set and that was when things calmed down. Sadly he would die in 1987 from kidney failure and was only 53 years old. 😢🪦🙏👼
@Mia-wh3tj Heather O'Rourke died 5 years later. She didn't show signs of any illness until the third film as even her cheeks looked puffy. 👱♀😢♥🙏
You guys are fun reactors and an adorable couple. Looking forward to your future videos!
Hey thank you so much! We really appreciate that :)
I've had this video saved in my watch later list since you released it, and I am starting my Halloween morning off before I go to work watching you guys watch Poltergeist!
🎃👻💀Happy Halloween!
This film terrified me as an 11 year old child! My mum was super strict about what we got to watch, she wouldnt even let me watch Mannequin, but for some reason let me watch Poltergeist 🤷🏻♀️
I absolutely love that the Mum and Dad in this are both in Stir Crazy playing polar opposite characters. That's another fantastic film although not one for spooky season🤣❤
W for you guys braving this. I watch horror movies in the day time, with sunlight through the windows present, thank you.
Awesome selection from two of my favorite dudes! Perfect choice....agreed!
Oh please… go on……. :)
Thanks!
This made one of the best Halloween horror nights houses at universal Orlando. They had it so you entered through the pool. Such a great house.
Love candle light settings. And those were real human skeletons in that pool with her. I don't think I could have ever forgiven Spielberg if he did that to me.
Thank you!!! Yeah I would have not been amused lol
I was 12 when this came out. It was rated PG, before PG-13 was a thing. That clown doll traumatized so many of us Gen-Xers! To me, the clown doll was scarier than the skeletons in the pool.
Definitely. I was about the same age. I already was disturbed by clowns. This threw it into an actual phobia.
I didn't sleep all night when we saw it.
I love your channel, you two are hilarious
Hey thank you!! We appreciate that. :)
I love the Poltergesit movies. The 2nd one is my all time favorite. For the 3rd movie get you a much of Tequila bottle and everytime you here Carol Anne name take a shot. There still a good. RIP Heather O'Rourke.
Omg I died at the JonBenet Ramsey joke😂😂😂😂😂
This was a favorite from the 1980s for me. What me and my friend found amazing coming out of the theater was that despite the number of jolts etc., really, the movie did NOT paint a horrible picture of death. That it is nothing to fear. We just go into another room. It's just that sometimes, well, there are complications. It is my hope I just go through the tunnel of light effortlessly. hehe. But for me, the movie hasn't really held up. I wouldn't discourage anybody from watching it, it's not a bad film, it just wasn't a GREAT ghost story. But definitely not a bore to watch, that's for sure. And no, I do not think this movie was cursed. What happened was sad - but it was only a sad coincidence.
LOL @"Damned Supercuts" 😂😂😂
"Pentecostal Cookout" 😮😅😅
Hahaha thank you!! :)
Tootsie! THAT'S where I knew that blouse from, lol
hahahaha "The Dorothy Michaels Collection"
As a kid growing up in the eighties, this movie had us afraid of our TVS, especially on the static only channel LOL
Totally! 😉
Great Reaction!!!
Thank you so much!!!
23:44 "I know they're just props but if I was the actor I'd be screaming still." Yeah, about that...
Hahahahahaha
Love it!!!! ❤
I like how your bleep is the static-y TV!
Spielberg and his symbolism 👏 When they begin construction on the pool and we see the freshly buried bird being unearthed, giving us the background behind the ghosts they have.... construction over hallowed ground without moving the bodies first.😬😶🌫️🫥so wrong
I know the little girl died. I’m not sure how long after she did a few more of these movies she had gotten very sick and passed away. But everyone else in the movie lived there was not some crazy mass deaths or anything
It's never a dull moment with you guys in a horror movie reaction I'm always laughing at your tongue and cheek 🤣
Thank you my friend!! Love your comments :)
Yaaaaaaaay!!! This was awesome and so fun to watch! I love watching you guys. I SCREAMED when you called Beatrice Straight Tootsie!! 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha thank you my friend! "I'm an actress, I'm a character actress." Now THAT is a movie I would love to watch for the channel even though I've seen it numerous times. Just as a commentary rather than first time watch. "Can you get out the yellow pages and look up 'Farm Equipment Retail'?"
That would be SO worth the watch!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@@markumphrey642 Haha help me remember if I forget. If not before, would be a fun Summer movie :)
@@DavidvsFilm Deal!!! I’ll remind you!! 🤣🤣
I learned how to work a BETA just so I could constantly watch Poltergeist. I was all of 2 years old. It just became scary when I become a mother and an adult.
Haha BETA- that's awesome! I remember seeing those. Yeah, that's a great point you make about how movies can change with our life changes- I don't have kids, so I can understand the fear you talk about from a logical standpoint, but I can't know the FEELING.
The affects of the skeletons in the pool were so good because apparently legend has it, they were real skeletons. Also don't know if you noticed but Tobi Hooper also directed this movie with Stephen Spielberg and Tobi did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Well, actually, they weren’t all props. There was at least one real skeleton.
@@chauser400 yeah that's what I just said lol.
yes, both of the actresses who played the daughters died young. carol anne's actress had crohn's disease, but the older actress was murdered by her ex-boyfriend soon after this film was released.
you also may be thinking of the film version of the twilight zone, another spielberg project from right around this time that had unfortunate deaths associated with it. one of the main actors and two children were accidentally killed during filming due to issues with a stunt.
Oh I didn't realize about Twilight, no! Thank you :)
@David vs. Film In case you don't remember my joke about Jaws 2, Poltergeist 2 is a textbook example of "The Worst Sequel...Until the Next One". If you're gonna go there, bring your sense of humor, and maybe double your tea ;)
Lol thank you my friend!! I trust your advice and guidance implicitly. :)
Apparently this was one of the first movies to get the brand new (at the time) PG-13 rating in the US due to coarse language and gory content, the other one to get the rating was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It is the equivalent of the 12 rating that came later here in the UK, there were some restrictions of the rating, but it allowed them to put more "risque" content in the movie.
Also you may have noticed that there is a sudden jump cut after the kitchen scene with Carol Anne sliding along the floor to them talking to the neighbours, this was due to a line that had to be cut out of the movie because of a potential lawsuit. Craig T. Nelson's character was asked if he wanted to go out to Pizza Hut and he said something like, "I don't like Pizza Hut, their food is awful," which was in the original script. When Pizza Hut learned about this, they insisted the line be cut from the movie or they would sue, so they had to cut the line, which ended the scene abruptly.
The rotating set that was used in that one scene (where Jobeth Williams rolls around on the walls and ceiling) was actually a much longer scene, but was cut down due to the supposed sexual nature of it, where the mother was meant to be "molested" and violated by the Poltergeist. It had to be trimmed from the movie due to the PG-13 rating and them wanting the movie to be more successful, which it was. Jobeth got a lot of bruises from doing that scene, even though she was advised how to roll properly to reduce injuries and had to do several takes.
I am honestly surprised how graphic the movie is considering it's initial rating, over here in the UK the movie has a 12 rating now on Blu Ray & DVD, despite being PG on its initial release.
There is a documentary here on UA-cam about how they made the movie and reflecting on the challenges they faced, along with some interviews with the surviving cast members. There was a rumour that Spielberg directed half of the movie and Tobe Hooper did the rest, as there are some signature Spielberg camera shots in the movie. However the interviews with the cast make you realise that Tobe Hooper directed most of this, with Spielberg advising him on the best shots as a Producer.
The housing estate they filmed in was in the same area that Spielberg had directed E.T. The Extraterrestrial at in 1981, a brand new housing development in California and the houses still exist to this day. I can't remember the name of the area, but it can be viewed online via Google Street View and through a simple Google search.
Poltergeist was going to be rated R, but they talked the ratings people down to a PG rating. PG-13 wasn’t a thing until 1984. Maybe the later videotape version was rated PG-13, but in the theater, Poltergeist was PG.
@@lynnhettrick7588 I'm going off the information that is in several videos on here about Poltergeist, so that is why I wrote it as that. If it's incorrect, then so are those other videos including the aforementioned Behind the Scenes documentary.
@@chindleymuffin I’ll have to watch the video. I just know that I was 12 when I saw it in 1982. My mom wouldn’t have let me see it if it was PG-13. “Red Dawn” in 1984 is credited as the first PG-13 movie. I remember when the PG-13 rating came out and being relieved that I was already older than 13 (I was 14).
Trivia: Richard Lawson, one of the investigators, is/was married to Tina Knowles, Beyonce's mother. I think they are divorcing now.
No way! Really?? Wow, thanks, I love trivia like that.
Those bodies in the pool were not just props. They were made using real human skeletons as a base. Yep. And they didn't tell the actress until later.
This movie was rated PG when it releases. Tons of families waited in line to see it and there were even kid toys. This and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom were two of the primary reasons for the introduction of the PG-13 rating. Can you imagine taking your 6yr old and 8yr old to this movie in the theater??? :)
You always do the best Halloween, I mean Spooks and booze 🎃💀👻🍺🥂
Hey thank you so much!! That means more than you know. I really appreciate it. Favorite time of the year!!!
The night I watched this movie I went to bed and fell asleep just fine, however I woke up hearing something outside my window. I just knew if I looked out of my window I was going to see that stupid clown from the movie but I had to find out what was going on. I open the curtain and there was a cat spread out all fours clinging to the screen of my bedroom window. I screamed so loud and the cat ran off. I think I slept periodically with every light in the house on.
Coach is one of my favorite series of all time. That gel stuff looks like they came out of a can of spam😂
“Well, it’s the weed” 😂
Well I mean... ;)
Fun movie, I appreciate it not being a dysfunctional family like seems to be the norm. Great effects. The wife on the ceiling scene was shot on a giant rotating room.
Dominique Dunne (Dana) was strangled by her ex-boyfriend in 1982. Heather O'Rourke (Carol Anne Freeling) died in 1988 from a blockage in her bowels.
So tragic about the actresses! Wow. Yeah, I agree about the effects, of course, and I should have mentioned the disintegrating face also. That was wild.
Poltergeist 2 is even better. The preacher dude from that creeped me out for years.
Ok so let me tell you- I know who you're talking about because I remember seeing images and clips of him. Hell to the no. I mean, I'm game now, but as a kid he scared me more than the clown.
@@DavidvsFilm The actor was the late Julian Beck whom' was actually ill during the filming and would die September of 1985 and Poltergiest II would be released in May of 1986. some of his lines had to be looped by another actor during post-production. 🎩💀🎥🎬
"Poltergeist " literally translates to "noisy ghost". It simply describes ghost or entity that makes noise or does things like move objects rather than just present a visible apparition.
Edit: a poltergeist is usually centered around an individual because that person is the one really causing the disturbances.
Ahhhh ok I see.. Thank you so much for that!
Definitely check out part two. It's even better!
Thank you so much!! Is it a continuation of the same family/story, or is it a whole new family, house, etc?
@@DavidvsFilm Same family! Even the doggie ❤️❤️
The oldest daughter, Dominique Dunne, the daughter of Dominick Dunne, was killed by her ex Boyfriend. And the actress who played Carol Ann, Heather O’Rourke, died after one of the sequels from a medical condition. Tragic.