I understand the question of "why don't they close the curtains so he can't see the scary tree." I was exactly like this little boy when I was his age and the thing is, seeing it is scary, but NOT seeing it is somehow worse.
Man you gotta understand this nightmare fuel was rated PG…which means my parents thought it was cool for 10-year-old me to watch on HBO. My generation had nightmares for months.
I watched this movie originally when I was 4 and it scared the shit out of me. But.... by the time I was 5 or 6... I think I realized it was silly as shit and more ridiculous than scary. 7 at the oldest. Some of the funniest movies I've ever seen were The Exorcist and The Blair Witch Project.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 You were tougher at 7 than I was at 10. I watched the movie all the time (heavy rotation on HBO) but it still gave me nightmares.
Rest in Peace, Dominque Dunn and Heather O'Rourke. Dominique Dunn played the oldest daughter Dana and Heather O'Rourke played Carol Anne. Dominique Dunn's life ended at age 22 because her boyfriend strangled her. Heather O'Rourke passed away due to being misdiagnosed. She died from septic shock at age 12.
Sad about both. Unspeakable tragedies. Dominique's bf only got a few years for murdering her. Her brother, Griffin Dunn starred in American Werewolf in London and other movies. He had a pretty successful career.
We were the last generation of feral children. We speak 2 languages... real talk and sarcasm. F around and find out. Not impressed with Millennials and Gen Z. What you got? Bring it on. You will lose. HOWEVER, yes sir, clowns suck. We don't play with that sh!t. 🤣
Plus there's the uncanny thing. Why some people are afraid of mannequins, dolls, shadows or anything that only that's close to being human but not quite there. It leaves the body on potential danger mode.
Not sure if anyone has told you this but that Star Spangled Banner song then the snowy screen happened EVERY NIGHT. That was part of life. Once it went snowy, your TV time was over, period.
I swear I almost feel like anyone born even one second later than myself could never understand the broadcast going off for the night. Is that not weird, does anyone else feel that way?
The parents are THE BEST. Pot-smoking, silly people, still in love with each other and who genuinely care for their kids. I also love JoBeth Williams, how she gets a little excited when she jumps up and down, moves in the kitchen when she realized that her husband was seeing what she was seeing. Also, fun little fact with the actress JoBeth Williams. The skeletons in the pool with her were real skeletons. She didn't find this out until after the filming. Basically, there's something so indescribable about the film and how it blends horror, humor, a sense of magical discovery with at the time a very unusual take with a more "realistic" take on ghost hunting. So damn good.
@@hollycook5046 He said HIS wife was 31. 32 sorry. He then said HIS eldest daughter was 16, not THEIR eldest daughter. So it could have been his 2nd wife. Which in the novelization it is. Although in the movie, Dana is on the phone late at night, stays with "friends" a lot, and remembers the Holiday Inn. So...
@@hollycook5046 Dana Freeling is the 16-year-old daughter of Steve and Diane and the older sister of Robbie and Carol Anne. Mom was 16 when she had Dana!
For the kitchen chair swap gag, this was a great practical effect. As Tobe Hooper described, it took exactly 4.0 seconds for the crew to swap those out. crew members were hiding under the counter and on the left side of the camera. As soon as Diane moved out of framed, they went into action. If you watch the scene again, you see a reflection of the crew in the corner of the toaster and someone bumps into the plant in the corner.
I LOVE that you're reacting to horror ANYTIME. I love when channels do lots of horror during October but on the same hand I hate when that's the only time they give attention to horror. I feel like it should be part of the lineup all year round alongside all other genres. We enjoy the variety and horror reactions can sometimes be the most fun to watch!
When the guy pulls his face apart, that's not the actor, it's Steven Spielberg. The prosthetic used for the effect was expensive and they needed to do this in one take. The actor was so afraid he'd mess it up somehow, so Spielberg did it for him.
The pool scene had REAL CORPSES.... please understand you won't see that today, but REAL dead people just showed up to be iconic actors in a great movie and they never knew.
Stranger Things season 1 owes a huge debt to this film, which they specifically mentioned in the first episode: a child is abducted into some parallel dimension, but can still contact his mother using household technology. She eventually goes into a portal to the other side and brings him back.
you really can count to see how close or far away a storm is. My grandma taught me that trick when I was little. They say this is one of those cursed films. Lot of crazy stuff happened on set and to some of the actors
Dude, imagine being in the 2nd grade, getting out of bed in the middle of the night and sneaking down into the living room to watch this with your 4th grade older brother when it first premiered on HBO
The look on his face when he said, "The little girl's in the TV?" Lol, that is how we all felt when we watched this movie for the first time in the 1980s!
I was 12 when this came out and it was the first horror film I saw in the theater (the show was sold-out). The audience reaction was amazing (everyone lost their shit when that guy tore his face off). I loved it so much I saw it twice that year. I saw THE EXORCIST on t.v. and that began my love of horror. Poltergeist definitely made my love for horror even stronger!!
I didn’t like the sequel because it diminishes “The Beast” from being a powerful and evil demon (possibly even satan) to being a crazy old preacher. Julian Beck gave a great performance and was creepy but it should’ve been a different movie and not a sequel to Poltergeist.
When I was a kid my brother actually taught me that if you count however many seconds between seeing the lighting and hearing the thunder, it would tell you how close it is
Leo, I'm gonna be real with you... this movie scared the crap out of me as a kid. It didn't help that my Grandma had this and Aladdin recorded on the same VHS tape. Every time Aladdin ended I hurried up and rewinded it before the movie started like my life depended on it.
Love this movie. Love your reactions thank you for the entertainment. To me this is one of the most realistic I know it’s weird to say in a movie like this one of the most realistic families ever on film seemed like they knew each other were normal and they loved each other. And I think you’ll understand this Mr. video. I have said for 30 years. This is one of the most honest portrayals of marijuana use. A happy, healthy, affluent, successful, amazing family and Yep they smoke weed. No drinking except when things got really dark. But day-to-day they smoke weed and they are an amazing successful, healthy family. I love it and this is 1982.
Poltergeist is the greatest Steven Spielberg film that was never directed by Spielberg. Also, this horror film is a classic that'll live forever. Great reaction Leo! 👍🏿
I still am not convinced that he didn't call so many shots he might as well have been directing. Every single frame of this film feels like a Spielberg movie, and none of them feel like a Hooper movie.
@JasonHauser125 Good point. I think that Universal Studios had Spielberg under some kind of contract that prevented him from directing Poltergeist or at least taking the credit for directing more than one film in the same year (1982) at that time. Obviously, he directed E.T. The Extraterrestrial. And Spielberg did everything regarding the production of Poltergeist except "directing" the movie. But, ever since 1989, Spielberg has been in the habit of putting out 2 movies in the same year. Like I said, I think the studio prevented Spielberg from taking the credit for directing Poltergeist, meanwhile giving sole directing credit to Hooper. And you're right. When you compare Poltergeist to the rest of Hooper's filmography, Poltergeist is nothing like his other films.
@@JamesASharp Really well said. None of the actors will talk about it, but a few members of the crew have confirmed Spielberg basically directed this, though Hooper was genuinely involved and did direct several scenes.
This movie came out when I was 11. It scared me but it was so much fun! I loved it then and still do. And the lightning distance counting thing is a real thing. Since lighting is the source of thunder, it makes complete sense.
Thunder is the sound of lightning and counting gives you an idea of how far away the lightning by timing how long the sound of the thunder takes to get to you. So if you can count longer it's further away. Idk who told me that first but we always did that as kids.
I'd just like to take a moment to say rest in peace to the actor of this film who most recently passed away, James Karen, who played the father's boss in this film. He was also in an amazing horror comedy from 1985 called The Return of The Living Dead.
I went to school for 2 years in a school built on an old cemetery. And they showed this movie to us in that building in 6th grade. The day we got out for break. Couldn't do that today. You blurred the best part, that bathroom sink scene had a the other kids going crazy. Great video.
Scary Movie also referenced the clown pulling the boy under the bed. In Scary Movie it pulls 1 of the Wayne brothers under the bed but he had a surprise for the clown lol
Dogs DO KNOW. Our dogs took some time getting used to the spirits in our house. At first theyd follow them around and get spooked when touched by them. One time the bigger dog actually jumped up from a dead sleep and jumped down from the chair and then just stared at the fuckin chair. They are used to it now and actually that dog likes to lay out in the hallway at night now. He lays on his back so Im pretty sure he gets ghost belly rubs throughout the night. Not joking either…
OMG, one of my favorite movies. First saw it not long after it came out in theaters only I saw it in a hotel room at the Hilton in Waikiki in Hawaii. The hotel with the Rainbow on the side. I was about 10 or 11. My parents went out for the night. I ordered the movie after they left. Funny thing is we lived on the island but often took vacations in Waikiki or island hopped as it was cheaper than traveling to the mainland or flying someplace further. The Hilton is actually a complex of hotels and they have ponds that connect them and come into the lobbies. They had a pair of swans. These swans loved me for some reason and followed me everywhere for a few days and were very friendly. I got so scared not even halfway through the movie I went to the lobby, called the swans and they followed me onto the elevator and to my room. Then I watched the movie- I called them Fred & Ethel, and ordered room service with the birds in my parents bed 😂. They were so shocked when they got home that night 😲. My dad ended up laughing and then made me take the birds back downstairs to the pond. I loved those birds. I always think of that when I see this movie. Both of my parents are gone now 😢.
Dude, I love you more and more each day and the fact that you’re doing some horror movies when it in October even better always time for a horror movie especially this one. It is one of my all-time favorite horror movies keep it up bro you doing well.
One thing that always slides by reactors is that the mom character is 31 years old and they have a 16-year-old daughter, which means dad knocked her up when she was 14 or 15.
I always assumed she was his second wife and the oldest girl was a bonus child. Then again, a lot of us in Gen X were love children. Our parents were the "free love" crowd. :D
Classic, brought to you by the director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Salem's Lot (1977), which you should Also watch. The Dad would also eventually voice Mr Incredible.
One year before directing this film, the director made a horror film called "THE FUN HOUSE." It doesn't quite measure up to his other horror films, but that's a pretty high bar and it's an underrated gem that's worth checking out.
I saw this movie on HBO shortly after it was in theaters. This was while I was spending the night at a friend's house and we were maybe 12, plus or minus a year. He had two beds, one on either side of his room. The guest bed was where he kept some stuffed animals, including a Curious George. I had put them on the floor when I went to bed. A scream woke me some time later. My friend was sitting up on his bed screaming. His parents ran in to see what happened. Turns out that George had landed against the bed like he was standing upright. Friend woke up and saw that by the light of the streetlight coming in the window. He called me and when I didn't answer he thought George had killed me, like the clown in the movie, and now it was coming for him. They got him settled down and took George out with them and we went back to sleep. At least I did, I'm not sure about friend.
This movie was cursed. So many bad things happened on set. Then afterward the actress that plays Carl Anne died from some crazy intestinal issue. Septic shock and cardiac arrest. The actress that plays the older sister thats absent throughout the main part of the movie and shows up at thend….She was murdered by her boyfriend right after making the movie.
BTW, there were REAL dead bodies in the pool with her. (And in the sequel too.) First time I watched this movie was in the early 90s in my unfinished basement on a beta vcr. It was an experience.
In Scary Movie 2, they spoof the tree attack scene too. the stoner Wayans bother had a marijuana plant in a flowerpot by the window. The plant grows huge, then grabs him, rolls him up into a blunt in his bedsheet, and stats smoking him.
The second Poltergeist is pretty good! I really enjoy your response to this one, the scene with the guy ripping his face off deeply disturbed me and stuck with me for a few days after I first saw this movie.
what's really sad is that the little blonde girl in the movie died at the age of 12 years old in real life. And the teenage brunette who plays her sister was murdered not long after shooting this movie
Leo!!! Great pic! This movie still scares me of what could possibly happen if builders disrespect hallowed ground & the deceased who rest there. & I was 16 when this came out. 58 now.
I was 12 years old when this movie came out. I can remember waiting in line for tickets with my mom and my best friend. I didn’t sleep good for a week. Lol
There's a little bit of wordplay in the scene where they're fighting over which parent the kids are more threatened by. The dad's so reluctant to be seen as the "threatening" one that he warns Carol Ann if she doesn't answer him she's gonna get a real spanking. He could have stopped there, but he had to add, "from the BOTH of us,"
29:47 seen. This movie 100 times and still agreed with miss lady ma'am with the glasses and ol kid voice to to go get my baby from the tv ppl.... And she the only one making any sense of this.... 🤔🤔🤔
Half of my top 10 scariest horror movies happen to be ones I saw when I was a kid growing up in the 70s, and early 80s. "The Exorcist", "Poltergeist", "The Omen", "The Shining", and "The Changeling" (1980). If you haven't seen "The Changeling" yet... DO IT.
This movie is one of the reasons why the PG-13 rating exists. I saw this in the theater, alone, at age 10. It traumatized me for life. I went from wanting to be a clown at Circus World, to can't even look at a picture of one without getting creeped out.
Yay, Yessss, Mr V. Love this movie, some major creepies in the films and surrounding the films. R.I.P. to all who passed. 4 actors in 6 yrs from the 3 films, which they called a curse.🕯🕯Thanx darlin', take care, Peace
I used to live in San Diego CA. There was a store at Sea Port Village and it was a clown store. They had the actual clown from the movie in there. This movie and that clown made me fall in love with the horror genre.
There is actually a park in the center of my town that is a big hill and not many people know that it used to be a graveyard. they moved the graves supposedly but I wouldn't be surprised if there were still some bodies under that park.
While researching my family history, I found that a cemetery in which a few of my ancestors were buried was relocated because it was too small. The cemetery was at the base of an escarpment, and a train track runs close to the escarpment’s edge. When the cemetery was being moved, it’s figured that not all of the bodies were moved, and some people have reported seeing weird shapes, possibly ghosts, along the train tracks. A park and a few houses are now where the cemetery used to be.
If something like this is ever happening in your house just remember it's there because it's rejected by both dark and light and it is stuck here and it is nobody's friend
I’m gonna throw out a suggestion, Big Trouble in Little China. That was thrilling and terrifying for a little girl in the 80s! Plus it has mortal combat origins. Or Demolition Man.
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I understand the question of "why don't they close the curtains so he can't see the scary tree."
I was exactly like this little boy when I was his age and the thing is, seeing it is scary, but NOT seeing it is somehow worse.
Mama was the MVP! The way they filmed the hallway scene running to save her babies is incredible.
That scene always gives me so much anxiety because how well they filmed it
Speaking of incredible, the father is the voice actor for Bob in The Incredibles.
Man you gotta understand this nightmare fuel was rated PG…which means my parents thought it was cool for 10-year-old me to watch on HBO. My generation had nightmares for months.
I watched this movie originally when I was 4 and it scared the shit out of me. But.... by the time I was 5 or 6... I think I realized it was silly as shit and more ridiculous than scary. 7 at the oldest. Some of the funniest movies I've ever seen were The Exorcist and The Blair Witch Project.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 You were tougher at 7 than I was at 10. I watched the movie all the time (heavy rotation on HBO) but it still gave me nightmares.
Facts!
Literally everything aboot this movie is great, it still holds up as one of the greatest supernatural movies of all time!
now imagine watching this when you were 9 when it was a new release. That face peeling scene is still with me today.
The 80's did not fuck about
Rest in Peace, Dominque Dunn and Heather O'Rourke. Dominique Dunn played the oldest daughter Dana and Heather O'Rourke played Carol Anne. Dominique Dunn's life ended at age 22 because her boyfriend strangled her. Heather O'Rourke passed away due to being misdiagnosed. She died from septic shock at age 12.
Sad about both. Unspeakable tragedies. Dominique's bf only got a few years for murdering her. Her brother, Griffin Dunn starred in American Werewolf in London and other movies. He had a pretty successful career.
Not to mention Jo Beth Williams drowning and that whole debacle.
@@JasonHauser125you thinking of Natalie Wood? JoBeth is very much alive.
Dominique and Heather are buried close to each other in the same cemetery. I visit them a few times a year.
Her older brother, Griffin Dunne, played the best friend, walking meatball, Jack, in American Werewolf in London.
Poltergeist, IT, John Wayne Gacy.... THIS IS WHY GEN X DON'T PLAY WITH CLOWNS.
Correct.
We were the last generation of feral children. We speak 2 languages... real talk and sarcasm. F around and find out. Not impressed with Millennials and Gen Z. What you got? Bring it on. You will lose. HOWEVER, yes sir, clowns suck. We don't play with that sh!t. 🤣
To this day, clowns terrify me!!
Plus there's the uncanny thing. Why some people are afraid of mannequins, dolls, shadows or anything that only that's close to being human but not quite there. It leaves the body on potential danger mode.
Homey dont play that
Not sure if anyone has told you this but that Star Spangled Banner song then the snowy screen happened EVERY NIGHT. That was part of life. Once it went snowy, your TV time was over, period.
Yeah, back then we only had 4-5 channels and none of them were on 24 hours. Crazy to think about now.
I swear I almost feel like anyone born even one second later than myself could never understand the broadcast going off for the night. Is that not weird, does anyone else feel that way?
Pretty ironic considering this movie dominated the midnight to 6am block on HBO just a few years later
He said it best.. that was when the :programs (programming) was over
The parents are THE BEST. Pot-smoking, silly people, still in love with each other and who genuinely care for their kids. I also love JoBeth Williams, how she gets a little excited when she jumps up and down, moves in the kitchen when she realized that her husband was seeing what she was seeing.
Also, fun little fact with the actress JoBeth Williams. The skeletons in the pool with her were real skeletons. She didn't find this out until after the filming. Basically, there's something so indescribable about the film and how it blends horror, humor, a sense of magical discovery with at the time a very unusual take with a more "realistic" take on ghost hunting. So damn good.
Ive always loved the parents relationship
I'm only just realizing he said the mom was 31 and their daughter 16
@@hollycook5046 He said HIS wife was 31. 32 sorry. He then said HIS eldest daughter was 16, not THEIR eldest daughter. So it could have been his 2nd wife.
Which in the novelization it is. Although in the movie, Dana is on the phone late at night, stays with "friends" a lot, and remembers the Holiday Inn. So...
@@hollycook5046 Dana Freeling is the 16-year-old daughter of Steve and Diane and the older sister of Robbie and Carol Anne. Mom was 16 when she had Dana!
Since I was 11 when this came out, the magnificent Miss Jobeth Williams has been and always will be the MILF against which all others are compared.
Yep, when the television networks went off the air at midnight.
That kitchen scene with the steak and the bathroom scene with the melting face scarred me for years!
good old practical effects
It messed me up on fried chicken there for a while.
Oddly enough, this was interrupted for me for an ad, a dogfood ad.
burned into my memory forever 😅 I was WAY too young when I watched this
For the kitchen chair swap gag, this was a great practical effect. As Tobe Hooper described, it took exactly 4.0 seconds for the crew to swap those out. crew members were hiding under the counter and on the left side of the camera. As soon as Diane moved out of framed, they went into action. If you watch the scene again, you see a reflection of the crew in the corner of the toaster and someone bumps into the plant in the corner.
Putting the TV outside was classic!
I LOVE that you're reacting to horror ANYTIME. I love when channels do lots of horror during October but on the same hand I hate when that's the only time they give attention to horror. I feel like it should be part of the lineup all year round alongside all other genres. We enjoy the variety and horror reactions can sometimes be the most fun to watch!
When the guy pulls his face apart, that's not the actor, it's Steven Spielberg.
The prosthetic used for the effect was expensive and they needed to do this in one take. The actor was so afraid he'd mess it up somehow, so Spielberg did it for him.
Poltergeist will always be a classic when it comes to horror movies. It's easily one of my favorites
Yep, and before the PG-13 rating, so it has more stuff probably than current day PG movies.
@@w1975b that's true
You’ve GOT to watch part 2 next, it still creeps me out to this day
The pool scene had REAL CORPSES.... please understand you won't see that today, but REAL dead people just showed up to be iconic actors in a great movie and they never knew.
And this is why the whole movie was haunted 😮
That's why this movie was cursed. Why the two young actresses died.
I won't attest to anything supernatural... I am just saying you're seeing real dead people in this movie 😉
😂
@@despozblehero2262 Haley Joel Osment saw them.
Rated PG movies hit harder in the 80s.
There was no PG-13, yet, so PG covered the wide range between G & R.
"Theyre herrreee!" This was the movie!
Nuh uh
Stranger Things season 1 owes a huge debt to this film, which they specifically mentioned in the first episode: a child is abducted into some parallel dimension, but can still contact his mother using household technology. She eventually goes into a portal to the other side and brings him back.
My Irish Grandmother taught me that when you count between the lightening & the thunder, that's how many miles the storm is from you.
Close but not quite - every second equals 330 meters. Its the flash-bang method the military uses to determine distance.
@@edp5886 she also told me that thunder was God bowling
you really can count to see how close or far away a storm is. My grandma taught me that trick when I was little. They say this is one of those cursed films. Lot of crazy stuff happened on set and to some of the actors
I love the parents in this film, they just feel so real and down to earth.
Dude, imagine being in the 2nd grade, getting out of bed in the middle of the night and sneaking down into the living room to watch this with your 4th grade older brother when it first premiered on HBO
Watching your reaction to the jumps was priceless!!!!
6:15: “I’d be scared to be this little girl’s pet…she’s taking them out!”
7:40: “We’ve got our eye on you. We ain’t going out like Tweety.”
😂
The guy on the bike with beer is Dirk Blocker, aka Hitchcock from Brooklyn 99, the son of Dan Blocker aka Hoss Cartwright from Bonanza.
The look on his face when he said, "The little girl's in the TV?" Lol, that is how we all felt when we watched this movie for the first time in the 1980s!
This was one of the movies that started my love of horror as a child. Still one of my favorites. 👻
I was 12 when this came out and it was the first horror film I saw in the theater (the show was sold-out). The audience reaction was amazing (everyone lost their shit when that guy tore his face off). I loved it so much I saw it twice that year.
I saw THE EXORCIST on t.v. and that began my love of horror. Poltergeist definitely made my love for horror even stronger!!
@@joshuah9109 That's incredible. I was born in 92 but I would've loved to experience that.
Made the brilliant decision to watch Poltergeist when I was 9, by myself, in a thunderstorm. Ain't never found another movie scary.
One of my favourite childhood films lol. Poltergeist 2 is well worth a watch as well, one of the creepiest villains ever
“God is in his holy temple.”
I didn’t like the sequel because it diminishes “The Beast” from being a powerful and evil demon (possibly even satan) to being a crazy old preacher. Julian Beck gave a great performance and was creepy but it should’ve been a different movie and not a sequel to Poltergeist.
That old fucker still haunts my dreams and creeps me out to this day 😂
Yasss! Creepiest indeed
Spielberg (who co-wrote this,) had a similarly frightening tree as he was growing up, so naturally, he had to put this in the film.
He had a fear of clowns as well, that (obviously) was the inspiration for that creepy clown doll.
The lightning/thunder counting thing works. When I had kids I used it all the time
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When I was a kid my brother actually taught me that if you count however many seconds between seeing the lighting and hearing the thunder, it would tell you how close it is
Leo, I'm gonna be real with you... this movie scared the crap out of me as a kid. It didn't help that my Grandma had this and Aladdin recorded on the same VHS tape. Every time Aladdin ended I hurried up and rewinded it before the movie started like my life depended on it.
Ayyyy more horror movies! Mr. Video bringing that heat as usual 🔥
This is back when the PG rating actually meant that parental guidance was necessary.
I saw it when I was 10. My mom just dropped my neighbor and me off at the theater and in we went to see this. Freaked me the hell out but I loved it!
Love this movie. Love your reactions thank you for the entertainment. To me this is one of the most realistic I know it’s weird to say in a movie like this one of the most realistic families ever on film seemed like they knew each other were normal and they loved each other. And I think you’ll understand this Mr. video. I have said for 30 years. This is one of the most honest portrayals of marijuana use. A happy, healthy, affluent, successful, amazing family and Yep they smoke weed. No drinking except when things got really dark. But day-to-day they smoke weed and they are an amazing successful, healthy family. I love it and this is 1982.
Poltergeist is the greatest Steven Spielberg film that was never directed by Spielberg. Also, this horror film is a classic that'll live forever. Great reaction Leo! 👍🏿
I still am not convinced that he didn't call so many shots he might as well have been directing. Every single frame of this film feels like a Spielberg movie, and none of them feel like a Hooper movie.
@JasonHauser125 Good point. I think that Universal Studios had Spielberg under some kind of contract that prevented him from directing Poltergeist or at least taking the credit for directing more than one film in the same year (1982) at that time. Obviously, he directed E.T. The Extraterrestrial. And Spielberg did everything regarding the production of Poltergeist except "directing" the movie. But, ever since 1989, Spielberg has been in the habit of putting out 2 movies in the same year. Like I said, I think the studio prevented Spielberg from taking the credit for directing Poltergeist, meanwhile giving sole directing credit to Hooper. And you're right. When you compare Poltergeist to the rest of Hooper's filmography, Poltergeist is nothing like his other films.
@@JamesASharp Really well said. None of the actors will talk about it, but a few members of the crew have confirmed Spielberg basically directed this, though Hooper was genuinely involved and did direct several scenes.
@@ZooterOne I believe it.
@@JasonHauser125 Toby Hooper directed “Poltergeist”.
Steven Spielberg directed Toby Hooper directing “Poltergeist”.
This movie came out when I was 11. It scared me but it was so much fun! I loved it then and still do.
And the lightning distance counting thing is a real thing. Since lighting is the source of thunder, it makes complete sense.
Leo, what you said at the end is totally relatable. I was one of those kids trying to see skinemax through the static 🤣
Thunder is the sound of lightning and counting gives you an idea of how far away the lightning by timing how long the sound of the thunder takes to get to you. So if you can count longer it's further away. Idk who told me that first but we always did that as kids.
No. Thunder is NOT the sound of lightning. It's occurs when air masses collide.
We used to do that too. It's pretty accurate.
@@rakitakhanwe all know what he meant and so did you.
@@MiddleAgedBob He did not say what I did. Get bent.
@@rakitakhan thunder only happens after lightning
I'd just like to take a moment to say rest in peace to the actor of this film who most recently passed away, James Karen, who played the father's boss in this film. He was also in an amazing horror comedy from 1985 called The Return of The Living Dead.
I went to school for 2 years in a school built on an old cemetery. And they showed this movie to us in that building in 6th grade. The day we got out for break. Couldn't do that today. You blurred the best part, that bathroom sink scene had a the other kids going crazy. Great video.
One of my favorite childhood movies!!
Scary Movie also referenced the clown pulling the boy under the bed. In Scary Movie it pulls 1 of the Wayne brothers under the bed but he had a surprise for the clown lol
The clown is like "nope"!
Dogs DO KNOW. Our dogs took some time getting used to the spirits in our house. At first theyd follow them around and get spooked when touched by them. One time the bigger dog actually jumped up from a dead sleep and jumped down from the chair and then just stared at the fuckin chair. They are used to it now and actually that dog likes to lay out in the hallway at night now. He lays on his back so Im pretty sure he gets ghost belly rubs throughout the night. Not joking either…
So do cats!!
😂
Dogs wake themselves by their own farts and people out here claiming it's ghosts 😂.
This is scary. They use real skeletons in the dirty water.
Being 53 loved and still do this movie and so enjoy see the vintage Star Wars toys in it.
OMG, one of my favorite movies. First saw it not long after it came out in theaters only I saw it in a hotel room at the Hilton in Waikiki in Hawaii. The hotel with the Rainbow on the side. I was about 10 or 11. My parents went out for the night. I ordered the movie after they left. Funny thing is we lived on the island but often took vacations in Waikiki or island hopped as it was cheaper than traveling to the mainland or flying someplace further. The Hilton is actually a complex of hotels and they have ponds that connect them and come into the lobbies. They had a pair of swans. These swans loved me for some reason and followed me everywhere for a few days and were very friendly. I got so scared not even halfway through the movie I went to the lobby, called the swans and they followed me onto the elevator and to my room. Then I watched the movie- I called them Fred & Ethel, and ordered room service with the birds in my parents bed 😂. They were so shocked when they got home that night 😲. My dad ended up laughing and then made me take the birds back downstairs to the pond. I loved those birds. I always think of that when I see this movie. Both of my parents are gone now 😢.
I love this ❤
Man! I ain't seen you in a minute! Glad to see you in my feed again!
There's an Ace Ventura reference but Ace V got it from this movie. "This house is clear". Lol
8:35 it's true. When you see lightning count the number of seconds until you hear thunder, then divide by 5. that's how many miles away it is.
They're here!
Wonderful to "see" it again. Thanks 😊 Hugs from Sweden.
Dude, I love you more and more each day and the fact that you’re doing some horror movies when it in October even better always time for a horror movie especially this one. It is one of my all-time favorite horror movies keep it up bro you doing well.
One thing that always slides by reactors is that the mom character is 31 years old and they have a 16-year-old daughter, which means dad knocked her up when she was 14 or 15.
I always assumed she was his second wife and the oldest girl was a bonus child. Then again, a lot of us in Gen X were love children. Our parents were the "free love" crowd. :D
Classic, brought to you by the director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Salem's Lot (1977), which you should Also watch. The Dad would also eventually voice Mr Incredible.
And star in coach
One year before directing this film, the director made a horror film called "THE FUN HOUSE." It doesn't quite measure up to his other horror films, but that's a pretty high bar and it's an underrated gem that's worth checking out.
I saw this movie on HBO shortly after it was in theaters. This was while I was spending the night at a friend's house and we were maybe 12, plus or minus a year. He had two beds, one on either side of his room. The guest bed was where he kept some stuffed animals, including a Curious George. I had put them on the floor when I went to bed.
A scream woke me some time later. My friend was sitting up on his bed screaming. His parents ran in to see what happened. Turns out that George had landed against the bed like he was standing upright. Friend woke up and saw that by the light of the streetlight coming in the window. He called me and when I didn't answer he thought George had killed me, like the clown in the movie, and now it was coming for him.
They got him settled down and took George out with them and we went back to sleep. At least I did, I'm not sure about friend.
Thanks for a great reaction. This movie is always been one of my favorites I saw it when it came out Mama back in the 80s.
This was a summer smash. I remember going to see it with my cousin summer 1982. Fantastic movie! Love your reactions!!!
This movie was cursed. So many bad things happened on set. Then afterward the actress that plays Carl Anne died from some crazy intestinal issue. Septic shock and cardiac arrest. The actress that plays the older sister thats absent throughout the main part of the movie and shows up at thend….She was murdered by her boyfriend right after making the movie.
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BTW, there were REAL dead bodies in the pool with her. (And in the sequel too.) First time I watched this movie was in the early 90s in my unfinished basement on a beta vcr. It was an experience.
Lol I watched it on beta max in tge late 80s
Yay! Horror movie reaction. My favorite!!!
In Scary Movie 2, they spoof the tree attack scene too.
the stoner Wayans bother had a marijuana plant in a flowerpot by the window. The plant grows huge, then grabs him, rolls him up into a blunt in his bedsheet, and stats smoking him.
The second Poltergeist is pretty good! I really enjoy your response to this one, the scene with the guy ripping his face off deeply disturbed me and stuck with me for a few days after I first saw this movie.
the soundtrack in this movie is soo good. especially the more calm ones that play throughout
Yes, my favorite Jerry Goldsmith score, and he had many great ones. I listen to Poltergeist often.
"Turn the tv off. Let's start there." - Leo The Prophet.
what's really sad is that the little blonde girl in the movie died at the age of 12 years old in real life. And the teenage brunette who plays her sister was murdered not long after shooting this movie
Loved her on teen witch
This was scary but Part 2 is even scarier because you get to see the thing that was on the other side with the little girl.
Leo!!! Great pic! This movie still scares me of what could possibly happen if builders disrespect hallowed ground & the deceased who rest there. & I was 16 when this came out. 58 now.
Oh, you picked a good one!
I was 12 years old when this movie came out. I can remember waiting in line for tickets with my mom and my best friend.
I didn’t sleep good for a week. Lol
What's up Leo? Another great reaction. And miss your live feeds, maybe we can get one over the summer. That day you were golfing was fun!
There's a little bit of wordplay in the scene where they're fighting over which parent the kids are more threatened by.
The dad's so reluctant to be seen as the "threatening" one that he warns Carol Ann if she doesn't answer him she's gonna get a real spanking. He could have stopped there, but he had to add, "from the BOTH of us,"
Been away for a while, teeth look GREAT Leo! Congrats!
The bodies that were used in the last scene were real and the actors didn't know it until after.
37:16...... Now, that he mentioned it, Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight is another must watch 💯😁
I second this request 😈
Love the vid keep it up
You only moved the Headstones!
He said.... "You called the poltergeist a bastard" 🤣😂
29:47 seen. This movie 100 times and still agreed with miss lady ma'am with the glasses and ol kid voice to to go get my baby from the tv ppl.... And she the only one making any sense of this.... 🤔🤔🤔
Half of my top 10 scariest horror movies happen to be ones I saw when I was a kid growing up in the 70s, and early 80s.
"The Exorcist", "Poltergeist", "The Omen", "The Shining", and "The Changeling" (1980). If you haven't seen "The Changeling" yet... DO IT.
Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen might be too much for him! Those 2 freaked me out.
@@laurakali6522 I didn’t see “Rosemary’s Baby” until I was much older.
Yeah, that one is pretty freaky too! 😱
One of the best horror movies ever
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Always loved this movie.
This movie is one of the reasons why the PG-13 rating exists. I saw this in the theater, alone, at age 10. It traumatized me for life. I went from wanting to be a clown at Circus World, to can't even look at a picture of one without getting creeped out.
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The trilogy of this movie paved the way for horror movies as a child growing up. Even to this day, I still have the trilogy
Yay, Yessss, Mr V. Love this movie, some major creepies in the films and surrounding the films. R.I.P. to all who passed. 4 actors in 6 yrs from the 3 films, which they called a curse.🕯🕯Thanx darlin', take care, Peace
I used to live in San Diego CA. There was a store at Sea Port Village and it was a clown store. They had the actual clown from the movie in there. This movie and that clown made me fall in love with the horror genre.
Damn, just hearing her voice coming from the tv still gives me goose bumps
Scary movie 2 had a lot of poltergeist references, among others, but it was mostly a spoof of The Haunting
There is actually a park in the center of my town that is a big hill and not many people know that it used to be a graveyard. they moved the graves supposedly but I wouldn't be surprised if there were still some bodies under that park.
While researching my family history, I found that a cemetery in which a few of my ancestors were buried was relocated because it was too small. The cemetery was at the base of an escarpment, and a train track runs close to the escarpment’s edge. When the cemetery was being moved, it’s figured that not all of the bodies were moved, and some people have reported seeing weird shapes, possibly ghosts, along the train tracks.
A park and a few houses are now where the cemetery used to be.
The woman playing the oldest daughter was killed by her boyfriend.
The clown under the bed scene is also referenced in “Scary Movie 2.” Many people think it’s Chucky, but it’s actually “Poltergeist.”
If something like this is ever happening in your house just remember it's there because it's rejected by both dark and light and it is stuck here and it is nobody's friend
I’m gonna throw out a suggestion, Big Trouble in Little China. That was thrilling and terrifying for a little girl in the 80s! Plus it has mortal combat origins. Or Demolition Man.