LaserDisc Review

Poltergeist

Genre: Horror

Reviewed in Issue 10 of Widescreen Review

Picture
4.5
Sound
2.5

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Zelda Rubinstein.

Disc Information
Studio/Distributor MGM
Catalog Number ML104865
MPAA Rating PG
Retail Price $59.98
Running Time 114
Color Type Color
Chaptered/Scene Access Yes
Closed Captioned No
Theatrical Release 1982
LD Release Date 07/01/94
THX Digitally Mastered No
Credits
Director Tobe Hooper
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Stars Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Zelda Rubinstein.
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Soundtrack Dolby Surround
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Story Synopsis

Hailed as a “superior, spectacular ghost story,” Poltergeist is a horrific thriller about supernatural forces that invade the suburban home of the Freeling family. When Steve (Nelson) and Diane Freeling’s (Williams) 5 year-old daughter Carol Anne (O’Rourke) is kidnapped by ghosts, they hire expert parapsychologists Dr. Lesh (Straight) and Tangina (Rubenstein) to try to help them get her back.

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