If you wanna see Cassie talk about this movie in a greater depth, she joined us for an episode on our RUclips channel to talk about it. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
Cassie did you notice the actor from The Predator that you liked was in this movie? The guy who played Billy and said, there’s something out there, and it ain’t no man in Predator, was the construction guy in Poltergeist cat calling the teenage daughter when she leaves for school.
Part of the genius of Spielberg. He included every childhood nightmare there is: something in the closet, creepy shadows on the wall, a tree that looks sinister, running down a hallway and the door gets furter and further away, lightning, thunder, strange noises and voices. All things the audience can readily identify with.
@@ortizmo have to say as a big Tobe Hooper fan this is 10% him and 90% Spielberg. I do love this film but I completely agree, it looks like and has the same feel/sub text and emotional beat as pretty much every Spielberg film previous.
JoBeth Williams (as the mom) gives one of the most powerful performances ever in any genre of movie. I must've seen this a hundred times by now and still am moved to tears every time.
@ozcanison i believe it's her husband who does the editing and i love seeing it as well with the ' oooooo friiiiiick !! '' when it's slowed down it sounds like an F-BOMB😅 Cassie has the best reactions .😃 This was one of the greats as i'm a big horror fan and if you think about it no one actually dies in this !! keep 80 's horror alive CHEERS .
Yes that line is always funny. People slowly learn what horror really is. Horror movies are not just scary, they don't have jump scares. They have real scares, they are terror, they have real horror. I've seen people being bored through a good part of 'The Exorcist' only for them ending up as little nervous wrecks. As well as other 70's and 80's movies.
I grew up a few blocks away from this house in Simi Valley, CA and watched them film it when I was 8 years old. To this day that house is still known in the community as “the Poltergeist house”. Really enjoyed your reaction!
Very cool. It was a newly built house/street at the time. Keep in mind, right after this wrapped, Spielberg went straight to doing 'E.T.' (the house in that was about 30 miles away from you in the northeast corner of the Valley). They were released a week apart in June 1982. What a moviegoing summer that must've been.
Former Simi Valley alumni here. I left there from the late 80s to the early 90s and always wondered why that house attracted such attention. Didn't know until I saw the movie and never went by it again LOL
@@cafeAmericano I was doing telephone surveys years back and ended up calling Amityville, they said the windows have been changed but the house is still there. The actual Defeo house that is.
Notice how the jester dolls face has completely changed into a more sinister one when it attacks the boy. Ps…don’t ever stop posting your reactions,I love them.
"This is from the 80s so how scary could it be? The effects can't be that amazing..."🤪 Great getting to experience it again vicariously through you! I've seen it so many times that I'm jaded to it. I want you to know though, first time in the theater it was mayhem...everyone screaming and jumping out of their seats. There is of course no CGI, so everything is state of the art practical special effects, and one of the reasons I've seen it so many times, just to appreciate the art. Great example of film making in general too. Spielberg was a genius of knowing how to ground a setting and characters to make them identifiable and draw the audience in to take them on a ride.
@@darren6202 You can say "you're welcome" after you actually point out where CG was used. Computer effects in 1982 looked like Tron, and would stick out horribly in a film like this.
The actress who played the mom is from my hometown, Houston, and went to high school with my sister. Sis always said she was one of the nicest girls in school, so I really believe in the authenticity of her character in this movie.
@@denniszenanywhere She was in Stir Crazy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, and in Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. She was also in The Big Chill, but I've never watched it.
I started laughing out loud when you said 80s movie how scary could it be? Just wish your sister was sitting next to you I don't think I've seen you jump that much in any reaction, and your sister just would have made it twice as funny 🤣😂🤣
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Nah, watching with her sister would be a kind of cheating. 😂
Both Poltergeist and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial were movies adapted from an unfilmed script that Steven Spielberg wrote in the 1970s called 'Night Skies,' based on a real life report of a UFO encounter in Kentucky in the 1950s where a family in a remote farmhouse was terrorized by aliens. Spielberg intended to make Night Skies as a horror-themed follow-up to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but Columbia Pictures rejected the script as they were expecting more of a family-friendly sequel to Close Encounters. So Spielberg had to scrap the 'Night Skies' project, and different elements from the script ended up being reworked into Poltergeist and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, with some elements of Night Skies even ending up in the reworked script for Gremlins.
Sounds like the Hopkinsville, KY, "Goblins". It took me 30 years of (pre-Amazon) searching, but I finally found a copy of the rare original book/investigation, "Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955." I wanted to read it, but I also had to "house-sit" for some friends of mine until they got back from out-of-state. On that last afternoon, the electricity was off for some reason, but it was a nice, clear cool fall day. I sat in an armchair next to an open window and read about the bat-eared, googly-eyed creatures that just clambered back up when knocked down by shotgun blasts. And the shadows grew long, and I had to squint to read, and I kept getting nervous, and squirrels and birds kept running on the roof and porch. I was a nervous wreck by the time the family got home -- it was too dark to keep reading, anyway. Doesn't seem like much, but I own nearly every UFO/Cryptid/Ghost book ever printed, not to mention scores of horror films and novels, and I was amazed that there were still stories that could freak out even a jaded reader/viewer like me!
If you want to get really creeped out, keep in mind that in the scene where the mom falls into the future swimming pool the special effects crew used REAL skeletons because they were cheaper and easier to procure than prop ones.
@@LumenP1023 Back then? Na! They were not dug up. They were donated bodies to science. They do all their experiments and then some families take the remains back. Others donate and don't care after. So, they can be used in all kinds of things. Science classes, movies, acting, selling, etc, etc.
I truly love you watching movies because you actually get into the movie as opposed to many people who do reactions and don't respect the movie, tell jokes all through it and laugh when it's a horror movie or a drama, I find it very disrespectful and irritating so you are amazing in this field. and I really appreciate it. this is coming from a movie fanatic. by the way this is one of my favorite movies and it's still spooky to this day.
All reactors are different. If you don't like a particular reactor especially if you know how they will react during scary movies, don't watch them, or to quote the expression: "Change the channel." 😉
Same. It drives me nuts when other reactors (who I then stopped watching!) laugh, crack jokes or whatever during a horror or dramatic film. It's so irritating. Love Cassie's real, heart felt reactions (and her sister's too!).
The thing that sets this movie apart, is that it has a very warm heart. Yes, some effects are quite scary, the central core of Poltergeist is the family sticking together. (Was there a pun there?) Loved the reaction -- had to chuckle at the slo-mo.
I wonder if Spielberg and Tobe were always on set together? Or if Tobe went home and Spielberg stayed? I've heard different accounts. Some say Hooper didn't actually direct any of it other than creature designs.
Agree! I always felt watching this movie as a kid that this was a real family. The chemistry with the cast is what makes this even better then any other horror movie!
"It Knows What Scares You" is the key to the plot. Robbie was afraid of the tree outside his window and the clown doll. Carol Anne wanted the closet light on early in the movie. Diane was afraid of sleep walking and falling into the pool. The demons manifested themselves in all the family's fears. Poltergeist 2: The Other Side was a great sequel to this which you should also review at some point.
Cass, I'm proud of you for going this one alone. I've been a horror fan for so long I've forgotten what it feels like to be scared at the prospect of being scared. I got to feel that thrill again vicariously through you and I really enjoyed it. What's more, Poltergeist was the first horror movie I saw when I was a kid, and I can remember how I felt back then, and I reacted pretty much the way you did.
They did the chair stacking scene in one take. When the mom come back behind the counter they ran in and stacked the chairs in just a few seconds. There were no camera cuts.
Surely the chairs were made as one piece that they could just set on the table, right? No way they actually stacked separate chairs like that in two seconds.
I think it was a revolving room trick. When the camera panned, that part of the kitchen rotated to a version with stacked chairs to make it appear seamless.
You asked what happened in the game, so here it is: The Rams fell to the Saints, 23-17. QB Pat Haden threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Preston Dennard in the 4th quarter to cut the Saints' lead to 6, but that would be as close as the Rams would get. Game was played on 9/13/1981. (Film was released in 1982, but presumably shot the year prior. That and the Rams didn't play the Saints in the strike-shortened '82 season). 😊
BEST.REACTION.EVER! I honestly feel for you, and I understand your reaction, but I haven't lol'd like that in a long time. This is one of my favorite scary movies from childhood but I'm so far removed from ever being scared by it, but seeing someone like you helps me understand the pure reaction people must've had when it originally came out. Loved this reaction for such a classic movie. You're my favorite reactor. ❤️
Best reaction yet! Heather O’Rourke (the little girl) lived down the street from me when I was a kid. I didn’t know her, but my neighbors used to babysit her and told me about how she went on a tour of Universal Studios with her mom and Spielberg saw her and had her audition for the role.
Wiki doesn't say it was a tour. They said her sister was already in the biz. "While eating in the MGM commissary,[10] Spielberg saw five-year-old O'Rourke having lunch with her mother[9] while older sister Tammy was shooting Pennies from Heaven.[6][11] After his lunch, Spielberg approached the family and offered O'Rourke the Poltergeist role; she was signed the next day, beating out Drew Barrymore, who instead received the role of Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[9][12]"
* Your reaction at 27:46 was absolutely priceless. You're obviously a lot of fun to watch horror movies with. I heard that they got a lot of inspiration for the plot from The Twilight Zone episode called "Little Girl Lost". So I watched that episode and, I could see it. I could see where they got the basic idea for the plot. As far as the ghosts and poltergeist are concerned, I've seen quite a few videos on RUclips of ghost footage, and I give those people who investigate that phenomenon a lot of credit. I would be too afraid of possession, bodily harm and traumatization.
I saw _Poltergeist_ in theaters at the right age (9) and it imprinted on my psyche. I think it holds up beautifully well. The most remarkable thing about watching this with you, Cassie, is how in the 1980s, a man went to work at 8 a.m. and unless it was an emergency, had zero contact with his wife or kids until he pulled into the driveway at 6 p.m. No phone call at his office, no text, no email, no FaceTime. If a woman found out her kitchen was haunted, she was on her own to deal with it until he got home.
I will never understand that "age rules" in US Cinema.... You can never put kinds in a movie like that. I wanted to see this year with my girls the last "Gru Movie with the minions". Age restiction is 6! And my small was 4 and we must leave the cinema... and you watched Poltergeist with age of 9? And your parents allowed it - Find the mistake --> That makes all "protection ideas of the state" to nuts. I needed 3 times to watch aliens after the "Wall of Dead Scene at Sublevel 3" at the age of 16 (to 18 guess)...
@@13Rafkin When I was 9 I was allowed to walk or bike to and from school by myself, no helmet required. If any weirdos approached me, I was on my own. My mother did come down on movies with strong sexual content and would not have allowed me to go see something like _Porky's_ , but Steven Spielberg made action movies, not sex movies. She only let me watch _An American Werewolf In London_ with her operating the remote and it was mostly due to the sex scene, not the violence.
So ya know, this film was rated PG because PG-13 wouldn't arrive until 2 years later. It's Spielberg's doing basically, producing Poltergeist in 82, Gremlins in 84, and directing Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Doom in 84 all their uber horror violence that made the MPAA add a rating.
This movie, in many ways, is one of the scariest movies of all time - and you're amazing for watching it through to the end! it's premise of a simple suburban home that becomes the very embodiment of fear is so relatable. and the fairly average family that isnt perfect, but tries to come together, but needs a little help from Tangina. Thank you for watching this one for us!
Poltergeist for me is the film that features one of the most terrifying and one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen. The first is when the brother realizes that his sister is on TV and is so scared that he cannot speak, as if in a nightmare, the second is when the father and mother kiss in front of the wardrobe before going to save the daughter.
I have to admit, in the world of "scary movies", "Poltergeist" feels like it's a unique flavor. It hits a lot of the marks for a haunted house/ghost story film, but Spielberg applied his own touches with far more investment in effects and action-orientated, as well as making the family dynamic/relationship one of the core themes of the film rather than just straight horror.
"PG" meant something very different in the 80s. I never understand why young people think that something can't be effective if it came out in the past. Try The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, or Psycho, which are all even older films, and see if their age makes them less intense. Rarely do modern horror films measure up to what 80s filmmakers were willing to go for, though Hereditary really has earned its reputation. I've loved this film since I saw it in theaters at the age of twelve, though I didn't sleep so well the first few nights. I probably revisit it once a year these days.
The Exorcist is too much, the crucifix scene especially. Carrie is horrifying not only as a horror but as a statement on how terrible cruel people can be. Event horizon is like poltergeist but dialed up to 11 but has tremendous amount of blood and guts. There are a zillion movies that can scare the heck out of you but not going 'over the line,' like exorcist.
That face pulling scene is the one that got me more than anything as a kid. That was and still is such a WTF?! moment. Even as an adult it's creepy as hell to watch.
If you wanna see Cassie talk about this movie in a greater depth, she joined us for an episode on our RUclips channel to talk about it. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
I'm about to turn 70. Poltergeist is the most frightening film ever produced. I saw it at a theater upon its original release. People in the audience were screaming. Many ran up the aisles during climax.
I saw this as a kid. The part with the guy looking in the mirror scared me the most. Sometimes I still get creeped out looking in a mirror and that scene pops into my mind.
I cannot explain to you how happy I am that I finally got to see you watch this movie. This is one of my favorites from when I was a kid. My dad used to put it on whenever it was on TV, and it didn't matter how many times I saw it, it scared the daylights out of me and I just can't get my family to feel the same way about it. 👏
What made this film so scary to me growing up is that this wasn’t set some gothic manor or castle in some far away land. This was in modern American suburbia where so many of us grew up. Calling the police would be a waste of time. Not only are they not trained or equipped to handle a paranormal situation, they also likely wouldn’t believe this story. In fact they would probably suspect that the parents did something to the missing child. Also, Tangina wasn’t turning on the Freeling’s. She was trying to help the trapped spirits cross over to the other side. If you want more answers to “The Beast,” you’ll have to watch the sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
Calling the cops would've been a waste of time, but I don't think they'd have blamed the parents. The Poltergeist was clearly not hiding its outbursts from outsiders, thankfully. The whole Michigan J. Frog type of situation where only certain individuals are allowed to witness strange phenomena is a frustrating trope. The cops probably would have removed the family (the kids for sure) from the obvious threat of the house, thus taking away the family's chance at recovering Carol Anne.
I watched this with my now wife, who had never seen it. I told her, "It's PG, how scary could it be?". She's still never forgiven me. :) Yes, it's PG, but that was before the PG-13 rating existed. This movie and several others are one of the reasons they decided they needed something between PG and R.
If you wanna see Cassie talk about this movie in a greater depth, she joined us for an episode on our RUclips channel to talk about it. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
What’s funny is that this movie was released during the summer with ET, another Steven Spielberg film. Wouldn’t it have been funny if someone who wanted to go, see ET, something family friendly, ended up walking into the wrong theater and saw this one, and as the opening credits come on, they thought that this was the Spielberg film that they came in to see.
"They're here!" is one of the creepiest lines ever uttered in a movie. Cassie you would love (and hate) "The Conjuring" 1 & 2. Like "Poltergeist" they focus on families suffering from supernatural oppression in their homes, with the difference they are based on real cases from a real-life husband-and-wife demonologist team. They have lots of human moments that get you to care about the characters along with the scary stuff. Another cool part is the couple use their Christian faith in their battles with the supernatural. Both cases are well-known and were reported in the press at the time.
Huge horror fan here and I tend to rank The Conjuring as the scariest movie I've ever seen... The atmosphere and tension are so heightened, because the characters are people whom we the audience care deeply about. I still won't rewatch that one alone.. I'm not sure Cassie would be able to get through it at all..
Poltergeist is almost a perfect movie. When its scary, its scary. When it's funny, its funny. When its heartbreaking, its heartbreaking. When its heartwarming, its heartwarming. It has a good, strong following but doesnt get the praise and love it deserves.
Well, this was special. I've seen plenty of others react to this classic, but watching this through your eyes was a legitimate rollercoaster of emotions. Genuinely thrilling. Without doubt the best reaction you've done yet, or indeed, anyone's reaction to anything. It perfectly encapsulates why this whole "reactors" mini-industry is so oddly compelling - that wish to share an experience with others, and the joy to be had watching someone experience something that you love for the first time.
If you wanna see Cassie talk about this movie in a greater depth, she joined us for an episode on our RUclips channel to talk about it. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
This sealed the deal... this made me become a Patreon fan. Seriously I can't wait for this year's horror movie reactions! I love this page and your reactions Cassie 😉👍
It’s hard to find these days, but the novelization of this movie was really good. In particular you get a much more detailed look at Tangina and how she is extraordinarily weary of her gifts. How she goes through life seeing everything as a potential portent, and how she puts on a brave face to try and help the Freelings. She takes a much more direct role in dealing with the final events of the story (though she isn’t there physically).
Oh boy, I’m proud of you for sticking with it to the end! This was the first movie to ever scare me. I was probably around 10. I snuck out to the tv room one night to watch it because I knew my parents wouldn’t let me watch it. After watching, I was freaked out going back to my room. It was around midnight and it was a really windy night so that didn’t help. To top it off, there was a huge tree outside my bedroom window. I didn’t sleep until the sun came up. lol
Bruh after a night like that you went threw and that wholesome feeling when you see the sun coming up and same there was a scary ass tree across from my house
Yeah Poltergeist was one of the films that terrified me as a kid. The other being Exorcist 2 (and I know thats the crap film, but my dad used to switch the lights off in the lobby when I was going to bed, crawl on the floor and whisper "Regan...", and I would crap myself!!). I remember having a dream about looking in the mirror and pealing my face off like the guy here though! That scene where the camera pans across the room and up the stairs, still sends shivers today. Great film!
One of the creepiest parts of the movie before the outright fright parts was the close-up of the girl's face when she says "Five". That communicates so much grown-up malice against the innocent, starting with the establishment of trust in a child. Brilliant writing, there.
I actually think that was the normal ghosts just chatting away -- and the how-old-are-you question does not connotate malice; almost every adult I interacted with as a kid in the 80s asked this question first. The Beast hadn't entered the equation yet.
@@johnw8578 the beast was there far longer than the other spirits, so it was the one manipulating the others, as tangina said she didnt know what hovered over that house but it was powerful enough to punch a hole into the world and take their daughter away from them. from the movie and novel its made clear its ancient and is hiding the true light from the spirits and using them, hoarding them, coveting the power. they were doing its budding. when the beast put its head thru the closet it was a desperate act of rage as it was losing spirits who were listening to tangina and passing through the light into the next plane of existance. the screenplay and novel expanded on this quite a bit. its available on youtube as a audiobook btw.
This reaction was everything I hoped it would be.....and more!!! Such an emotional one!!! I totally understand. Hey, two horror movies you can take: "Carrie" (1976) which is not so much scary as it is jaw-dropping (and emotional). And the comedy-horror movie: "Creepshow" (1982), that you will have a great time with. Both make FANTASTIC reaction videos and are totally one-of-a-kind classics.
I don’t know, The Hitchhiker short was the main nightmare I had as a kid. Now I love horror, and will listen to it to get to sleep, but when I was around 6 I saw that and it gave me many nightmares.
We're all waiting on the granddaddy of them all reaction, when Cassie has the courage to watch "The Exorcist". I believe every RUclipsr reaction host has watched it already. I think all those reactors should do a collaboration special video along with Cassie to comfort her.
Visual things typically don't scare me at all its the sounds and voices, so as a kid, I could watch most if not all horror movie without it bothering me, however this was the first movie to "Scare" me all thanks to Zelda Rubinstein. Something about her voice and the way she talked in this movie freaked me out, and I still get chills whenever I hear her voice to this day.
The clown scene has haunted me from when I was a kid, sneaking into the living room after mom and dad went to bed to watch this with my older sister and her friends. I was 7. She's 8 years older. Lots of interesting trivia around this movie if you read up on it. They say it was cursed. I'd recommend watching Poltergeist 2 for the continuation of the story, but don't waste your time with any others. They all sucked and aren't really necessary. .... Now, can I please ask you to watch "Twilight Zone, The Movie"? Its actually 4 movies in one. Some scary, some uplifting. I've always loved the Kick the Can segment staring Scatman Crothers and directed by Steven Spielberg. The Plane segment is the most intense staring a young John Lithgow. The others are well, we'll let you see for yourself. Or maybe make a list of these for October and make it a Halloween month of Popcorn in Bed.
I've seen this movie over 500 times and it never gets old to me. Kind of sad, in real life the girl that played the older sister was murdered by her ex-boyfriend before the movie was released. The girl that played Carol Anne died at the age of 12 from intestinal stenosis that was misdiagnosed.
The movie was released in June 1982, the older sister was killed in November that same year, she was killed after the release and not before. On the second movie 2 actors died, the villain died before the movie was released. After the third movie, the little girl, Carol Anne, passed away at 12. There are some other incidents but those are the most important.
The clown jump scare has to be one of the best of all time, it still gets me 40 years later and I know its coming, I have friends whom are return watchers who agree and we all love watching newbies react to it.
Hey Cassie! First of all, I'm very proud of you! Second, those slo-mo jump-scare replays are the BEST! lol Third, as for the parts at the end that you thought were not so scary? It was revealed in interviews with actress JoBeth Williams (the mom), the special effects makeup artist, and possibly the assistant prop master, that the skeletons in the pool and coffins were REAL human skeletons, not plastic or rubber, which would have been too expensive to fabricate. Instead, the movie paid a medical supply house for 13 actual skeletons, of the type that hang from a stand in medical schools, and possibly purchased from India, that the crew dressed out in clothing and sculptured rubber to resemble rotting cadavers. Real skeletons. Something JoBeth didn't learn until fairly late in the shooting of those scenes. Creepy!
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.
AGREED!!!!! And also, they represent the whole political subtext going on in the movie: the new Reaganites. At one time had been part of the counterculture and now, in the early 80s, were going to the right. And what does it end up being? A sleazy real estate deal! Ha! Spielberg retaining the political undercurrent that started with "Jaws" and "Close Encounters".
@@Dave-hb7lx Yeah I get that but I don’t see how Melody ties it to Reagan. I guess you can say Jaws had a little subtext for Nixon because of the cover up
@@coyotefever105 Exactly lol you can be just as fun without being potheads. The potheads I know tend to ruin the fun mood, in fact. Some potheads(definitely not all, I do know some genuinely fun ones) are literally only fun to other potheads.
It was so funny when you said, “This is from the eighties, how scary can it be?” just because most of the scariest movies ever came out of the 70s and 80s. ( Yep, I’m remembering The Exorcist!) 😳 I got to see this in the movie theater as a kid, when it came out and to this day, the scene that STILL terrifies me the most is those kitchen chairs all stacked up in the space of about 4 seconds when the Mom has her back turned. The whole theater hit the ceiling during this movie. Awesome.
imo one of the best jump scares in movie history. Up till then there was only little foreshadowing, and then it it's you like a brick wall that something is VERY wrong here. Without blood, gore, life threatening monsters. Just an extremely clever trick of the camera and a few kitchen chairs.
This was a blast! This movie perfectly captures what it was like growing up in the 80s in middle America. My family even had that exact kitchen layout! Also, believe it or not, for some reason clowns were big during the era (i.e. Bozo and the Ronald Mcdonald). My brothers and I each had our own stuffed clown dolls that my mom made for us, which a lot of parents did-and yes I had it sitting on my dresser but for some reason it didn't scare me because I knew mommy made it out of love. 😊Now my ventriloquist doll is another story. Lol New subscriber here! :)
Bozo was big in the '80s? I know it was big in the '60s and maybe early '70s when I was a kid, when nearly every major media market had their own Bozo.
We had Presto the Magic Clown on WDRB-41 in the 1970s (and I knew a former Bozo from the Nashville market). Presto was awesome, he showed us cartoons and did magic tricks, along with his wife's puppets, J. Fred Frog and Hunny Bunny. A beloved children's television entertainer in Louisville, Kentucky, and just about the most gentle, mellow, non scary clown there ever could be, more like calm Mister Rogers than wacky Bozo. Bill Dopp was the actor's name. I eventually understood the scary clown idea but Presto was just the best. Dopp died in 1994, a beloved local figure.
Cassie, that might have been the best reaction I've seen you give! That was quality scary-movie reactions and I thank you for going the distance with this incredible film! Wow, what a blockbuster Spielberg movie! This film came out right around the time that E.T. did and the Press was amazed at Steven's ability to create popular films from many points on the genre continuum! This movie put me through changes when I first saw it too! When the tree came through the window I had to go to a happy place, let me tell you!
After filming the scene where Carol Anne was being pulled from her bed into the portal, the actress was so scared. Steven Spielberg hugged and rocked her back and forth to calm her down and told they don't have to do that again. A very sweet BTS moment. RIP Carol Anne actress, Heather O'Rourke, who passed away only a few years later.
Not just Heather O'Rourke, but Dominique Dunn (the older sister) was murdered later that year (1982) by her ex-boyfriend as well. R.I.P. to the both of them, they were both way too young.
Wonderful movie and a wonderful reaction. Your reaction to the clown was hilarious. "In what world...." LOL I love how much respect you have for the movies and how much you emerse yourself in the experience. Love the scene at the end where they give us a bit of humor by rolling the tv out onto the balcony.
Cassie made a remark in the beginning of the show,hope nothing happens to this girl.Did this girl die on TV a set making another movie? Did she die along with another actor making of a twilight movie?
@@rare_wulf9358 no, the Twilight Zone actors was an adult and 2 child Asian actors. The older daughter was murdered by her ex 5 months after the movie came out. The younger daughter died of sepsis shortly before Part 3 came out.
@@megafan2000 wow 5 months after the movie came out! I did not know this, I bet the ex was just jealous and became aware she was going to move on to better things in the future, and was afraid of losing her for another guy.
The construction guy in the black shirt telling the daughter "I love you" is the soldier, Billy, from 'Predator'. You like Billy ! This was before he got bigger roles. He was also in the movie with Eddie Murphy; "48 hours".
That was my favorite reaction to Poltergeist. You reacted just as I did when I watched this, as a kid, in the 80's. Most reactors on RUclips, I think, suppress their genuine reactions to horror movies but you really show what it really feels like in their head, pure excruciating terror. Thank you for this. I will rewatch this every time I watch another's reaction to Poltergeist and it falls short. Can't wait for more this Halloween. Oh, and I do recommend the sequels and if you do finish them, watch something here on RUclips about the "CURSE" of this franchise to give you a more in-depth look at the craziness that came from it.
If you wanna see Cassie talk about this movie in a greater depth, she joined us for an episode on our RUclips channel to talk about it. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
When we were looking at houses a few years back, I had a voice recorder to make notes as we hit each one. The house we eventually bought had an entry. "Big, scary-ass Poltergeist tree in the back yard." I was 12 when this came out, and would to work with my mom at the hotel where she was the night auditor. I probably watched this movie a dozen times that month. If it's a supernatural monster, I can't suspend my disbelief enough for it to be scary. When I saw arachnophobia in my 20's, I watched it with my feet pulled up into the chair and a flashlight aimed at the ceiling.
Oh wow! I was a night auditor for several different hotels back in the early 2000s and one was a very old one that was originally an old Holiday Inn that had been there forever! It’s actually not even there anymore because it started falling apart. The building where the front desk, kitchens, dining room, ballrooms & bar were separate from the buildings where the actual hotel rooms were. After the bar was closed for the evening or on Sunday nights it was scarier than anything! I can’t imagine bringing my daughter with me lol. She was in elementary school back then and I doubt she’d of made it through just one night either. Thank goodness we had off duty cops (who still wore their uniforms) as our security. What was funny was after our porters left for the night, if anyone called to ask for extra towels etc… I’d send the cop with them to the rooms and can you imagine a cop knocking on your door with your towel or shampoo??
@@iChristyD The hotel where I saw Poltergeist all those times was an old building in a ski resort town that used to be a mining town. Every now and then guests would complain of people climbing up the fire escapes all night, even in the rooms that had no fire escapes. I spent 9 years on the night audit in a newer hotel. It had a hydraulic elevator, so the car would come down on its own on cold nights to warm up the fluid. When this happens, the doors open. We always joked it was the ghost. One night we had a troupe of self-described "midget" wrestlers in house. The car came down. The door opened. I didn't pay any attention as I sat behind the tall desk. I had a Cassie worthy jump scare reaction when he called out "Hello?"
Poltergeist is a great American horror classic. Having watched it as a kid then later as an adult with children of my own the meaning changed drastically.
This movie scared the living crap out of me when I was a little kid! I must've had nightmares for about a month afterwards! Fun fact: JoBeth Williams (Diane) refused to get into the water during the pool scene because there was an abundance of electrical equipment scattered around the set, so to alleviate her fears, director Tobe Hooper and a couple of the crew stood in the water with her while they filmed the pool scene that takes place near the end of the movie.
This movie is a masterpiece of horror. Frankly, the best horror movie I've ever seen. I saw this as a child (I was 8 when it came out) and I still love it to this day.
@@ct6852 No. I was pretty geeky, and the special effects at the time amazed me more than anything else. The only horror movie that I remember scaring me (enough to have bad dreams about it) was the Omen, which was funny because I was not religious in any way.
@@PriceFamPrime Demon children are legit terrifying, though. Always and forever. Thinking of that creepy blonde killer-cult with Christopher Reeve and Ms. Cheers...whatever that was.
Cassie! You get freaked out like this as an adult, imagine what it would have been like for 11 year old you. This movie did a number on a lot of people when it came out, not just children. The best to you and yours and all the peeps in the comment section.
@@Cheepchipsable In the early 80's there was a surge in concern for protecting kids (as people felt guilty about the "anything goes" 60's and 70's), and Poltergeist definitely capitalized on that.
@@Cheepchipsable The use of children in mainstream horror movies actually brings the danger and tension level down for me, because you know they're not going to kill off a kid. If they did it would make the movie suffer at the box office.
This was the single best reaction video I've ever seen! I remember when this came out, my future wife and I saw it in the theater. She didn't say a word through the entire movie and when it ended she looked at me and said "I need a drink" lol. You made me think of that when you said "I'm gonna need so much therapy"
If you wanna see Cassie talk about this movie in a greater depth, she joined us for an episode on our RUclips channel to talk about it. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
Fun fact: Poltergeist basically means "noisy ghost" it's actually two different German words put together lol 8:05 "they're here" she said that so well I think they used it in the trailer, she was so awesome 20:52 that's Zelda Rubinstein I always liked her lol
@Robert J I also don't really care either lol, plus it'd be easier for you to explain it in a few words vs me trying to understand enough to even look up what you might be talking about 🤷♂️
Cassie, so proud that you watched this movie and faced your worst fear in the face!! Felt for you with each jump scare and loved your reactions. You’re the best!!
It's been 30 years since I last saw this film, I never watched it again because it was so terrifying to me at the time, I understand exactly how you are feeling Cassie! I certainly didn't expect that watching your reaction after all these years would be that intense, but DAMN, those jump scares were so well crafted and the whole structure and vibe of this film is still creepy, truly a horror film that stands the test of time.
Cyber hugs to Cassie, she tried so hard to psyche herself out and it still got her! My favorite film ever 👻❤ The first scary movie I ever got to watch, and the kids had a lot of the same toys and posters I had so it's nostalgic too (Darth Vader action figure case!), but what I love the most is that it's such a great story with great characters and a great family, it's not just about delivering scares.
“Why can’t they call the police?!?” Oh yeah GREAT idea Cassie. “Hello police? My daughter was kidnapped by our television. No it wasn’t an advert that lured her, our OWN television box kidnapped her and she’s in the static. …hello?? HELLO?!”
Steven Spielberg is credited as a producer and writer on this film and was often on set. Spielberg worked on this film and E.T. literally back to back. The house in this film and the house in E.T. were filmed within 20 minutes of each location. Poltergeist and E.T. opened to theaters nationwide only a week between each other during the summer of 1982, Poltergeist on June 4th and E.T. one week later on June 11th. Spielberg later said: "If E.T. was a whisper, Poltergeist was a scream." Leave it to Spielberg to essentially make 2 classic films at the same time and have them released within a week of each other and they both were greatly praised and very successful. The man is a legend for a reason. Impressive. Oh, and the hands which pull the flesh off the investigator's face in the bathroom mirror were Spielberg's.
I read that someone usually watchng the dailies for E.T. (i.e. scenes they filmed that day) accidentally watched the scene from this movie where the house got sucked up. And went: WTF was that? That effect by the way, was practical. They put a model in front of a vaccum cleaner and filmed it on highspeed camera.
Fun fact. I remember reading a few years ago that George Lucas served as executive producer on both this film and ET(both were filmed around the same time and in the same area and released in 1982), but he chose to be uncredited in both films due to a dispute I believe he was having with the producers guild at the time. That’s why neither film had an executive producer listed in the credits.
Lucas had a lot of issues with the bigwigs when making Star Wars. For example, he had to fight hard not to have the cast credited at the start of the films.
Ok, Im adding a comment you made in this to your top 10 all time great funny comments. When you say “another storm, are these normal weather patterns for this area?” So awesome as you aren’t looking forward to another scary storm. Classic. Well done!!
This is the first horror movie my parents ever let me see as a kid and I've held a soft spot for the genre ever since. So glad you finally got to experience it.
Man, I can't believe you watched this ... by YOURSELF!! Saw this in the theater way back when, and the jump scares elicited many screams from audience members. Saw more than a few pale looking people when it was over. Well done Cassie! You toughed it out. I'm very proud of you. ❤
Steven Spielberg released two movies that summer. Poltergeist was supposed to be a huge blockbuster along the lines of Jaws or Close Encounters, while the other one was going to be just for fun. It worked out the other way. Poltergeist was only mildly successful, while E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial became the highest grossing film ever, a title it held for eleven years.
@@VictorLugosi Saw both as a child. Never liked E.T. I even remember telling my aunt back then that it was like her afternoon TV drama. On the other hand, I found Poltergeist really scary and just overall better. It had so many memorable scenes. The opening scene where the girl walks around the house at night, the camera showing the characters in the movie asleep. Great intro of the characters. The clown was also memorable. The mother getting thrown into the unifinished pool with all the skeletons popping out. That was horrific. I still remember those scenes decades later.
Poltergeist wasn't mildly successful. It was hugely successful grossing over $76 million at the box office domestically, over $120+ million with overseas receipts. It was in the top 10 highest grossing films of 1982 and nominated for 3 Oscars. For a fright film, this is amazing business. It didn't do E.T numbers but quite frankly not many films did.
I think you did great! This is a genuinely scary movie! I have both a vivid imagination and a very good memory, so I understand how you're feeling after watching this. Movies like this stay with me for a long time, which is why I choose not to watch too many. I love the classic horror movies, but excessive gore and slasher films are just not for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what you react to next!
Just so you and everyone young knows too, the few channels available back then (maybe 7 or 10 total channels) all went off the air at night. Usually between 11pm and 1 am. Before every sign-off, they always played a 3 minute song / video like you saw before the TV went static. We called static ant races. The same song played every night and did not change. This movie came out during that time and if you fell asleep watching TV, you would wake at 2 am to that static.
There's a reason that, *40 years later*, this is still considered a classic and a true horror movie.
If you wanna see Cassie talk about this movie in a greater depth, she joined us for an episode on our RUclips channel to talk about it. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
2 of the actresses in this died untimely deaths while filming the trilogy
Anyone that grew up in the 80s will never forget this movie.
yep movie 1 and 2 are great 3rd not so much. Remake even less.
Cassie did you notice the actor from The Predator that you liked was in this movie? The guy who played Billy and said, there’s something out there, and it ain’t no man in Predator, was the construction guy in Poltergeist cat calling the teenage daughter when she leaves for school.
Part of the genius of Spielberg. He included every childhood nightmare there is: something in the closet, creepy shadows on the wall, a tree that looks sinister, running down a hallway and the door gets furter and further away, lightning, thunder, strange noises and voices. All things the audience can readily identify with.
And sinister clowns.
Tobe Hooper officially directed this film, not Spielberg. It was rumored that Spielberg assisted in the directing though.
@@DavidFrancis24824 I honestly think he did more than just "assist". This flick feels like every one of his 70's and 80's films.
@@ortizmo have to say as a big Tobe Hooper fan this is 10% him and 90% Spielberg. I do love this film but I completely agree, it looks like and has the same feel/sub text and emotional beat as pretty much every Spielberg film previous.
@@DavidFrancis24824Steven wrote the story and you can clearly see his influence in the direction as well
JoBeth Williams (as the mom) gives one of the most powerful performances ever in any genre of movie. I must've seen this a hundred times by now and still am moved to tears every time.
Huge props to Cassies video editor for always giving us the full slow-mo of her jump scares!
@ozcanison i believe it's her husband who does the editing and i love seeing it as well with the ' oooooo friiiiiick !! '' when it's slowed down it sounds like an F-BOMB😅 Cassie has the best reactions .😃
This was one of the greats as i'm a big horror fan and if you think about it no one actually dies in this !!
keep 80 's horror alive
CHEERS .
@@harveylee51 thanks editor whoever u are
28:50, first time I've ever heard Cassie swear, lol.
@@thefilmcrickets3831 i would've checked it out if you hadn't spammed every comment.
Just started the reaction, and I must say your "It's from the 80s; how scary can it be?" line made me laugh harder than I have in at least a week.
I would argue the the 70’s and 80’s produced some of the scariest movies ever made!
@@brycealthoff8092 agreed, especially when you consider the limitations.
I've said this about movies from the 60's and 70's myself. It always comes back to bite me in the butt.
If this scared her she bettef not watch the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
"You like headcheese...my brother makes it real good."
Yes that line is always funny. People slowly learn what horror really is. Horror movies are not just scary, they don't have jump scares. They have real scares, they are terror, they have real horror.
I've seen people being bored through a good part of 'The Exorcist' only for them ending up as little nervous wrecks. As well as other 70's and 80's movies.
I grew up a few blocks away from this house in Simi Valley, CA and watched them film it when I was 8 years old. To this day that house is still known in the community as “the Poltergeist house”. Really enjoyed your reaction!
Very cool. It was a newly built house/street at the time. Keep in mind, right after this wrapped, Spielberg went straight to doing 'E.T.' (the house in that was about 30 miles away from you in the northeast corner of the Valley). They were released a week apart in June 1982. What a moviegoing summer that must've been.
Former Simi Valley alumni here. I left there from the late 80s to the early 90s and always wondered why that house attracted such attention. Didn't know until I saw the movie and never went by it again LOL
@@cafeAmericano I was doing telephone surveys years back and ended up calling Amityville, they said the windows have been changed but the house is still there.
The actual Defeo house that is.
Oh, Cassie! Watching YOU watch this movie is the most fun I've had this year!!
Well , actually the movie " Creepshow " is the most fun she's gonna have being scared
I wholeheartedly agree!
This was outstanding. PLEASE do Creepshow...
@@davidking498 1&2
Best hard laugh I have had in a while when you reacted to the clown attack.
Notice how the jester dolls face has completely changed into a more sinister one when it attacks the boy.
Ps…don’t ever stop posting your reactions,I love them.
"This is from the 80s so how scary could it be? The effects can't be that amazing..."🤪
Great getting to experience it again vicariously through you! I've seen it so many times that I'm jaded to it. I want you to know though, first time in the theater it was mayhem...everyone screaming and jumping out of their seats. There is of course no CGI, so everything is state of the art practical special effects, and one of the reasons I've seen it so many times, just to appreciate the art. Great example of film making in general too. Spielberg was a genius of knowing how to ground a setting and characters to make them identifiable and draw the audience in to take them on a ride.
Wrong!! I think you'll find that although primitive, there is indeed some CGI - You're welcome.
@@darren6202 You can say "you're welcome" after you actually point out where CG was used. Computer effects in 1982 looked like Tron, and would stick out horribly in a film like this.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Exactly!, and again, yes, you're welcome!
@@darren6202 Of course you couldn't say where cgi was used, you're welcome
and "The Exorcist" is only from the 70's so that can't really be that scary either. lol
The actress who played the mom is from my hometown, Houston, and went to high school with my sister.
Sis always said she was one of the nicest girls in school, so I really believe in the authenticity of her character in this movie.
I wonder why she didn't make more movies? She was a great beautiful actress.
@@denniszenanywhere She was in Stir Crazy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, and in Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. She was also in The Big Chill, but I've never watched it.
@@denniszenanywhere She's still working based on her IMDb page, but she's more of a TV actress these days (JoBeth Williams).
Part of the ensemble cast of The Day After (1983), Nicholas Meyer's nuclear nightmare film.
@@AlanCanon2222
She had a small part-including a funny nude scene-in "Kramer vs. Kramer" with Dustin Hoffman.
“In… what…. world does anyone have THAT in THEIR BEDROOM?!!!” LOL! I couldn’t stop laughing. 😆
In the 80's world!
When I’ve finished cleaning my house, her voice saying “this house is clean” usually pops into my head.
I started laughing out loud when you said 80s movie how scary could it be? Just wish your sister was sitting next to you I don't think I've seen you jump that much in any reaction, and your sister just would have made it twice as funny 🤣😂🤣
Nah, watching with her sister would be a kind of cheating. 😂
When she jumped at the MGM lion 🤣
She's kinda right most 80s movies effects are wack
But ooooh boy the good ones are timeless and scaryly good
She always covers her eyes, it's kind of lame tbh lol
Right? 80s horror conditioned me.
Both Poltergeist and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial were movies adapted from an unfilmed script that Steven Spielberg wrote in the 1970s called 'Night Skies,' based on a real life report of a UFO encounter in Kentucky in the 1950s where a family in a remote farmhouse was terrorized by aliens. Spielberg intended to make Night Skies as a horror-themed follow-up to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but Columbia Pictures rejected the script as they were expecting more of a family-friendly sequel to Close Encounters. So Spielberg had to scrap the 'Night Skies' project, and different elements from the script ended up being reworked into Poltergeist and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, with some elements of Night Skies even ending up in the reworked script for Gremlins.
when did fire in the sky came pout that one is also an old ufo movie and man was it scary
It sucks Columbia Pictures rejected it because it could've been a good movie since it was scripted by Steven Spielberg.
The Kentucky story is really fucking scary. Glowing gremlins crawling all over your house at night and shrugging off shotgun blasts.
Sounds like the Hopkinsville, KY, "Goblins". It took me 30 years of (pre-Amazon) searching, but I finally found a copy of the rare original book/investigation, "Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955." I wanted to read it, but I also had to "house-sit" for some friends of mine until they got back from out-of-state. On that last afternoon, the electricity was off for some reason, but it was a nice, clear cool fall day. I sat in an armchair next to an open window and read about the bat-eared, googly-eyed creatures that just clambered back up when knocked down by shotgun blasts. And the shadows grew long, and I had to squint to read, and I kept getting nervous, and squirrels and birds kept running on the roof and porch. I was a nervous wreck by the time the family got home -- it was too dark to keep reading, anyway.
Doesn't seem like much, but I own nearly every UFO/Cryptid/Ghost book ever printed, not to mention scores of horror films and novels, and I was amazed that there were still stories that could freak out even a jaded reader/viewer like me!
From Kentucky….it’s DEFINITELY true and we have more UFO sightings than most people realize
If you want to get really creeped out, keep in mind that in the scene where the mom falls into the future swimming pool the special effects crew used REAL skeletons because they were cheaper and easier to procure than prop ones.
And they didn't tell Jo Beth because they wanted her true reactions!
isn't that sacrilegious?
And they NEVER told ANYONE acting.
@@LumenP1023 Back then? Na!
They were not dug up. They were donated bodies to science.
They do all their experiments and then some families take the remains back.
Others donate and don't care after.
So, they can be used in all kinds of things.
Science classes, movies, acting, selling, etc, etc.
@@alricaneshama I don't think they extract the bones from every cadaver though. some of them they just take the organs for study
I truly love you watching movies because you actually get into the movie as opposed to many people who do reactions and don't respect the movie, tell jokes all through it and laugh when it's a horror movie or a drama, I find it very disrespectful and irritating so you are amazing in this field. and I really appreciate it. this is coming from a movie fanatic. by the way this is one of my favorite movies and it's still spooky to this day.
Yep I've noticed that also from other reaction channels, pisses me off big time!
@@hendrikscheepers4144 Damn, I need to know who that is.. lol
All reactors are different. If you don't like a particular reactor especially if you know how they will react during scary movies, don't watch them, or to quote the expression: "Change the channel." 😉
Same. It drives me nuts when other reactors (who I then stopped watching!) laugh, crack jokes or whatever during a horror or dramatic film. It's so irritating. Love Cassie's real, heart felt reactions (and her sister's too!).
I agree
The thing that sets this movie apart, is that it has a very warm heart. Yes, some effects are quite scary, the central core of Poltergeist is the family sticking together. (Was there a pun there?)
Loved the reaction -- had to chuckle at the slo-mo.
It has that Steven Spielberg family hearth at the core of a very creepy and unsettling chaos going around
I wonder if Spielberg and Tobe were always on set together? Or if Tobe went home and Spielberg stayed? I've heard different accounts. Some say Hooper didn't actually direct any of it other than creature designs.
You can thank Spielberg for that.
Agree! I always felt watching this movie as a kid that this was a real family. The chemistry with the cast is what makes this even better then any other horror movie!
It's not a run-of-the-mill horror movie because you really care about the characters.
"It Knows What Scares You" is the key to the plot. Robbie was afraid of the tree outside his window and the clown doll. Carol Anne wanted the closet light on early in the movie. Diane was afraid of sleep walking and falling into the pool. The demons manifested themselves in all the family's fears. Poltergeist 2: The Other Side was a great sequel to this which you should also review at some point.
Cass, I'm proud of you for going this one alone. I've been a horror fan for so long I've forgotten what it feels like to be scared at the prospect of being scared. I got to feel that thrill again vicariously through you and I really enjoyed it. What's more, Poltergeist was the first horror movie I saw when I was a kid, and I can remember how I felt back then, and I reacted pretty much the way you did.
If you wanna see Cassie talk more about Poltergeist, she joined us for an episode ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
They did the chair stacking scene in one take. When the mom come back behind the counter they ran in and stacked the chairs in just a few seconds. There were no camera cuts.
That's impressive to have done it in one take and not have chairs fall down too.👍
Surely the chairs were made as one piece that they could just set on the table, right? No way they actually stacked separate chairs like that in two seconds.
Probably all glued together and moved over in one piece.
I think it was a revolving room trick. When the camera panned, that part of the kitchen rotated to a version with stacked chairs to make it appear seamless.
No, they actually had a group of hands rush in and stack the chairs then quickly hide. Jobeth Williams said she had the hardest time no cracking up.
You asked what happened in the game, so here it is: The Rams fell to the Saints, 23-17. QB Pat Haden threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Preston Dennard in the 4th quarter to cut the Saints' lead to 6, but that would be as close as the Rams would get. Game was played on 9/13/1981. (Film was released in 1982, but presumably shot the year prior. That and the Rams didn't play the Saints in the strike-shortened '82 season). 😊
I feel this is an underrated comment.
BEST.REACTION.EVER! I honestly feel for you, and I understand your reaction, but I haven't lol'd like that in a long time. This is one of my favorite scary movies from childhood but I'm so far removed from ever being scared by it, but seeing someone like you helps me understand the pure reaction people must've had when it originally came out. Loved this reaction for such a classic movie. You're my favorite reactor. ❤️
Cassie joined us on our show to discuss Poltergeist if you wanna check it out ruclips.net/video/jNdeJeHmpV4/видео.html
Best reaction yet! Heather O’Rourke (the little girl) lived down the street from me when I was a kid. I didn’t know her, but my neighbors used to babysit her and told me about how she went on a tour of Universal Studios with her mom and Spielberg saw her and had her audition for the role.
Wiki doesn't say it was a tour. They said her sister was already in the biz. "While eating in the MGM commissary,[10] Spielberg saw five-year-old O'Rourke having lunch with her mother[9] while older sister Tammy was shooting Pennies from Heaven.[6][11] After his lunch, Spielberg approached the family and offered O'Rourke the Poltergeist role; she was signed the next day, beating out Drew Barrymore, who instead received the role of Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[9][12]"
@@jedijones thanks. I was about ten when I heard the story so it makes sense that the details were a little fuzzy.
If you wanna see Cassie talk more about Poltergeist, she joined us for an episode
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And died when she was only 12. RIP
@@jedijones She could have taken a tour of the studio, while visiting her sister, and was eating lunch in the commissary.
* Your reaction at 27:46 was absolutely priceless. You're obviously a lot of fun to watch horror movies with. I heard that they got a lot of inspiration for the plot from The Twilight Zone episode called "Little Girl Lost". So I watched that episode and, I could see it. I could see where they got the basic idea for the plot. As far as the ghosts and poltergeist are concerned, I've seen quite a few videos on RUclips of ghost footage, and I give those people who investigate that phenomenon a lot of credit. I would be too afraid of possession, bodily harm and traumatization.
My heart melted during the tub scene after the mom rescues her the first time, when Carlo Ann excitedly greets her dad it was too adorable.
I saw _Poltergeist_ in theaters at the right age (9) and it imprinted on my psyche. I think it holds up beautifully well.
The most remarkable thing about watching this with you, Cassie, is how in the 1980s, a man went to work at 8 a.m. and unless it was an emergency, had zero contact with his wife or kids until he pulled into the driveway at 6 p.m. No phone call at his office, no text, no email, no FaceTime. If a woman found out her kitchen was haunted, she was on her own to deal with it until he got home.
I will never understand that "age rules" in US Cinema.... You can never put kinds in a movie like that. I wanted to see this year with my girls the last "Gru Movie with the minions". Age restiction is 6! And my small was 4 and we must leave the cinema... and you watched Poltergeist with age of 9? And your parents allowed it - Find the mistake --> That makes all "protection ideas of the state" to nuts. I needed 3 times to watch aliens after the "Wall of Dead Scene at Sublevel 3" at the age of 16 (to 18 guess)...
@@13Rafkin When I was 9 I was allowed to walk or bike to and from school by myself, no helmet required. If any weirdos approached me, I was on my own. My mother did come down on movies with strong sexual content and would not have allowed me to go see something like _Porky's_ , but Steven Spielberg made action movies, not sex movies. She only let me watch _An American Werewolf In London_ with her operating the remote and it was mostly due to the sex scene, not the violence.
So ya know, this film was rated PG because PG-13 wouldn't arrive until 2 years later. It's Spielberg's doing basically, producing Poltergeist in 82, Gremlins in 84, and directing Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Doom in 84 all their uber horror violence that made the MPAA add a rating.
This movie, in many ways, is one of the scariest movies of all time - and you're amazing for watching it through to the end! it's premise of a simple suburban home that becomes the very embodiment of fear is so relatable. and the fairly average family that isnt perfect, but tries to come together, but needs a little help from Tangina. Thank you for watching this one for us!
One of the best horror movies ever mate! BIG FAN of it :)
The fact that so much terrible tragedy and misfortune happened to some involved in this movie makes this horror in the truest sense.
Poltergeist for me is the film that features one of the most terrifying and one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen. The first is when the brother realizes that his sister is on TV and is so scared that he cannot speak, as if in a nightmare, the second is when the father and mother kiss in front of the wardrobe before going to save the daughter.
I have to admit, in the world of "scary movies", "Poltergeist" feels like it's a unique flavor. It hits a lot of the marks for a haunted house/ghost story film, but Spielberg applied his own touches with far more investment in effects and action-orientated, as well as making the family dynamic/relationship one of the core themes of the film rather than just straight horror.
I've always loved the twist in this movie and the way that line was delivered.
"You didn't move the bodies? WHHYYYYYYYYYYYY?"
Everyone knows you move the bodies. How many whomping willows got activated because they didn't move the bodies?
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"PG" meant something very different in the 80s. I never understand why young people think that something can't be effective if it came out in the past. Try The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, or Psycho, which are all even older films, and see if their age makes them less intense. Rarely do modern horror films measure up to what 80s filmmakers were willing to go for, though Hereditary really has earned its reputation.
I've loved this film since I saw it in theaters at the age of twelve, though I didn't sleep so well the first few nights. I probably revisit it once a year these days.
Yeah Cassie, do yourself a favor & don't watch those movies. Unless you're a glutton for punishment, which I don't think you are.
The PG-13 rating wasn't around in movies until Red Dawn came out in 1984.
Nothing is scarier than The Exorcist. Nothing. If that movie had to be rated today, it would be NC-17.
The Exorcist is too much, the crucifix scene especially. Carrie is horrifying not only as a horror but as a statement on how terrible cruel people can be. Event horizon is like poltergeist but dialed up to 11 but has tremendous amount of blood and guts. There are a zillion movies that can scare the heck out of you but not going 'over the line,' like exorcist.
@@richardb6260 Yeah, I saw that movie when I was 16 and it traumatized me for a long time. Cassie should definitely not watch it!
That face pulling scene is the one that got me more than anything as a kid. That was and still is such a WTF?! moment. Even as an adult it's creepy as hell to watch.
Reminds everyone about when somewhere its itchy and you scratch and scratch till the skin is over...i know...
Remember the braces scene in the sequel? And all the physical animatronics towards the end were done by H R Giger
That jump scare with the clown is one of the best ever done. You expect it to be under the bed, and then... 😄
The music and sound effects hit right at the exact moment the hand touches robbie which is why it's still scary today
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Such a great movie. Very creepy, great characters, good soundtrack. Just an all around classic horror film.
So many unfortunate tragedies to the people starring In this film
Yeah this was one of Jerry Goldsmith's best scores!
@@theretrosavage especially the little girl
This has been on my "Top 5 Movies List" forever.
I'm about to turn 70. Poltergeist is the most frightening film ever produced. I saw it at a theater upon its original release. People in the audience were screaming. Many ran up the aisles during climax.
I saw this as a kid. The part with the guy looking in the mirror scared me the most. Sometimes I still get creeped out looking in a mirror and that scene pops into my mind.
"It's the 80's, how scary can it be?" I laughed when she said that :)
I cannot explain to you how happy I am that I finally got to see you watch this movie. This is one of my favorites from when I was a kid. My dad used to put it on whenever it was on TV, and it didn't matter how many times I saw it, it scared the daylights out of me and I just can't get my family to feel the same way about it. 👏
It felt like a lifetime getting to that clown scene. Especially after expressing so much fear for it, so early on. That was wonderful.
I feel a little guilty for how much I laughed at your reactions. Maybe the most entertaining movie reaction I’ve ever seen.
You should watch her reaction to Psycho. She genuinely didn't know the secret or anything about it. Somewhere Hitchcock is smiling...
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What made this film so scary to me growing up is that this wasn’t set some gothic manor or castle in some far away land. This was in modern American suburbia where so many of us grew up.
Calling the police would be a waste of time. Not only are they not trained or equipped to handle a paranormal situation, they also likely wouldn’t believe this story. In fact they would probably suspect that the parents did something to the missing child.
Also, Tangina wasn’t turning on the Freeling’s. She was trying to help the trapped spirits cross over to the other side.
If you want more answers to “The Beast,” you’ll have to watch the sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
Now, two years later, they could've called the Ghostbusters....
Calling the cops would've been a waste of time, but I don't think they'd have blamed the parents. The Poltergeist was clearly not hiding its outbursts from outsiders, thankfully. The whole Michigan J. Frog type of situation where only certain individuals are allowed to witness strange phenomena is a frustrating trope. The cops probably would have removed the family (the kids for sure) from the obvious threat of the house, thus taking away the family's chance at recovering Carol Anne.
I watched this with my now wife, who had never seen it. I told her, "It's PG, how scary could it be?". She's still never forgiven me. :) Yes, it's PG, but that was before the PG-13 rating existed. This movie and several others are one of the reasons they decided they needed something between PG and R.
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This, Temple of Doom, and Gremlins.
All Spielberg productions, ha. I believe he’s the one who approached the MPAA with the idea
What’s funny is that this movie was released during the summer with ET, another Steven Spielberg film. Wouldn’t it have been funny if someone who wanted to go, see ET, something family friendly, ended up walking into the wrong theater and saw this one, and as the opening credits come on, they thought that this was the Spielberg film that they came in to see.
Jaws is also PG
No sex, no nudity, not very much profanity, what would they have given it an R rating for?
Poltergeist is SOOOO GOOD!!! Imagine being a kid when this came out and seeing this! You'd see TV snow, nightmare. You'd see a tree, nightmare, etc.
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"They're here!" is one of the creepiest lines ever uttered in a movie. Cassie you would love (and hate) "The Conjuring" 1 & 2. Like "Poltergeist" they focus on families suffering from supernatural oppression in their homes, with the difference they are based on real cases from a real-life husband-and-wife demonologist team. They have lots of human moments that get you to care about the characters along with the scary stuff. Another cool part is the couple use their Christian faith in their battles with the supernatural. Both cases are well-known and were reported in the press at the time.
Heh another suggestion that is just mean. The Conjuring isn't as bad as The Exorcist IMO for scare factor but it isn't far off either.
Huge horror fan here and I tend to rank The Conjuring as the scariest movie I've ever seen... The atmosphere and tension are so heightened, because the characters are people whom we the audience care deeply about. I still won't rewatch that one alone.. I'm not sure Cassie would be able to get through it at all..
@@kharma7755 Probably would be good for Cassie to have Carly with her when she watches so she can grab on to her 😆
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Poltergeist is almost a perfect movie. When its scary, its scary. When it's funny, its funny. When its heartbreaking, its heartbreaking. When its heartwarming, its heartwarming. It has a good, strong following but doesnt get the praise and love it deserves.
Well, this was special. I've seen plenty of others react to this classic, but watching this through your eyes was a legitimate rollercoaster of emotions. Genuinely thrilling. Without doubt the best reaction you've done yet, or indeed, anyone's reaction to anything. It perfectly encapsulates why this whole "reactors" mini-industry is so oddly compelling - that wish to share an experience with others, and the joy to be had watching someone experience something that you love for the first time.
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@@thefilmcrickets3831 Hey there, thanks for that!, I'll be sure to check it out :)
This sealed the deal... this made me become a Patreon fan. Seriously I can't wait for this year's horror movie reactions! I love this page and your reactions Cassie 😉👍
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It’s hard to find these days, but the novelization of this movie was really good. In particular you get a much more detailed look at Tangina and how she is extraordinarily weary of her gifts. How she goes through life seeing everything as a potential portent, and how she puts on a brave face to try and help the Freelings. She takes a much more direct role in dealing with the final events of the story (though she isn’t there physically).
Are you still here?
@@isheetfromaswhole3657 …yes?
the books awesome, fills in on quite alot. i believe the audiobooks here on youtube. part 2 novelizations good as well.
That closet monster giant face thing scared me so much as a child that the scene still gives me goosebumps at 40.
A weird afterlife they painted in this movie.
Oh boy, I’m proud of you for sticking with it to the end! This was the first movie to ever scare me. I was probably around 10. I snuck out to the tv room one night to watch it because I knew my parents wouldn’t let me watch it. After watching, I was freaked out going back to my room. It was around midnight and it was a really windy night so that didn’t help. To top it off, there was a huge tree outside my bedroom window. I didn’t sleep until the sun came up. lol
Bruh after a night like that you went threw and that wholesome feeling when you see the sun coming up and same there was a scary ass tree across from my house
Yeah Poltergeist was one of the films that terrified me as a kid. The other being Exorcist 2 (and I know thats the crap film, but my dad used to switch the lights off in the lobby when I was going to bed, crawl on the floor and whisper "Regan...", and I would crap myself!!). I remember having a dream about looking in the mirror and pealing my face off like the guy here though! That scene where the camera pans across the room and up the stairs, still sends shivers today. Great film!
One of the creepiest parts of the movie before the outright fright parts was the close-up of the girl's face when she says "Five". That communicates so much grown-up malice against the innocent, starting with the establishment of trust in a child. Brilliant writing, there.
I actually think that was the normal ghosts just chatting away -- and the how-old-are-you question does not connotate malice; almost every adult I interacted with as a kid in the 80s asked this question first. The Beast hadn't entered the equation yet.
@@johnw8578 Yes, it's a way for an adult to get "in" with the child, because a child's age is something that is very, very important to the child.
@@johnw8578 the beast was there far longer than the other spirits, so it was the one manipulating the others, as tangina said she didnt know what hovered over that house but it was powerful enough to punch a hole into the world and take their daughter away from them. from the movie and novel its made clear its ancient and is hiding the true light from the spirits and using them, hoarding them, coveting the power. they were doing its budding.
when the beast put its head thru the closet it was a desperate act of rage as it was losing spirits who were listening to tangina and passing through the light into the next plane of existance. the screenplay and novel expanded on this quite a bit. its available on youtube as a audiobook btw.
Glad you made it through. The clown reaction has got to be the best on RUclips!!!
Not best but MAXIMUM TOP BEST. 😂
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This reaction was everything I hoped it would be.....and more!!! Such an emotional one!!! I totally understand. Hey, two horror movies you can take: "Carrie" (1976) which is not so much scary as it is jaw-dropping (and emotional). And the comedy-horror movie: "Creepshow" (1982), that you will have a great time with. Both make FANTASTIC reaction videos and are totally one-of-a-kind classics.
Creepshow!!!! My favorite.
I don’t know, The Hitchhiker short was the main nightmare I had as a kid. Now I love horror, and will listen to it to get to sleep, but when I was around 6 I saw that and it gave me many nightmares.
Don't look Now starring Donald Sutherland.
The one problem with "Carrie" is that it's exceedingly anti-Christian.
We're all waiting on the granddaddy of them all reaction, when Cassie has the courage to watch "The Exorcist". I believe every RUclipsr reaction host has watched it already. I think all those reactors should do a collaboration special video along with Cassie to comfort her.
Visual things typically don't scare me at all its the sounds and voices, so as a kid, I could watch most if not all horror movie without it bothering me, however this was the first movie to "Scare" me all thanks to Zelda Rubinstein. Something about her voice and the way she talked in this movie freaked me out, and I still get chills whenever I hear her voice to this day.
The clown scene has haunted me from when I was a kid, sneaking into the living room after mom and dad went to bed to watch this with my older sister and her friends. I was 7. She's 8 years older. Lots of interesting trivia around this movie if you read up on it. They say it was cursed. I'd recommend watching Poltergeist 2 for the continuation of the story, but don't waste your time with any others. They all sucked and aren't really necessary. .... Now, can I please ask you to watch "Twilight Zone, The Movie"? Its actually 4 movies in one. Some scary, some uplifting. I've always loved the Kick the Can segment staring Scatman Crothers and directed by Steven Spielberg. The Plane segment is the most intense staring a young John Lithgow. The others are well, we'll let you see for yourself. Or maybe make a list of these for October and make it a Halloween month of Popcorn in Bed.
I must say this your best reaction by far. loved it when you were jumping back and freaking out. You were so illuminated.
"Oh, it's just an 80s movie. How scary can it be?" LOL!!!!!
I've seen this movie over 500 times and it never gets old to me. Kind of sad, in real life the girl that played the older sister was murdered by her ex-boyfriend before the movie was released. The girl that played Carol Anne died at the age of 12 from intestinal stenosis that was misdiagnosed.
All part of the "Poltergeist Curse"...
The movie was released in June 1982, the older sister was killed in November that same year, she was killed after the release and not before. On the second movie 2 actors died, the villain died before the movie was released. After the third movie, the little girl, Carol Anne, passed away at 12. There are some other incidents but those are the most important.
The clown jump scare has to be one of the best of all time, it still gets me 40 years later and I know its coming, I have friends whom are return watchers who agree and we all love watching newbies react to it.
Hey Cassie! First of all, I'm very proud of you! Second, those slo-mo jump-scare replays are the BEST! lol
Third, as for the parts at the end that you thought were not so scary? It was revealed in interviews with actress JoBeth Williams (the mom), the special effects makeup artist, and possibly the assistant prop master, that the skeletons in the pool and coffins were REAL human skeletons, not plastic or rubber, which would have been too expensive to fabricate. Instead, the movie paid a medical supply house for 13 actual skeletons, of the type that hang from a stand in medical schools, and possibly purchased from India, that the crew dressed out in clothing and sculptured rubber to resemble rotting cadavers. Real skeletons. Something JoBeth didn't learn until fairly late in the shooting of those scenes. Creepy!
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.
AGREED!!!!! And also, they represent the whole political subtext going on in the movie: the new Reaganites. At one time had been part of the counterculture and now, in the early 80s, were going to the right. And what does it end up being? A sleazy real estate deal! Ha! Spielberg retaining the political undercurrent that started with "Jaws" and "Close Encounters".
Smoking pot as a parent is eh… overrated
@@TTM9691 Don’t really see how them being Reaganites ties into the fact their home is on a burial place.
@@Dave-hb7lx Yeah I get that but I don’t see how Melody ties it to Reagan. I guess you can say Jaws had a little subtext for Nixon because of the cover up
@@coyotefever105 Exactly lol you can be just as fun without being potheads. The potheads I know tend to ruin the fun mood, in fact. Some potheads(definitely not all, I do know some genuinely fun ones) are literally only fun to other potheads.
Hands down the best reaction i have ever seen to the part where the clown attacks the boy.
It was so funny when you said, “This is from the eighties, how scary can it be?” just because most of the scariest movies ever came out of the 70s and 80s. ( Yep, I’m remembering The Exorcist!) 😳
I got to see this in the movie theater as a kid, when it came out and to this day, the scene that STILL terrifies me the most is those kitchen chairs all stacked up in the space of about 4 seconds when the Mom has her back turned. The whole theater hit the ceiling during this movie. Awesome.
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imo one of the best jump scares in movie history. Up till then there was only little foreshadowing, and then it it's you like a brick wall that something is VERY wrong here. Without blood, gore, life threatening monsters. Just an extremely clever trick of the camera and a few kitchen chairs.
@@Rainyman63 Exactly! And not a single sound of any chairs being stacked up or anything. Just freaked me out SO bad!
That clown jump scare is one of the all-time best in any movie ever. Glad to see Cassie's reaction was as priceless. Haha
Agreed! : D
This was a blast! This movie perfectly captures what it was like growing up in the 80s in middle America. My family even had that exact kitchen layout! Also, believe it or not, for some reason clowns were big during the era (i.e. Bozo and the Ronald Mcdonald). My brothers and I each had our own stuffed clown dolls that my mom made for us, which a lot of parents did-and yes I had it sitting on my dresser but for some reason it didn't scare me because I knew mommy made it out of love. 😊Now my ventriloquist doll is another story. Lol New subscriber here! :)
Bozo was big in the '80s? I know it was big in the '60s and maybe early '70s when I was a kid, when nearly every major media market had their own Bozo.
@@bobbabai those media market are the bozos.
@@thegladve Yeah, Fox News is in all of them
We had Presto the Magic Clown on WDRB-41 in the 1970s (and I knew a former Bozo from the Nashville market). Presto was awesome, he showed us cartoons and did magic tricks, along with his wife's puppets, J. Fred Frog and Hunny Bunny. A beloved children's television entertainer in Louisville, Kentucky, and just about the most gentle, mellow, non scary clown there ever could be, more like calm Mister Rogers than wacky Bozo. Bill Dopp was the actor's name. I eventually understood the scary clown idea but Presto was just the best. Dopp died in 1994, a beloved local figure.
@@AlanCanon2222 sorry to hear that, genuine fond memories are a rarity these days.
The "gray fuzzy screen" was a reality back in the day when stations went off the air till morning!
I love how she said "Stephen Spielberg did this?" in such an accusatory manner. XD I love this video.
She just said that because she's done a whole lot of Steven Spielberg's films many times without realizing it was him
Spielberg wrote it but the director is Tobe Hooper..the guy who made The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Cassie, that might have been the best reaction I've seen you give! That was quality scary-movie reactions and I thank you for going the distance with this incredible film! Wow, what a blockbuster Spielberg movie! This film came out right around the time that E.T. did and the Press was amazed at Steven's ability to create popular films from many points on the genre continuum! This movie put me through changes when I first saw it too! When the tree came through the window I had to go to a happy place, let me tell you!
After filming the scene where Carol Anne was being pulled from her bed into the portal, the actress was so scared. Steven Spielberg hugged and rocked her back and forth to calm her down and told they don't have to do that again. A very sweet BTS moment. RIP Carol Anne actress, Heather O'Rourke, who passed away only a few years later.
Not just Heather O'Rourke, but Dominique Dunn (the older sister) was murdered later that year (1982) by her ex-boyfriend as well. R.I.P. to the both of them, they were both way too young.
I couldn't BELIEVE you were going to watch this! I, of course, watched it immediately. My favorite horror movie + my favorite reactor = exquisite!
Wonderful movie and a wonderful reaction. Your reaction to the clown was hilarious. "In what world...." LOL
I love how much respect you have for the movies and how much you emerse yourself in the experience.
Love the scene at the end where they give us a bit of humor by rolling the tv out onto the balcony.
Thanks for taking one for the team. I was being brave for you, amongst a few giggles.
Love this movie so much. But of course I should always say RIP Heather O’Rourke, and Dominique Dunne. 2 talented girls, died at such an early time.
It's like the movie was cursed
Cassie made a remark in the beginning of the show,hope nothing happens to this girl.Did this girl die on TV a set making another movie? Did she die along with another actor making of a twilight movie?
@@rare_wulf9358 Heather O'Rourke died in a hospital recovery room after undergoing surgery on her intestines. She was 12 years old.
@@rare_wulf9358 no, the Twilight Zone actors was an adult and 2 child Asian actors.
The older daughter was murdered by her ex 5 months after the movie came out. The younger daughter died of sepsis shortly before Part 3 came out.
@@megafan2000 wow 5 months after the movie came out! I did not know this, I bet the ex was just jealous and became aware she was going to move on to better things in the future, and was afraid of losing her for another guy.
The clown scene traumatized me for many years! Amazing reaction!
The construction guy in the black shirt telling the daughter "I love you" is the soldier, Billy, from 'Predator'.
You like Billy !
This was before he got bigger roles. He was also in the movie with Eddie Murphy; "48 hours".
That was my favorite reaction to Poltergeist. You reacted just as I did when I watched this, as a kid, in the 80's. Most reactors on RUclips, I think, suppress their genuine reactions to horror movies but you really show what it really feels like in their head, pure excruciating terror. Thank you for this. I will rewatch this every time I watch another's reaction to Poltergeist and it falls short. Can't wait for more this Halloween. Oh, and I do recommend the sequels and if you do finish them, watch something here on RUclips about the "CURSE" of this franchise to give you a more in-depth look at the craziness that came from it.
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When we were looking at houses a few years back, I had a voice recorder to make notes as we hit each one. The house we eventually bought had an entry. "Big, scary-ass Poltergeist tree in the back yard."
I was 12 when this came out, and would to work with my mom at the hotel where she was the night auditor. I probably watched this movie a dozen times that month. If it's a supernatural monster, I can't suspend my disbelief enough for it to be scary. When I saw arachnophobia in my 20's, I watched it with my feet pulled up into the chair and a flashlight aimed at the ceiling.
Oh wow! I was a night auditor for several different hotels back in the early 2000s and one was a very old one that was originally an old Holiday Inn that had been there forever! It’s actually not even there anymore because it started falling apart. The building where the front desk, kitchens, dining room, ballrooms & bar were separate from the buildings where the actual hotel rooms were. After the bar was closed for the evening or on Sunday nights it was scarier than anything! I can’t imagine bringing my daughter with me lol. She was in elementary school back then and I doubt she’d of made it through just one night either. Thank goodness we had off duty cops (who still wore their uniforms) as our security. What was funny was after our porters left for the night, if anyone called to ask for extra towels etc… I’d send the cop with them to the rooms and can you imagine a cop knocking on your door with your towel or shampoo??
@@iChristyD The hotel where I saw Poltergeist all those times was an old building in a ski resort town that used to be a mining town. Every now and then guests would complain of people climbing up the fire escapes all night, even in the rooms that had no fire escapes.
I spent 9 years on the night audit in a newer hotel. It had a hydraulic elevator, so the car would come down on its own on cold nights to warm up the fluid. When this happens, the doors open. We always joked it was the ghost. One night we had a troupe of self-described "midget" wrestlers in house. The car came down. The door opened. I didn't pay any attention as I sat behind the tall desk. I had a Cassie worthy jump scare reaction when he called out "Hello?"
Poltergeist is a great American horror classic. Having watched it as a kid then later as an adult with children of my own the meaning changed drastically.
This movie scared the living crap out of me when I was a little kid! I must've had nightmares for about a month afterwards!
Fun fact: JoBeth Williams (Diane) refused to get into the water during the pool scene because there was an abundance of electrical equipment scattered around the set, so to alleviate her fears, director Tobe Hooper and a couple of the crew stood in the water with her while they filmed the pool scene that takes place near the end of the movie.
Girl, I actually cried when Carol-anne talked to her dad. This is one of my favorite horror movies. You gotta watch the sequel to this.
Dear god no, not the horrible sequels! 😒
No, the sequels suck.
@@ChucksCherubs3 The third one is bad, but I have a guilty pleasure for the 2nd movie.
Sorry if this has been mentioned already but, fun fact. During the scene where Marty rips his face off, that was Steven Spielberg's hands.
This movie is a masterpiece of horror. Frankly, the best horror movie I've ever seen. I saw this as a child (I was 8 when it came out) and I still love it to this day.
Did it scare you when you were a kid?
Scare? I'm the same age and saw it at the same age and it scarred most of us for life 😂
@@whitecompany18 Lol. 'Seven' was the one that f'd me up. Saw it at nine. Way too early.
@@ct6852 No. I was pretty geeky, and the special effects at the time amazed me more than anything else. The only horror movie that I remember scaring me (enough to have bad dreams about it) was the Omen, which was funny because I was not religious in any way.
@@PriceFamPrime Demon children are legit terrifying, though. Always and forever. Thinking of that creepy blonde killer-cult with Christopher Reeve and Ms. Cheers...whatever that was.
Cassie! You get freaked out like this as an adult, imagine what it would have been like for 11 year old you. This movie did a number on a lot of people when it came out, not just children. The best to you and yours and all the peeps in the comment section.
@@nsasupporter7557 Oh no! what have you done, she's not gonna sleep for a while now ;)
It's the use of children which adds to the horror for most people.
@@Cheepchipsable Absolutely! We have an innate need to protect them and shield them from the bad stuff, so it makes us vulnerable through their eyes.
@@Cheepchipsable In the early 80's there was a surge in concern for protecting kids (as people felt guilty about the "anything goes" 60's and 70's), and Poltergeist definitely capitalized on that.
@@Cheepchipsable The use of children in mainstream horror movies actually brings the danger and tension level down for me, because you know they're not going to kill off a kid. If they did it would make the movie suffer at the box office.
This was the single best reaction video I've ever seen! I remember when this came out, my future wife and I saw it in the theater. She didn't say a word through the entire movie and when it ended she looked at me and said "I need a drink" lol. You made me think of that when you said "I'm gonna need so much therapy"
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Fun fact: Poltergeist basically means "noisy ghost" it's actually two different German words put together lol
8:05 "they're here" she said that so well I think they used it in the trailer, she was so awesome
20:52 that's Zelda Rubinstein I always liked her lol
@Robert J what?
@Robert J no idea
@Robert J I also don't really care either lol, plus it'd be easier for you to explain it in a few words vs me trying to understand enough to even look up what you might be talking about 🤷♂️
Cassie, so proud that you watched this movie and faced your worst fear in the face!! Felt for you with each jump scare and loved your reactions. You’re the best!!
It's been 30 years since I last saw this film, I never watched it again because it was so terrifying to me at the time, I understand exactly how you are feeling Cassie! I certainly didn't expect that watching your reaction after all these years would be that intense, but DAMN, those jump scares were so well crafted and the whole structure and vibe of this film is still creepy, truly a horror film that stands the test of time.
Cyber hugs to Cassie, she tried so hard to psyche herself out and it still got her!
My favorite film ever 👻❤ The first scary movie I ever got to watch, and the kids had a lot of the same toys and posters I had so it's nostalgic too (Darth Vader action figure case!), but what I love the most is that it's such a great story with great characters and a great family, it's not just about delivering scares.
I think I still have that case, but most of the figures and toys have been lost or stolen over several moves.
It's amazing how much this movie influenced Stranger Things. Also, loved your reaction
“Why can’t they call the police?!?”
Oh yeah GREAT idea Cassie. “Hello police? My daughter was kidnapped by our television. No it wasn’t an advert that lured her, our OWN television box kidnapped her and she’s in the static. …hello?? HELLO?!”
Steven Spielberg is credited as a producer and writer on this film and was often on set. Spielberg worked on this film and E.T. literally back to back. The house in this film and the house in E.T. were filmed within 20 minutes of each location. Poltergeist and E.T. opened to theaters nationwide only a week between each other during the summer of 1982, Poltergeist on June 4th and E.T. one week later on June 11th. Spielberg later said: "If E.T. was a whisper, Poltergeist was a scream." Leave it to Spielberg to essentially make 2 classic films at the same time and have them released within a week of each other and they both were greatly praised and very successful. The man is a legend for a reason. Impressive. Oh, and the hands which pull the flesh off the investigator's face in the bathroom mirror were Spielberg's.
I read that someone usually watchng the dailies for E.T. (i.e. scenes they filmed that day) accidentally watched the scene from this movie where the house got sucked up.
And went: WTF was that? That effect by the way, was practical. They put a model in front of a vaccum cleaner and filmed it on highspeed camera.
Fun fact. I remember reading a few years ago that George Lucas served as executive producer on both this film and ET(both were filmed around the same time and in the same area and released in 1982), but he chose to be uncredited in both films due to a dispute I believe he was having with the producers guild at the time. That’s why neither film had an executive producer listed in the credits.
Lucas would have RESIGNED from the producers guild by then, in all likelihood! (no "dispute")
Lucas had a lot of issues with the bigwigs when making Star Wars. For example, he had to fight hard not to have the cast credited at the start of the films.
Ok, Im adding a comment you made in this to your top 10 all time great funny comments. When you say “another storm, are these normal weather patterns for this area?” So awesome as you aren’t looking forward to another scary storm. Classic. Well done!!
This is the first horror movie my parents ever let me see as a kid and I've held a soft spot for the genre ever since. So glad you finally got to experience it.
Man, I can't believe you watched this ... by YOURSELF!! Saw this in the theater way back when, and the jump scares elicited many screams from audience members. Saw more than a few pale looking people when it was over. Well done Cassie! You toughed it out. I'm very proud of you. ❤
I was introduced to this movie in my high school Film Studies class & has become one of my favorites
Steven Spielberg released two movies that summer. Poltergeist was supposed to be a huge blockbuster along the lines of Jaws or Close Encounters, while the other one was going to be just for fun. It worked out the other way. Poltergeist was only mildly successful, while E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial became the highest grossing film ever, a title it held for eleven years.
Poltergeist was a box office hit, you muppet.. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ it did high numbers..
@@VictorLugosi Saw both as a child. Never liked E.T. I even remember telling my aunt back then that it was like her afternoon TV drama. On the other hand, I found Poltergeist really scary and just overall better. It had so many memorable scenes. The opening scene where the girl walks around the house at night, the camera showing the characters in the movie asleep. Great intro of the characters. The clown was also memorable. The mother getting thrown into the unifinished pool with all the skeletons popping out. That was horrific. I still remember those scenes decades later.
Poltergeist wasn't mildly successful. It was hugely successful grossing over $76 million at the box office domestically, over $120+ million with overseas receipts. It was in the top 10 highest grossing films of 1982 and nominated for 3 Oscars. For a fright film, this is amazing business. It didn't do E.T numbers but quite frankly not many films did.
@@VictorLugosi Why do you feel the need to be so mean?
I think you did great! This is a genuinely scary movie! I have both a vivid imagination and a very good memory, so I understand how you're feeling after watching this. Movies like this stay with me for a long time, which is why I choose not to watch too many. I love the classic horror movies, but excessive gore and slasher films are just not for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what you react to next!
Just so you and everyone young knows too, the few channels available back then (maybe 7 or 10 total channels) all went off the air at night. Usually between 11pm and 1 am. Before every sign-off, they always played a 3 minute song / video like you saw before the TV went static. We called static ant races. The same song played every night and did not change. This movie came out during that time and if you fell asleep watching TV, you would wake at 2 am to that static.
Your reactions to this movie was so honest and true! That’s what I love about your channel! Keep up the great videos!
We had Cassie on our show talking about this movie. The link is in the description for this episode if you wanna see her talk about it in depth.