Stream new movie releases and classic favorites on HBO.com or on your device with an HBO app. The Spielberg-produced horror flick spawned two sequels, a reboot, and countless bad dreams, but according to some, the use of dozens of real human skeletons as props in the movie bred a deadly curse that continues to this day. (at around 33 mins) When Diane bribes Carol Anne by saying they will eat pizza later, in a close-up Carol Anne says, "I want pepperoni pizza," yet her mouth is not moving. Then the red chair is again visible on the left of the shot. In the very next scene when he is holding the rope, the rope is no longer wrapped around his forearm. In another shot he is blown down to the ground by a funnel of energy, the next shot is a side view of the street where Teague is no where to be seen. By the time bedtime came around I was so petrified of the TV I crawled in with my mom to ensure I made it through the night. I vividly remember the first time I watched it. This little kid is literally yanked out of his bedroom window by a possessed tree. It’s a much-overused cliche, but I think the “Poltergeist” clown also benefitted from a perfect storm of events. Lots of movies, particularly horror flicks, are said […] With Steven so intent that the family spend the night in a motel, why are Robbie and Carol Ann in bed for the night in their pajamas? (at around 13 mins) Early in the film, when Diane tucks the kids into bed, there is a green mylar balloon in front of the window. When she runs up the stairs and onto the landing, they are gone. (at around 1h 35 mins) When Robbie climbs into bed and stares at the clown (near the end of the movie), the lamp he turns off and the Darth Vader head switch places. Later when the investigators monitor the TV, it is shown to be on channel 12. (at around 37 mins) When Carol-Ann get's abducted there is a Darth Vader poster hanging on the right and an 'Alien' poster on the left of the closet door. Right before the storm sequence when the ghosts first come back and talk to Carol Anne on her toy phone, there are several shots of water dripping from the ceiling in parts of the house as the rain begins to fall. Lots of them. With the standard grave being dug only six feet into the ground, the bodies should have been discovered much sooner by the community's builders. All rights reserved. On Friday, a remake of the 1982 classic Poltergeist hit theaters. It’s the story of Steven and Diane Freeling, a California couple with three children. After a cut to an overhead light and back, the walls are no longer pegboard, the bottle has disappeared, and a cleaning brush has appeared on the wall. Ultimately, only Diane can save her daughter and she does so by going into purgatory to get her back. Poltergeist Trivia Questions & Answers : Movies L-P This category is for questions and answers and fun facts related to Poltergeist, as asked by users of FunTrivia.com. (at around 7 mins) In the beginning of the movie, Steve is watching a live football game on TV with his friends. At first, there is a vehicle in front of the house. (at around 1h 45 mins) When Steven finds his keys and gets into the car to escape the neighborhood, a close-up of Carol Anne shows her face is caked with dirt. I am still not over the face peeling — in what world is that kid appropriate? In any normal house these lights are connected to the house's electrical system and would have gone out as the house is destroyed. The novelization makes the connection more explicit: because Carol Anne was born in the burial ground, the spirits gravitated toward the Freeling household, attracted by her life force. Storm clouds are gathering in the distance. The POLTERGEIST curse began with skeletons. The front right leg (the viewers left) is also not placed on the line separating the tiles as it appears in the following scene when the chair actually moves. (at around 1h 2 mins) When the paranormal investigator takes his face apart in the bathroom, the reflection in the bathroom mirror changes three times: 1. (at around 1h 45 mins) When Steve arrives at home to find the caskets exploding out of the ground at the end of the movie, in one shot shortly after he arrives, we can see an explosive charge detonating to create the proper exploding dirt effect shortly before another casket emerges. Robbie is seen wearing blue pajamas when he screams, "Daddy, drive away!" With JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight. There are a lot of urban legends surrounding Poltergeist, but one of those legends is absolutely true: the skeletons used in the movie were real human remains. (at around 26 mins) At breakfast, the napkin in front of Robbie's cereal bowl disappears and is replaced by a large puddle of milk. Many viewers have pointed out that only one of the houses in the neighborhood is affected by ghosts even though the whole neighborhood and many other houses were built on the same ground. (at around 37 mins) Following the scene where the tree comes through the window to take Robbie, the window and bedroom are without damage, as if nothing had happened. (at around 1h 45 mins) Diane is trying to rescue her children from their bedroom where a giant esophagus is sucking everything up and the children are clinging to the headboards of their beds. (at around 32 mins) In the kitchen chair sliding scene, Diane fails to place the front legs of the chair within the white circles that have been drawn. (at around 1h 40 mins) Diane is shocked by the front doorknob, when trying to escape to seek help. At 1hr12min, Steven and Teague are on the hill discussing the neighborhood. This is not possible considering where Tweety was buried and where the pool is being dug. (at around 1h 11 mins) When they are at the graveyard and the man is telling Steven that they moved the graveyard from where they live now, Steven's shirt is alternately sweaty/dry between shots. (at around 38 mins) Carol Anne holds onto the headboard to keep from being sucked into the closet. (at around 16 mins) Early in the film, when Robbie and Carol Anne are in bed, a Rubik's Cube can be seen on Robbie's bed shelf when he is looking at the clown doll. In the next shot her hand is down. (at around 6 mins) In the opening shot immediately following the credit of "Directed by. (at around 38 mins) Obvious dummy for Carol-Anne being sucked into the closet after letting go of the headboard. (at around 1h 1 min) After the steak has moved along the counter in line with a tile groove, the steak's rupture scene has the steak in between tile grooves. (at around 39 mins) The mud spots on the back of Steve's shirt when looking for Carol Anne. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. During the scene the Darth Vader poster moves from hanging on the wall, to getting blown around the room (next to Carol-Ann's bed) to hanging back on the wall again. Just when you think it's all over, Diane is forcefully held down on the bed by the demon before it sends her flying to the ceiling. When it comes to the point of facing straight towards the viewer you can see the camera used to film the scene and some of the lights on the set. During the subsequent scene where Robbie covers the clown doll with the Chewbacca jacket, the balloon is in the corner behind the clown doll. (at around 2 mins) At the beginning of the movie when the golden retriever is going up to each member of the family, a crew member is seen through a small crack in the door right before the dog goes into Dana's room. | Unique Poltergeist Stickers designed and sold by artists. When Robbie first says "Ask Dad! Get up to 50% off. With an inventory of over 8,000 items available for sale at propstore.com we're proud to offer you the chance to own the ultimate movie collectable. (at around 1h 35 mins) Before Diane takes a bath, Robbie and Carol Anne are fighting over a toy truck. However, the next shot of her sailing through the air toward the closet shows her holding a piece of the headboard. Poltergeist quotes: the most famous and inspiring quotes from Poltergeist. When we next see Robbie's bed, the Rubik's Cube has vanished and is not visible at all for the rest of the film. After a cut to the sink and back, the bottle is back, but is of a different type, and a black cloth is hanging over the brush. (at around 26 mins) At breakfast, when Robbie's glass breaks, you can clearly see a string attached under the glass that pulls the fake bottom off. Voila! The movie starts innocently enough, with typical childhood fears: storms, creepy trees, creepy dolls, and dealing with the death of a pet. (at around 2 mins) When E. Buzz grabs the chips from Dana's bed, he bites the lower right hand corner of the bag, but when he pulls the bag off the bed, he has a hold of the lower left corner. When she reaches the kids' door and opens it and has to hang on, the background behind her shows a door right across the way instead of the original length of the hallway. CAROL ANNE Tweety doesn’t like that smell. I know as a kid I thought of the TV as a close, personal friend. (at around 1h 7 mins) When Robbie is sent away and put in a cab, he and the dog seem to change places between shots. 21 INT. (at around 1h 40 mins) When Diane encounters the beast in front of the door and yells "Nooo, don't touch my babies!" Seconds before of the Carol Anne's answer Ryan appears in background on bended knee, putting his hands on his headphones, but when the camera focuses Ryan, he puts his hands on the headphones again. (at around 32 mins) When Diane is pulling Steve into the house right before the chair sliding scene, the garbage can Steve is holding onto gets stuck in the doorway. (at around 26 mins) At breakfast, the glass that is about to break in Robbie's hand is leaking considerably, but the amount of milk in the glass is unchanging (considering how much milk is leaking and how much is on the table already). In the next close-up of her, she's completely clean. Then, minutes later, when Steven takes Robbie back to his room, the balloon is back in its original position in front of the window. Trivia When the chair slides across the floor ... Carol Anne yawns putting her hand over her mouth but before and after the chair moves she is clearly holding a helmet and a snoopy toy in both hands. (at around 1h 40 mins) After Diane escapes from the pool to go get her children, she is soaking wet, but when she is trying not to be sucked into the closet, only her shirt is wet but her panties are dry and clean. Despite their reactions to the live game, the game play on TV is in slow motion, making it previously recorded footage. Many believe the curse began the same year the first movie was released. White or transparent. She starts to close the lid. I have no idea how director Tobe Hooper made the scene look so realistic, but it still holds up today. | In the Poltergeist movie, the family begins to experience some pretty bizarre events. You can see the leaning pillow go from leaning to straight up and back and forth several times. Robbie is almost eaten by a tree outside his window. With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane. NOTE: Upper left of frame. (at around 1h 45 mins) At the film's climax when the family piles into the station wagon. she crosses in front of it and falls down the stairs. Poltergeist (1982) Goofs. When Carol Anne is speaking to the TV, it is turned to channel 3 after the station goes off the air. (at around 1h 45 mins) Near the end of the movie when the house implodes, the lights on the pillars adjacent to the front walkway stay lit. The poltergeist is said to be born of a heinous criminal whose moral wickedness went unpunished in life. In 2015, the idea that a horror movie not aimed directly at kids (like the perfectly creepy Coraline) could get a PG rating is absurd. The fear in Carol Anne's voice is what sells this scene the most. (at around 39 mins) The amount of mud on Robbie's face and clothes changes from scene to scene once he's inside after the tree attack. (at around 31 mins) When Steve comes home from showing a house to a couple, the camera is visible in the reflection of the station wagon as he pulls into the driveway. Related quizzes can be found here: Poltergeist Quizzes There are 35 questions on this topic. The scene grounds the film and introduces us to Diane and Steve, but can you image what would happen now if a PG film just tossed in recreational drug use like it was no big deal and had two little kids come into the room a moment later? Game over. (at around 1h 4 mins) Ryan's camera automatically pans up to the top of the stairs and zooms in but the view on the monitor has not zoomed in. In the next shot as one of the caskets open, most of the rubble disappears. (at around 37 mins) As the abduction of Carol Anne starts, a toy carriage is pulled and falls over a foot away from the closet door. When Steve goes into the pool to look for Carol Anne the same section is undamaged. (at around 26 mins) When Diane asks Carol Anne about the "TV" people. A few seconds later, a humongous pile of soil appears around the casket. to which Diane responds (incorrectly) "her bedroom closet." Interstate Highway 74 does not run through California. (at around 29 mins) When Diane returns to the kitchen to find that all the dishes have been put away, she is startled when Carol-Anne tugs on the back of her T-shirt. I was around 10 and the movie came on television. This is part of ghost lore. In death, they bear the chains of their sins, and wander the location of their demise at night. The symbolism would go over children's heads, but what was the MPAA's excuse? He goes into the bathroom and starts pulling the skin off his face - clearly a dummy was used for this scene. There are also some disconnected sections in North Carolina. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by Movie Quotes .com (at around 28 mins) When the pool digger "Pugsley" (. As she passes in front of it, the creature's eyes and mouth can be seen on the front of her shirt. (at around 1h 35 mins) When Diane and Steve are talking to each other outside the removal van towards the end of the movie, Steve's hair is alternately neat/windswept between shots. Behind the scenes. The story, based on the tale of the Enfield Poltergeist, was put into production months before and was complete fiction. | (at around 1h 45 mins) At the end of the film, Steven backs out of the driveway in the station wagon without lights on and crashes into Mr. Teague's truck, yet in the next shot, still pushing the truck out of the way, the wagon's lights are suddenly on. (at around 1h 8 mins) During the early kitchen scene the doctor's coffee cup and flask change hands. After Dana gets into the car, Robbie screams "The house is coming!" At around 29:45 in the movie, the character Diane (Jobeth) is getting cleaning liquid from under the counter top, she pulls out a box of Cheez-Its (a snack food) next to the cleaning supplies. and I spent the next two hours becoming increasingly more freaked out as the family dealt with more and more paranormal activity. In the next shot, she runs outside to witness the tornado vanishing and the rain has stopped and it is much brighter outside. Strangely, this window appears only once behind Diane while she's running down the "corridor" to Robbie's and Carol Ann's bedroom, yet this too is impossible because the upstairs hallway isn't above the front door. | Then, the movie begins its inevitable crusade to find more and more ways to crush the soul of every child watching it. I was completely entranced by Carol Anne's creepy pronouncement, "They're here!" 3. (at around 37 mins) When Carol Anne is being sucked into the closet you can clearly see a fishing line attached to the toy carriage, most likely used to pull it. Then there is a camera angle change when Teague emphasizes Steven's job performance and the vehicle has disappeared. (at around 1h 29 mins) When Diane enters the portal in the closet, the bedroom is filled with a strong wind, but the curtains behind her are motionless. After watching these scenes, you too will be asking yourself how Poltergeist ended up with a PG rating. The Alien poster goes from hanging perfect, to flopping around an almost falling off the wall, to hanging perfect again. The mattress on Robbie's bed changes to a different one during the abduction of Carol Anne. The dog then disappears while Steven frantically obtains his keys, and reappears back in the seat in the next shot as Steven climbs into the car. (at around 1h 35 mins) While Diane is soaking in the tub with her eyes closed, "steam" is flowing down into the tub from elsewhere in the room, instead of it evaporating out from the hot water. One of the most impressive parts of Poltergeist is its emphasis on female relationships, especially between mothers and daughters. (at around 48 mins) When Diane calls Carol Anne in the living room, this one answers "hello daddy" in presence of her family in addition with Dr. Lesh and her assistants Marty and Ryan. (at around 39 mins) When Dana looks out the window at Steven rescuing Robbie from the tree, it is raining against the window and dark. The first shot is inside the garage, and we see water … Even if you have never seen Poltergeist, you have probably seen the clown from Poltergeist. (at around 26 mins) At breakfast, the position of the glass in Robbie's hand changes while the children are arguing. So it looks like the kids' bedroom door was just across from another door. The TV is certainly not supposed to suck up small children and deposit them in purgatory where they get chased by evil monsters their parents can't see or protect them from. Bones are denser than water, and cannot float. Crazy Credits Now you know what a PG movie looked like in 1982, kids. Connections You can see the leaning pillow go from leaning to straight up and back and forth several times. (at around 25 mins) In the breakfast scene: When Diane is speaking with the kids about Carol Anne saying "They're Here", the chair to the right of Robbie is pushed to the table. (at around 42 mins) While in his parents' room, Robbie discovers that Carol Ann's voice is coming from the TV and he is looking to his left to see the TV. It runs through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. (at around 1h 6 mins) Dr. Lesh is horrified by the apparition descending the stairs in the middle of the night and she puts her hand to her mouth. ", Diane's right hand is firmly clasped around the plate of waffles. (at around 24 mins) The first time Carol Anne says, "They're here," in her parents' bedroom, her lips appear to be saying, "They're all here.". Little does he know that this is one of the demon visions that clairvoyant Tangina Barrons has had regarding the family. | (at around 24 mins) When the bulldozer is digging for the pool, Tweety's cigar box is unearthed. Later, as we see more toys being pulled into the closet, the carriage is at the side of Carol Anne's bed. Teague also refers to the large amount of "software" in the Freelings' living room, but almost certainly means the hardware of the video equipment. Real-life horror behind Poltergeist movie - and the curse that haunts the film to this day The reality behind the fiction is equally as terrifying with deaths and unexplained spooky goings-on mirror To this day, Poltergeist still frightens me, but as an adult viewer it's not just the scary scenes that shock. When she is thrown across the room, behind the staircase, a crewmember's foot can be seen pulling back suddenly in an (unsuccessful) attempt to stay out of the shot. Directed by Frank Marshall. She clearly loses her grip on the headboard and lets go. Written and produced by Steven Spielberg, POLTERGEIST is one of the all-time great haunted house stories, as a family's "perfect" suburban home becomes the target of a ghostly invasion.Steven and Diane Freeling (Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams) and their three children are happy in their new home in a California housing development built by the company Steven works for. Check back often for new releases and additions. When she pulls them out an overhead shot in hallway reveals they're now simply running out and falling to the floor. After the glass breaks and Dana runs out of the kitchen, you can see the boom mic reflecting off the picture frame behind Diane. The presentation contained realistic elements which suggested to a casual viewer that it was an actual documentary. 2. Mar 29, 2012 - Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The hand and shadow of a crew member is clearly seen grabbing the can as Steve lets go. A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts. Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. (at around 1h 20 mins) When Tangina is talking to Diane and the others about Carol Anne she tells them that she can only hear her mother's voice, but in the next scene she tells Steven to threaten to spank her if she doesn't answer them. Back in 1982 when Poltergeist, which in my humble opinion is one of the scariest horror movies ever made, was released the MPAA was a lot more lenient because Poltergeist is certainly not a movie a seven-year-old should be watching. Come inside and see the wonders that await. (at around 1h 5 mins) During the initial investigation, when the ghost comes down the staircase, nothing appears on the monitor, but when reviewed, the tape does appear to have captured the incident. (at around 1h 45 mins) A casket raises in the front doorway, only surrounded by stones and grit. The visuals blatantly call forth images of birth, including Carol Anne and Diane being expelled from purgatory covered in goo and everyone waiting for Carol Anne to take a breath. Furthermore, whilst the dog clearly gets in the back seat of the taxi, in the next shot it is sitting in the front seat. (at around 23 mins) During the storm, the parents and two kids are in the parents' bed, and you see two white pillows in the background, one standing upright and the other leaning on it. The clown was scary way back at the beginning of the movie when it was just leering at Robbie, but when it tries to strangle him at the end? The walls in the reflection are pegboard, and a bottle of "Fantastik" cleaner hangs near the mirror. Poltergeist is one of my favorite movies of all time. (at around 1h 40 mins) Near the end of the movie where Diane falls into the water filled hole, the skeletons from the graves float up to the surface. (at around 1h 40 mins) In the end, before the shot where Diane reaches the top of the stairs and the hallway starts to get longer, the original distance to the kids' bedroom door is obviously several doors down. (at around 26 mins) In the 'Ask Dad" scene: Just before Carol Anne starts to participate in the 'ask dad', she is just about to put a knife into her mouth with her right hand. Early in the movie before all the crazy poltergeist business starts happening, there is a completely naturalistic scene between Diane (JoBeth Williams) … Then the clown-doll gets sucked in. (at around 46 mins) While attempting to photograph the flashing lights, Marty (. (at around 1h 40 mins) Diane falls into the muddy pool, and has mud stains on the back of her T-Shirt. (at around 25 mins) At breakfast: In the shot where Carol Anne calls Robbie a "doggie-bag", Dana is playing with a waffle with her right hand. poltergeist 232 GIFs. Diane tells them that "we can hear better on this channel.". Steven is a real estate developer and Diane stays at home with the kids. Finally, the Poltergeist script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg movie. (at around 38 mins) Carol Anne bent the headboard before being flown off to the closet, but it is intact later in the movie. HOLLYWOOD MYSTERY. It's 32 minutes and 47 seconds in to the movie and the scene is where Diane is explaining the strange phenomenon that is happening in the kitchen. Dominique Dunne, who made her film debut in Poltergeist as … Accuracy: A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. The second floor of the Freeling's house is completely inconsistent with its exterior. the skeletons used in the movie were real human remains. The studio scenes were recorded in Studio D, BBC Elstree Studios, Clarendon Road. (at around 12 mins) When Carol Anne is feeding her fish, her bed is "neatly" unmade, but when we see Robbie looking at the tree from the outside, we see that Carol Anne's bed is made. Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress and producer. The last time Diane - or anyone - was in the room with Carol Anne before she disappeared, she was sitting in her bed, pulling her covers up. Carol Anne is holding onto the truck saying "Gimme it!" (at around 1h 45 mins) Towards the end of the movie when the kids are almost eaten by the giant esophagus, you can clearly tell that a dummy has substituted for Carol Anne due to the fact that. 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