Movie Review: Poltergeist (2015) 3/5

Poltergeist is another remake from the 1982 original directed by, Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, TCM2) written by the great, Steven Spielberg(Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) and starring, Craig T Nelson (The Incredibles, Red Riding Hood, The Proposal). The original Poltergeist movie was great, for the time that it was released it was considered a very terrifying film. It did very well for its self, earning 4 awards(3 Oscars and 1 BAFTA award) and gaining two sequels also.

The remake of Poltergeist starring Sam Rockwell (The Green Mile,Seven Psychopaths) had high expectations on my part due to that fact of how well he original movies were. For the most part it lived up to the hype. But going and seeing any PG-13 film now comes with other drawbacks that you have to deal with in most theaters, because it is a PG-13 film, the odds are if you went and saw it either opening weekend or a couple days after, you had to deal with the young kids yelling and screaming at the screen every 30 seconds. The film its self, was good, I wouldn't say great. The cast had good chemistry throughout the film, along with a bit of humor. It was just boring, other then the clowns that come to life, the first hour of the movie was pretty boring. I understand you have to build upon the plot to get a good climax, but it was a crazy amount of time building the plot before the climax hits. This film probably could of been cut down at least 30 minutes in it's over all time of 93 minutes.

The climax was great though. between all of special effects and the way they connected the real world from the spirit world was fantastic. Between then chaos that is happening inside the spirit world and how detailed it is, combined with the chaos that is happening in the house on the real side was great.

All in all I give this a 3/5 mostly for the length of the film and unnecessary storytelling,  I do think they made up a lot of that time though with a great finale, one where I was at the edge of my seat. I wouldn't go see this in theaters again simply because of the things stated above, but I would pick it for a movie to watch at home with the lights out.

Poltergeist (2015)

Poltergeist (1982)

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