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Poltergeist

5.2

Released May 20, 2015Runtime 1h 33min

They know what scares you.

A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

TSG Entertainment

Ghost House Pictures

Vertigo Entertainment

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Fox 2000 Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $35,000,000
Revenue: $95,682,614
Profit/Loss: $60,682,614

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Cast

Sam RockwellEric Bowen

Rosemarie DeWittAmy Bowen

Saxon SharbinoKendra Bowen

Kyle CatlettGriffin Bowen

Kennedi ClementsMadison Bowen

Jared HarrisCarrigan Burke

Nicholas BraunBoyd

Jane AdamsDr. Claire Powell

Susan HeywardSophie

Karen IvanyMrs. Stoller

Patrick GarrowMr. Stoller

Soma BhatiaLauren

L.A. LopesCashier

Doug MacLeodOlder Gentleman

Eve CrawfordOlder Woman

John Stoneham Jr.Angry Man

Kathryn GreenwoodRealtor

Molly KidderYoung Realtor

Emily Brobst

Crew

Gil KenanDirector

Barbara SzemanAssistant Director

Helga RossiAssistant Director

Shane B. ScottScript Supervisor

John Stoneham Jr.Second Unit Director

Grant LucibelloSecond Assistant Director

Yari AzzopardiThird Assistant Director

Myron HoffertFirst Assistant Director

Greg SigurdsonThird Assistant Director

David Lindsay-AbaireScreenplay

Kurt Van Der BaschStoryboard

Simeon WilkinsStoryboard

Mark VictorOriginal Film Writer

Michael GraisOriginal Film Writer

Steven SpielbergOriginal Film Writer

John Powers MiddletonExecutive Producer

Becki Cross TrujilloExecutive Producer

Victoria BurrowsCasting

Scot BolandCasting

Nathan KahaneProducer

Robert TapertProducer

Roy LeeProducer

Sam RaimiProducer

J.R. YoungExecutive Producer

Rebecca FieldProduction Coordinator

Jennifer RenaudProduction Coordinator

Vair MacpheeProduction Coordinator

Lyn LucibelloUnit Production Manager

Keith LargeLocation Manager

Becki Cross TrujilloUnit Production Manager

Larissa StadnichukStunts

Harold ParkerFirst Assistant Editor

Andrea WertheimPost Production Supervisor

Lisa ChandlerStunts

Kalina IvanovProduction Design

Martin GendronArt Direction

Drew LonglandSpecial Effects

Delphine WhiteCostume Design

Bob MurawskiEditor

Laird McMurraySpecial Effects Coordinator

Marco BiancoStunts

Jeff BetancourtEditor

Javier AguirresarobeDirector of Photography

Skyler WilsonSpecial Effects

John A. AmicarellaPost Production Supervisor

Mark LawtonSpecial Effects

Michael InnanenSpecial Effects

Patricia LarmanSet Decoration

Emily BrobstStunts

Alex ArmbrusterStunts

Ross NorcrossAnimation

Nicolas HernandezVisual Effects Supervisor

Kerry Joseph BlackmanVisual Effects Editor

Bryan GodwinVisual Effects Supervisor

Owen CarrollCompositors

Charles BadenCompositors

Marc StreitenfeldOriginal Music Composer

Duncan CampbellConstruction Coordinator

Dana HowesTransportation Coordinator

Miro DziwikLead Painter

John MackenzieConstruction Coordinator

Krista BurbidgeMakeup Artist

Carol HartwickKey Hair Stylist

Leslie SebertMakeup Department Head

Vincent SullivanHair Department Head

Ken ClarkLeadman

Burton J. LeBlancKey Makeup Artist

Sorin PopescuSet Designer

Michael GalbraithGaffer

Kerry HayesStill Photographer

Corinna Schmitt-PorsiaArt Department Coordinator

Chris M. JacobsonSound Re-Recording Mixer

Steve TusharSound Designer

Violaine Roussel-BongiovanniVisual Effects Coordinator

Brian van de ValkCarpenter

David WilliamsDialogue Editor

Ele BardhaDrone Operator

Robert CochraneDolly Grip

Glen GoodchildDolly Grip

Samuel CravenVisual Effects Editor

Mongo AndrewsRigging Grip

Nick SpadaforaDrone Operator

Vic RiglerProperty Master

Christina WiseVisual Effects Coordinator

Karina BeneshVisual Effects Coordinator

Dean WrightVisual Effects Supervisor

Tim McElcheranProp Maker

Dan WladykaLeadman

Marti D. HumphreySound Re-Recording Mixer

Angèle BuffinVisual Effects Coordinator

John Stoneham Jr.Stunt Coordinator

Nicholas ElwellVisual Effects Coordinator

Richard 'Rico' EmersonKey Grip

Cameron SteenhagenDialogue Editor

Ariel Velasco-ShawVisual Effects Supervisor

Tom StarnesRigging Gaffer

Roy ObermeierCarpenter

Russell FarmarcoSupervising ADR Editor

Jussi TegelmanSupervising Sound Editor

Martin Allan KlonerVisual Effects Editor

Christian DrennanRigging Grip

Roslyn HanchardCostume Supervisor

Steve SwitzerBoom Operator

Greg WinhallModeling

Adam BurnettModeling

Sebastian MeyerConceptual Illustrator

Russell FarmarcoSupervising Dialogue Editor

Jason HurstRigging Grip

Jackson YuFirst Assistant Editor

Tony HaspelVisual Effects Editor

Lars VintherVisual Effects Editor

Angelo ColavecchiaSteadicam Operator

Pat CassinBoom Operator

Willard OverstreetFoley Editor

Sarah SwickVisual Effects Producer

Jon VealModeling

Michael CarellaCamera Operator

Everton NelsonOrchestrator

Ellen SegalMusic Editor

Del SpivaMusic Editor

Chris BridgesProsthetics

Alexandra HooperSet Decoration Buyer

Glen GauthierProduction Sound Mixer

Daniel LeeProp Maker

Jeremy GillespieGraphic Designer

Alison O'BrienVisual Effects Producer

Michael HatzerDigital Colorist

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Reviews

by Zevi Wolmark

It’s not the worst remake of all time, but it’s just ordinary. It’s bland, lifeless, vanilla, and feels like what the Lifetime Channel in America would do to a remake of the Tobe Spielberg classic haunting film. I think the only reason Gil Kenan was hired for this movie was because the movie is bas...

> Would have been a better film if it was an original. Unnecessary to compare this with the original and I tried, but impossible to avoid it since it's an official remake. Everything, from the house to frame by frame, all the scenes looked the same, except the cast and it's set in the present wo...

I had huge reservations about watching this remake, which I felt was completely unnecessary. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated, and that the bad reviews at the time gave me the impression I should fear or avoid watching it. The special effects were pretty good, and Sam Rockwell, Jared Harris an...

by Per Gunnar Jonsson

The movie blurb is written by some 20th Century Fox representative. I would guess that the person in question has not even watched the original movie. “Legendary film makers”? What a load of bull! These people have not produced anything really worth watching and this movie certainly do not improve ...

Lame horror. <em>'Poltergeist'</em> offers nothing. It may not be an absolutely awful watch, but there's nothing about this that's good unfortunately. The story is largely predictable and plain, none of the cast give anything close to a performance that's worth remembering. There aren't many, if...