Everything Wrong With Poltergeist (1982)

[@gmaxion2001]

I love how the boyfriend drops Dana off as the house is being sucked into another dimension and casually drives off like nothing's going on.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

He actually doesn't. At least not right away. When Dana is screaming "What is happening?" you can still see the car in the background. You can even see someone in it looking out the window, obviously looking at what is going on.

[@dr.bright6272]

Well I got her home before her curfew and, huh? Something seems different about their house. Oh well not my concern.

[@lesleystong4151]

@@dr.bright6272 haha right!!

[@christophermanley3602]

I love how she has two massive hickies on her neck, a call back to the beginning of the movie when the mom talks about getting checked for hickies by her dad. (And also a staple of teendom)

[@blufox9000]

Christopher Manley I remember my high school girl getting caught with three Hikies I gave her. Funny thing is we didn't have sex. I was just screwing around at the time. Her mom flipped out and wanted us to break up.

I just love how the ghosts in this movie are not subtle about the haunting at all. Just move stuff around regardless of time of day or who is looking to the point where the people can establish patterns in it.

[@boradley8506]

Silth Xeno nice one

[@rhoskii3308]

Silth Xeno thats the type of ghost i would be :D

[@chancepaladin]

Martin Drkoš Because movies back then could be freaky without 90% of the damn movie being boring build up. :/ zzzzzzzzzzzz

[@Vinicius-bq2jb]

Martin Drkoš But then most of movie parents nowadays could not be THAT idiot to just stay on place that this kind a shit happen. I mean if I saw a movie that a guy doesn't crap his pants and run for a hotel after the whole chair thing I would deem him too dumb too live.

[@actionjackson3522]

I love that the ghosts didn't drag out the movie runtime.

[@EmilyMikuChan]

Every scary movie is less scary and better when Cinema Sins makes fun of it. lol

[@johngervais230]

EmilyMikuChan *Singing* Giggle at the ghosties!

[@ziadben-gacem8404]

agreed

[@BladeAerialFox]

So freaking true!

[@cecilrichardson2494]

EmilyMikuChan Yep. And now I can't help but notice everything wrong that got pointed out whenever I decide to fire up the Blu-Ray player & watch Poltergeist.

[@channelnigeira]

"But I never learned our phone number." 😭😭💀

[@LextheRobot]

Not only does Dana "remember" the Holiday Inn, but in an earlier scene where she's raiding the fridge, she selects pickles and ice cream. Apparently Diane is not the only one who got pregnant at 16.

[@ebonydarknessdementiaraven8918]

*ding*

[@JarodMoonchild1975]

LextheRobot Damn, that would have made a perfect extra sin for Jeremy to read. You wrote it very similar to how he would have said it. *Ding! 😆

[@robertmcginty4146]

Wow, you deserve an honorary degree in film for noticing that. I totally missed that subplot.

[@CaptWalker]

And take out one letter and they have the same name.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Well, first she's gotta horf in the bathroom every morning... so I'm.going to vote like pre-diabetic. I did the same thing my whole life :)

[@WilAdams]

You must have missed the boss saying 'This is NOT an ancient burial ground'. Instead, it was just a plain graveyard where the company paid only to move the headstones. They left the bodies buried. But you are correct to point out that it is ONLY this house.

[@robertyeah2259]

No, the house being the only affected one is not a correct point. It states specifically in the movie that poltergeists haunt *people* and not *places*, it targeted the Freelings specifically for a reason, which in the sequels is that Diane and Carol Anne are clairvoyant.

[@raggarbergman]

Plus that of what i understand it is a pretty newly built neighborhood and Carol Ann might be the first child born there wish give her a special connection on top of being a psychic.

[@actionjackson3522]

raggarbergman Still they had lived there for years

[@raggarbergman]

True. Just adressed the theory why just Carol Anne was the main target. :)

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Jalon M. Gordon yeah, she was born in the house.

[@villain5873]

Irony - Using real bodies as props in a movie about disrespecting the dead.

[@aliciaalejandra4941]

I know right so is building the house over a burial ground isn't that not even allowed to use real bodies that is just soo messed up

[@villain5873]

Jb 318 if you watch the documentary on the movie they say they used real medical cadavers in the pool scene. Because they were cheaper.

[@villain5873]

Jb 318 it was there own documentary on the making of the film.

[@villain5873]

Jb 318 whether skeletons or bodies are you not seeing the irony?

[@mimibelta259]

What is truly despicable is how Disneyland used real dead human bodies in the pirates of the Caribbean ride not only is it disrespectful to the dead because the disturbed them but also because think of all the riders gawking at them daily

[@Logan_Baron]

Thought a sin should be removed for the: "You've never done this before" "Neither have you" "You're right....You Go!" Always makes me laugh my ass off.

[@bookerjones8123]

Shoulda read this before I just now posted. As I say, kinda petty to not at least run it.

[@dancrane3807]

I like the bit about "Don't let go" - "Never" - let's go of the rope 20 seconds later.

[@Mumblix]

Yeah, man...Bishop should go!

[@MickyAM]

Hahaha that part has made me laugh since the 80s hahaha classic

[@tayloranderson7547]

Please make me laugh my ass off.

[@johnw8578]

The neighborhood was built on top of a graveyard where the headstones only were moved. Carol Ann was born in the house making the tie-in to the land. As for why it took 5 years for the spirits to act--I always thought that it was the burial of the bird and the disturbance of the bird's grave by the pool construction that sparked the Poltergeist activity.

[@artsyscrub3226]

"movie thinks the national anthem is gonna brainwash me into- WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED!" i laughed way to hard at this. god i love these guys XD

[@NOAHSWIFE2007]

Me too XD

[@shadowsdawn83]

same here. that was awesome xD

[@MrEvan312]

I have no idea why it made me laugh, but me too!

[@artsyscrub3226]

MrManowar6 First of all asshat, my name was a prank and because i changed it so often im stuck with it. Secondly, youre generalizing a fandom. You could say the same for any if youre not willing to look past one persons actions youre in the wrong.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Don't give this guy the pleasure!

[@daretobenerdy3167]

I always feel a little bad for JoBeth Williams being in the sinkhole with the skeletons that turned out to be actual human remains. You know that shit was not in her contract.

[@nataliedarley3943]

Yep. And she was so terrified of the idea of being in the sinkhole with actual skeletons.

[@robertmcginty4146]

I thought I remembered hearing those were real! Dismissed it thinking I must have been thinking of the original Pirates of the Carribean ride. Nope, this was it.

[@nataliedarley3943]

@Robert McGinty it was the Pirates ride, too. So you are correct. When people found out, Disney decided to remove them.

[@nathenhutchison6182]

How do I donate my skeleton to something like this when I die? I definitely want it to be a movie prop or a haunted house prop or something like that. Way less wasteful than just burying it in the ground or incinerating it.

[@nataliedarley3943]

+Nathen Hutchison Watch this video on human taxidermy. It covers what you can and can't ask people to do with your body after you die. It's pretty fascinating. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gme2ZpSjoKiir8U&app=desktop

[@thedeepfriar745]

Can we just appreciate the nuance in Craig T Nelson’s performance because it’s very clear how much it hurts Steven to have to scold and scare his young daughter.

[@blargoramma41]

Some of the earlier remote controls were radio based (instead of IR), so this actually happened. However, the remote the guy uses is a Zenith sonic remote - which worked by pitched clicking sounds, and thus wouldn't trigger a television in the next house. At the same time, with some effort, you could turn the TV off and on, and with some finesse, even change channels, by snapping your fingers. - The more ya know...

[@pvanukoff]

Maybe this is why they were sometimes called "clickers".

[@bracita15]

🌈

[@clockworkrobot6437]

If i owned a clown doll like that, i wouldnt care about the ghosts..i would be wondering why the fuck i bought the damn clown doll!

[@clockworkrobot6437]

Maxx Kroes all clown dolls are scary..

[@palemaster6000]

My grandmother owned an entire bedroom full of dolls and many of them were clown dolls. They were in the spare bedroom and I would have to sleep there whenever I used to visit. It was very traumatizing to say the least.

[@RossieMarrie]

Clockwork Robot I think you should be more worried about when its it going to come to life instead of why you bought it.

[@idontwantahandle-o9d]

Clockwork Robot I bought a piñata that was a clown. There was no candy in it so I wanted to destroy it for no reason. We instead brought it home where I taped Stingy's face from lazy town onto it. XD

[@ArtofLunatik]

Clockwork Robot that clown and Pennywise is the reason I hate clowns.

[@Angel-bl7yk]

why do all dads in horror movies seem to wear the same cardigan/sweater

[@vanessaemmily3918]

Angel nice observation

[@rangamsarmah2061]

Maybe that's the real cursed object.

[@villain5873]

Angel it the style for 80’s dad’s.

[@nashvilletennessee4391]

They also always have something to do with building houses

[@ale5cat-san689]

🤔

[@peterohara1]

According the IMDB the reason for that quick cut mid sentence was because the dad says he hates Pizza Hut and Pizza Hut actually took offence to it and wouldn't allow them to use the name if they kept it in. Out of all the amazing trivia surrounding this film I picked that lol.

[@jbvader721]

+Peter Ohara Still doesn't excuse the fact that it was a bad cut.

[@sharilshahed6106]

jbvader721 it still excuses, to an extant. You don't want something as big as Pizza hut suing the shit out of you.

[@stevenwatchorn9816]

There was nothing wrong with that cut. It actually accentuates the father's confusion and the sense that things are getting out of balance very well.

[@takerhapsody]

6.25 and 6.28 can anyone else hear a small girl child's voice?

[@stevenwatchorn9816]

Sharp ears! I did not hear it before, but I do now.

[@WatchingVee13]

6:46 No, CinemaSins, that's not a protractor. That's actually a compass. You know, the tool used for drawing circles? *ding*

[@StephenLeGresley]

Jeremy, you need to start adding in a "This is something I've never sensed/seen before" cliche

[@themultiversalist5564]

Is that being said sarcastically or seriously by Jeramy?

[@BennyLlama39]

From the same chapter in the "You need to see this" Cliché Book. *DING!* 😀

[@LiberaLib]

I have a pet theory that only that house was affected because they buried the bird and that triggered the ghosts in the burial ground to target Carol Ann

[@brianstraight9308]

***** That.... that actually makes sense. But the mom was really going to FLUSH the bird?! I know toilets back then had heartier flushes than our present-day low-flow toilets but I'm pretty sure that bird is a lot larger than even the biggest of deuces a person would provide. It may have triggered the ghosts but it prevented one clogged up toilet!

[@eatyourgreensfriend3999]

Brian Straight so does that mean if she were to flush the bird would the ghost haunt the toilet?

[@AtheistOrphan]

Brian Straight: I've produced turds bigger than a canary many, many times

[@azazeldryland3997]

Atheist Orphan TMI.

[@brianstraight9308]

Atheist Orphan Perhaps, but poo is going to have a different..... "consistency"? "Texture" Than a bird. A bird is more rigid and filled with bones and various forms of "stiffness" that'd make it harder to go down and through the plumbing than a lump of poo which, generally, will fold, flop, and break.

[@marrrst]

Fun fact: the awkward jump cut between the scene where Diane is talking about the feeling of the ghost pulling her was done that way because Steve made a comment about how he doesn't even like Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut got mad so they panicked and cut the scene

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Mariah Stanley what's silly is that the audio is all done in a recording studio. Somewhere, all the separate tracks are still around. It'd be no huge deal to just throw that bit in without the weird cut, I don't think. Steven would be on a separate track.

[@tayloranderson7547]

Of they so they picked the and cut the scene

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

So what was with the 'red slime' ( with some chunky pieces ) that the tennis balls, the mother and Carol-Anne is covered with when they come back to this world? Is the Heavenly afterlife a world of slimey pasta sauce or something, and not the fluffy clouds and pearly gates that we've always imagined it to be? Strange that no one says anything about it in the movie.

[@lizs5283]

maybe its a medium type of world? between our realm and the next realm? i wish they had addressed it too. its not heaven, thats for sure, since its implied there is no heaven, as Tangina says, guiding them to their new destinies.

[@marcostadeo3577]

Funny thing that stranger things had these organic extra dimensional portals as well.

[@bellydansah]

It always made sense to me in some way. I'm of the belief that the idea of "oneness" in many spiritual teachings implies how deeply connected to physical matter we are. If there's truly no separation, then it makes sense that transitions between ? what? Worlds? Whatever, must have some aspect of dense physical material. Just a thought on it.

[@Iffy]

Supposed to be ectoplasm

[@alexluzula7031]

I just assumed it was ghostly ectoplasm or slime or whatever

[@cecilrichardson2494]

Actually CinemaSins, I noticed you missed a sin with Poltergeist: while Tangina told Diane that Carol Anne would hear only her mother's voice, Carol Anne (in spirit form) quickly answered when her father threatened to spank her, for not answering.

[@nandano.1656]

I haven't watched it in a long time but I think the communication method changed because when they use Diane, the ghosts responds aggresively.

[@tayloranderson7547]

Missed a sin with Polygeist: world I need to Diane control and well hearing only her mother voice curly and and spirit form quickly answered when her father turned into spank her for not answering.

[@BANJOSMOMMY]

I always wondered that

[@battalian]

Just a heads up... the remote control for the tv was a real thing back then.. they were originally called "clickers".. because you had 4 buttons on the handheld unit that when pressed sent an audible frequency signal to the tv... (Volume, TV-On/Off, Ch-Up, Ch-Dn) My dog used to change channels or the volume when they scratched themselves behind their ears and their dog-tags/licenses clinked together at the right frequency. Peace! ;)

[@budmasterax]

battalian I learnt something today, have an upvote

[@iMaybeWise]

battalian SHUT UP AND TAKE MY UPVOTE!

[@battalian]

Austin Smith Excuse me?... What's with the Shouting... and trying to tell me to 'Shut Up'??

[@iMaybeWise]

I was just trying to give you my upvote T_T

[@heedmywarning2792]

battalian im 46 and yes, i remember "clickers" before infra red remotes became standard.

[@ffnendhgrgd]

How did Hulk riding a horse not get a sin removal? You won't see that in the MCU

[@terigreene9596]

Also, that's a compass not a protractor.

[@Dcoolguy12]

maybe in thor ragnarok?

[@pundertalefan4391]

Actually, in Earth's Mightiest Heroes, you see him riding a unicorn for a frame in one of the episodes. XD

[@chucklemeister1529]

It's pretty creepy that both the actresses that played the daughters died in real life, takes the fun out of watching the movie.

[@ilikeyoutube836]

And the Indian dude from the second movie

[@slytheringingerwitch]

That's really sad.

[@BennyLlama39]

To be fair, watching any movie from before 1960 should be less fun because ALL the actors are probably dead. Or in extreme old age.

[@Rachel98246]

@@BennyLlama39 yeah, but I’m pretty sure the actress who played the older daughter died before the film even premiered, and the girl who played Carol-Anne died from a bowel obstruction caused by Crohn’s disease at age *12* *It’s incredibly tragic :’(* Edit: also, this movie came out in the 80’s

[@SeanSpicerSD]

@@Rachel98246 Check out the curse of the Twilight Zone movie.

[@stephanieg4723]

The reason why all this shit happened is because of the construction of the pool disrupting the burial ground, and seemingly why it only affected there house. I don't think the house has a basement so they never dug deep enough to disturb the ground but he wanted the pool deep, thus disturbing the dead and causing the issues to start.

[@Sakura2024-i4f]

1982

[@LordSandwichII]

I have a theory about the psychic lady: (contains spoilers) She can only detect good spirits, and she cannot directly sense the bad spirits. She can sense when the good spirits are being lead astray, which leads her to believe that she can actually sense bad spirits directly. When she said that the house is clean; to the best of her knowledge, it was! This is because the good spirits realized that the demon lost it's power over them and they were freed, so she could no longer detect anything. I think the demon existed in the house long before the good spirits could be detected, and that building the house over the cemetery is what summoned the demon and trapped the spirits. With the demon summoned, it silently manipulated the family into building the pool, which would eventually unlock the spirits trapped by the house and allow the demon to move to its next phase of the plan. The demon needed to sacrifice Carol-Anne to unleash it's full potential, and the other spirits were probably fed some bullshit about how it's "her time" and what not. With the power of the demon and the spirits combined, she was successfully taken to the other side. Once she had crossed over it may have been too late even if they knew, because the demon was now very powerful. The good spirits could not escape it and they summoned help from the psychic. When Carol-Anne was taken back, and the spirits were released from the house, because the demon lost the power to control them. This caused the psychic lady to believe that the demon was gone too, but it hadn't. The demon was now thoroughly pissed off that its entire plan had been ruined, and attempted to drag anyone still left in the house into hell. It failed because everyone now knew what it was doing, and it had also been severely weakened by the loss of Carol-Anne. The entire house got sucked in to hell, but everybody got out, because the demon simply didn't have the power to stop them!

[@oddballskull1941]

This is the only reply you will see

[@LordSandwichII]

Oddball Skull ok

[@cecilrichardson2494]

Possibly true. However, towards the end of the movie when the portal manifests in the kids' bedroom closet, it's probably a safe bet to think that, unlike the previous time, it probably would not only have pulled Carol Anne into Hell, it probably would have killed her if the tentacle had managed to grab her, or anyone else, for that matter (after dragging them into Hell, of course). In hindsight, why didn't Steven throw Tigue's ass into that thing? He was the one who actually desecrated the burial ground!

[@KageMinowara]

Sir, I applaud your headcannon crafting skills.

[@shanrock34]

Ok

[@bidvision]

All these years, the question "Where was Carole-Ann playing when she disappeared?" has bothered me. Thank you for finally addressing it.

[@toomanyaccounts]

the old woman was just projecting she was playing because that is what little kids do

[@slytheringingerwitch]

It's very tragic that the older daughter Dominque Dunne died in November 1982 after being strangled by her boyfriend and Heather O' Rourke died in February 1988 after a sudden illness. I knew about Heather but not Dominique. That's terrible.

[@RettMikhal]

Even worse. Her murderer got a slap on the wrist because the judge was a raging misogynist that wouldn't allow any testimony from women because he believed they were too emotional for court proceedings. He got so much flak that he resigned and went on... to be a juvenile court judge. Meanwhile Dominque's murderer changed his name to avoid being associated with the whole strangling a woman to death and became gainfully employed as a chef at some of the country's finest restaurants. Those two assholes deserve a poltergeist more for their actions than the whole living on top of graves thing. Sorry for the necropost (heh).

[@bigclitenergy]

Ik this is sad and 2 years old but the amount of detail is kinda funny

[@tayloranderson7547]

It's. Very tragic that the older daughter Dominique Dunne died in November 1982 after being strangled by her boyfriend o Rourke died in February 1988 thats terrible.

[@jonas3333]

It's even more terrible when you look into it further and find out about may have really happened to Heather.

[@bracita15]

Both actresses are buried at Westwood Memorial Park. They’re literally just feet away from each other. Heather O’Rourke is in a tomb on a wall. Dominique Dunne is interred in the ground. That is so peculiar. It’s a pretty small cemetery hidden away behind a building. There’s a lot of celebrities buried there: Rodney Dangerfield, Dean Martin, Hugh Hefner, Kirk Douglas, Natalie Wood, Eve Arden, Florence Henderson, Jack Lemon, Farrah Fawcett, and a little known actress named Marilyn Monroe.

[@thecrazeecow1682]

I've seen the actual house in northern Simi Valley - apparently it got pulled back into our dimension looking unharmed and all.

[@cynthialyman2636]

I lived less than a mile from that subdivision in the 80s.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

That's because the model was sucked into a Shop-vac for the movie :)

[@shannonwittman950]

The ghosts clearly understand the importance of resale value.

[@cascade5682]

But the neon sign says Pet Cemetery.

[@lj1210]

The reason the Freelings are the only ones who are haunted is because of Carol Anne. She was born in the house, and this gives her some sort of special connection with the ghosts.

[@Shadethewolfy]

+Spooky Jane It's because of her clairvoyance. At least that's what Poltergeist 2 implies. I don't care what other people say; I loved the first two movies. In my eyes, the third one was the only one that could be considered "meh".

[@lj1210]

***** I hate the second one, but I actually love the third one. It's a great terrible movie. Also, it's SOOOOOOOOO eighties; the whole movie practically screams, "HEY PEOPLE, IT'S 1985!!!" I'm an 80s baby, so it makes me nostalgic for the days when I was just a wee babe.

[@Shadethewolfy]

Spooky Jane Hehe, yeah honestly, I like the third movie a lot, even though most say it's meh. It's pretty 80s and awesome.

[@hexus9198]

Plus its the focus of the movie. As they're speeding away in their station wagon before the house gets sucked up you can see that its affecting the rest of the neighborhood. which is probably why it looks like a empty ghost town in the next movie.

[@1headaway]

I love it when you review the classics! Maybe Alien next?? That would be amazing to sin!

[@Arcantropolo]

isaac franks I want him to review Pet Cemetery.

[@SHODAN-TriOptimum]

Nobody is reviewing anything here

[@garetmckenna8674]

***** *Sematary.

[@tristandavenport7060]

isaac franks amen

[@garetmckenna8674]

Vincent Medina *Semitray.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

The remake had waaaaaaay more problems than this ever could. I like how original the plotline was and the acting was actually believable for quite a few characters here.

[@Pfias-CB.unvergessen]

i saw the trailer and donttt want to watch this new version ..i would compare it

[@DanielSelk]

The last one I TOTALLY agree with! Some people were like "OMG, I'm so scared of my TV now!" and i was like "Really? Screw the TV, I'M scared of the CLOSET!!!" =P

[@shotgunpete5117]

+Daniel Selk I actually had a porcelain clown marionette doll haning from the ceiling in my bedroom when I was a kid. After seeing this movie it had to get the fuck out ASAP.

[@babyfacenatural5573]

+Shotgun Pete I'm sorry. You were ok with it BEFORE? You needed this movie to be afraid of a porcelain clown doll hanging from your ceiling?!?

[@shotgunpete5117]

DKcupcakes I never really looked at it as if it would strangle me in my sleep. After this movie I did xD

[@CrystalWilliamsBrownArt]

+DKcupcakes My mom had put a clown marionette that was my size on the wall beside my bed. It stared at me as I tried to go to sleep. When I saw this movie I was like "Finally, someone gets that clowns are scary". She had a circus theme for my room, terrible decision. The only thing I liked were the hot air balloons and the gypsy marionette. I sat her on my amour facing the clown, for protection, LOL.

[@meangreen8873]

+Daniel Selk Really? Screw the closet, I'm scared of living in a house built atop tribal burial grounds...

[@LinxFraulein]

Aww, I was hoping that at the end, when they dub other movie lines over random scenes, they might dub Homer's voice over the dad's: "Mr. Ploot, you didn't mention that our house was built...*on an Indian burial ground!!!* NO, YOU DIDN'T! Well that's not my recollection! Yeah, well...alright, goodbye. (hangs up) He said he mentioned it five or six times."

[@LordSandwichII]

+Links Fraulein Damn, they should've done that! :(

[@YostPeter]

That should've been done!

[@_ratt]

It chose to destroy itself rather than live with us. You can’t help but feel a little rejected.

[@TheUnholyHandGrenade]

Everything Wrong With The Lost World: Jurassic Park Everything Wrong With Jurassic Park 3 You know, for the film coming out soon.

[@TMX1138]

***** ***** He only did the first one. He never did the 2nd one. Apparently because he's saving that for June 9th on the same week Jurassic World is released.

[@Mike-ds4ht]

TheUnholyHandGrenade The Lost World might make a video. JP3 would consist of "This movie was made. *Ding*"

[@fredbyoutubing]

TheUnholyHandGrenade How many dings for the T-Rex dying ?

[@TheUnholyHandGrenade]

Frederic Beaudet 10, in my opinion.

[@TheLastRaven6]

TheUnholyHandGrenade Nope -10, Its damn badass to see that fight, T-rexes are over-rated anyways. Raptors x10 better

[@danieldevito6380]

I saw this as a kid and was TERRIFIED my entire childhood. This will forever be, to me, the scariest movie of all time.

[@josephwilles29]

If this happened to another family, the parents might be proud that their little girl is on TV. Some mothers would even call their friends and say, "Oh, you gotta check out channel 9!"

[@ktayy28]

Joseph Willes -- HAHAHAHA! 😂😂😂😂 GREAT ONE!✌️

[@smithclark15]

Ha! Nice one Joe.

[@oompie815]

That's a joke from a Fresh Prince episode.

[@robinsterling169]

That's the joke from Eddy Murphy! Delirious!!!

[@jessicarichard9358]

@@oompie815 what's that's sorry i was born in 2011

[@PaddyCollector]

Those remote controls are not the same kind we use today. They actually worked off of sound, when you pushed a button they actually hit a tuning rod which sent a specific inaudible sound to the tv. Hence the term "clicker". So since they did not work off of infrared like most remotes do now, it is plausible it could work from one house to another.

[@brianstraight9308]

PaddyCollector "Plausible" but unlikely. The remote wouldn't be able to produce a loud enough sound for the neighbors' TV to "hear" it.

[@JohnWMS]

PaddyCollector I think these remotes used radio signals back in the 80s, hence working so far.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

PaddyCollector Ding!

[@mafiacat88]

PaddyCollector Mine could screw with the neighbors TV. But we had the same TV, and it only worked because I could see his TV from one of the windows of the house. It was pretty close. Not something that coule happen by accident, but it could happen. Those were fun times.

[@gallifreyaninquisition4672]

NEEEERRRRD

[@KeyWiteWolf]

To answer your question about anyone dying in a movie from falling down the stairs, "Death Becomes Her" is the only one that sprang to mind. Which I would love to see sinned. Though it is a bizarre movie, so you've been warned.

[@LadyOnikara]

I think the priest in The Exorcist did too.

[@thedeekabides]

The dad in "Catch Me If You Can"

[@Nekucloud]

The face ripping scene traumatized me as a kid. Also I'm glad nothing bad happened to the dog!😱😌

[@GlitchyHalo]

In some movie channels they actually skip this scene or just the gory parts like his skeleton being exposed

[@LiquidSmashBros]

Everything Wrong With Wreck-It-Ralph. That I want to see.

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

Me too, loved that movie

[@mustacheglaceon9625]

Everything wrong with home? No? Well I'll just sit here waiting

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

XxIronPiggyx X Maybe after it's out on DVD

[@kjam2109]

there is nothing wrong with it, thus there cannot be it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

chewelews No movie is without sin

[@Jeff98177]

It's not shown here, but when Carol Anne is watching her mom put the dead bird in a cigar box, Carol Anne is eating a piece of licorice. When she puts it in the box with the bird "for when he's hungry", all of a sudden the licorice is twice as long. Haunted licorice?

[@stellarusername]

I remember watching this movie when I was little and it scared the ever-living shit out of me.

[@Adeleyna]

CPZendayaC According to above comments, that makes you a homosexual. It scared me, too!

[@marlynharo7360]

CPZendayaC Specially when you're 5. lol

[@percyross7612]

Marlyn Weller Does this mean all 5-year-olds are homosexual?

[@missgrimreaper2000]

∞ CPZendayaC ∞ Uhh i remember watching Ghost Ship and Poltergeist whit 5 years :| 2spooky4me

[@coreytoolen5942]

∞ CPZendayaC ∞ I remember watching the original in '82. I couldn't piss for a week.

[@TheAlienwarewolf]

We had a funeral for a bird once. He was a special little guy. His name was Odie. He sang when we got home, he danced to music and he slept upside down like a bat. Bird funerals are real.

[@Farlomous]

Creed Bratton - "we had a funeral for a bird." Jim - "I'm pretty sure none of that's real." Creed - "You're not real."

[@AliceDontCareSnickerSnack]

" Movie thinks national anthem is gonna brainwash me into-WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED!" LOL

[@thealaskan1635]

Hahahahahahah!

[@bordergore7623]

Murica

[@zoozo00]

I will say, when they heard Carol Ann's voice through the TV while the investigators were there, I started crying. I'm not sure why, but that whole scene made me cry, especially when she was calling for help

[@cynthialyman2636]

But l still love the film; and how strange that the two leading actresses playing the sisters both died so young?

[@TheOFamily5rocks]

There is a theory about that. Search up the Poltergiest curse

[@MrMacGee83]

@Kayla Pounds don't forget about the Lee family curse

[@ewaleokadia76]

According to the documentary about, "Poltergeist", the bones used in the movie were real bones of people who died in Indonesia (I believe Indonesia). Apparently, it was cheaper than creating skeletons for the movie. None of the actors knew about the bones and were later ticked off to find that out. Heather actually innocently played with the skeletons. As for Dominique Dunne, well, she had an abusive and jealous boyfriend who killed her.

[@TheHomesteadingHobbit]

The reason for the two cutscenes in the beginning between the kitchen and the neighbor's house is because of Pizza Hut. When Diane says we'll go to Pizza Hut, later on in the scene Steven says he hates Pizza Hut. Because of the whole product placement crap, they pulled it and edited to a really horrible degree

[@asottilare4233]

Rest in peace to the actress who played Carol Anne. So young, so talented

[@VMIFerrari]

How 'bout this: "Carol Anne will only hear her mother's voice". A few minutes later: "Steven, make Carol Anne answer you". WTF?!?

[@jimb.7523]

+VMIFerrari **ding!**

[@cecilrichardson2494]

VMIFerrari Yup. Steven: (Looks up, while speaking sternly), "Carol Anne! You answer your parents, or you'll get a real spanking from the both of us!" (Everyone suddenly hears Carol Anne screaming for help)

[@joefromplanetmars2267]

My dad showed us Alien at that age.... My brother developed night terrors and I became afraid of the dark until I was 13.

[@jameshetfieldserbia]

Joseph Thompson so, then was the time your dad found out he raised a couple of homosexuals?

[@joefromplanetmars2267]

jameshetfieldserbia Dude? What the fuck hahaha?

[@jameshetfieldserbia]

just a joke . it seems odd to be scared by something as trivial as Poltergeist, to the point of night tremors

[@kingswarthy]

jameshetfieldserbia it's nice when people take jokes well.

[@joefromplanetmars2267]

jameshetfieldserbia OH! sorry it's hard to sense tone through text, Also it was Alien! I said my dad showed me Alien

[@miajean1514]

Fun fact (that's probably buried in the comments somewhere else) The weird cut mentioned at 5:06 is because the dad says something about hating pizza hut, and pizza hut wasn't amused so they had to cut around if for the finished movie.

[@felixthecrazy]

[cough] compass not protractor [/cough] lol ;) Also the "totally wicked" from Incredibles is my text message alert and you made me pick up my phone.

[@Rhinee]

I thought the exact same thing

[@cookiecat4581]

felixthecrazy Haha, actually, it's a pair of compasses. It's weird, but it's the same logic as for 'a pair of trousers'.

[@ChocolateAsian9000]

I'm surprised you didn't say "I AM GROOT" with any scene involving the tree...

[@emeraldarwyn5367]

only cinemasins would be able to make a movie without sin.

[@necrodeuschan9379]

+Astrid the Otaku a movie without a sin IS a sin

[@emeraldarwyn5367]

Necrodeus chan damn

[@DefyingZero]

+Astrid the Otaku OOOOHHHH! Wow, his reply got more likes than you're comment!!! OH, BURN! XD (Joking but that was smart though, lol).

[@uuuser653]

"No movie is without a sin." - Cinemasin They even sinned their KZbin Channel. They got Infinite sins. That is by far the most sins of any other movie. :)

[@youropiniondoesntmatter.758]

+Its Jutzi watch everything wrong with 50 shades of gray and you will know what movie is most sinned you have to skip to the end to see how many sins on 50 shades of gray had😉😉it had about 1million smthn idk...😂

[@bubbiesdad]

They didn't find any caskets when digging all those foundations for the houses?

[@francesnorred944]

For Indians??

[@themoreyouknow7418]

Frances Norred well I mean, there was at least one casket in the movie at some point if I remember correctly

[@Sinistercabbage]

The former are burried probs good 2 metres under the ground. Bit deeper than foundations.

[@sorcerykid]

How deep are foundations for two story houses in California?

[@Blue-xt7kc]

Answer: not big. Most homes close to water have super thin foundations, and many homes have smaller foundations because houses have to move with earthquake. It’s entirely plausible that they wouldn’t reach caskets, especially if they didn’t have a basement.

[@selkiefluff]

The scariest thing about this movie is the psychic lady's voice.

[@JackalopeBunny]

The gross and sad fact about this move is they used real human bones, they had a real haunting and the little girl died not soon after. I hate the idea they are doing a remake, its stupid..

[@DarkLordToturials]

***** Nah, you make too much sense to be right

[@LHeyMX]

***** They do exist :)

[@JackalopeBunny]

I did not say ghosts. The curse thing is bullshit, ghosts are bullshit. What's not is demons, they exist and that's what they do.. they trick you into thinking they are ghosts or human spirits and its not..

[@DarkLordToturials]

So, proof?

[@JackalopeBunny]

You can find proof if you look hard enough. Its just what I think..

[@333hz9]

My brother couldn't sleep without lights on for 10 years after he watched this movie lmao

[@Lily_May]

well atleast he has a reason. my brother is 16 and he still needs a night light and won't sleep if the dog isn't on his bed with him

[@sonyakitzmiller1250]

supremeseason my brother made me tie his closet door shut with a leather shoe sting. Cause leathet can't be busted by ghosts. He still sleeps with the door closed

[@therealkevinpowell]

@@sonyakitzmiller1250 So a cow could have stopped all this $#!+?!

[@sonyakitzmiller1250]

No but being the big sister I made him believe it. Lol

[@therealkevinpowell]

@@sonyakitzmiller1250 🤣

[@nocturne2029]

This poltergeist seems like a chill dude. It offers indisputable proof of its presence when needed AND provides kitchen fun for the whole family!

[@ineffablemars]

Lmfao "did he also hallucinate the bottle of 409?"

[@loispalner621]

Hhhaaa I almost chokes I laughed so hard at that part

[@jkmakeupmaster1438]

Lois Palner , *choked

[@loispalner621]

Hhhaaaa right. "Choked"! Damn spellcheck

[@dragonladywilliams3542]

Removing a sin because after he realized it was a hallucination. He was not okay...He ran clean out the house and didn't come back.

[@Kurama363]

It wasn't built on a burial ground, it was on a regular cemetary

[@FreezeNGraham]

It was a normal, modern cemetery built on top of a sealed cave/tomb of a cult of people that traveled west to start a utopian society. Kane (AKA) the demon, was the leader of cult and he convinced them all to seal themselves in by telling them the end of the world was coming. When the world didn't end he wouldn't let them leave. The reason it affected the Freelings house is because the Cult was sealed in a cave directly below the their house. Carol Anne was Clairvoyant and all of the spirits gravitated to her soul because of her gift. The book is available on Ebay and amazon and explains the whole story in much better detail than the movie.

[@Kurama363]

***** There was no native burial ground, it was a cemetary on top of a cult cave.

[@TYERHOUSECHICK]

Don't forget she was also born inside the house giving her a tie to it and the land.

[@hexus9198]

Aaaaaaand, Ding.

[@nathenhutchison6182]

I'm confused. Is a cemetery not a burial ground? Isn't burying dead people what they do in a cemetery?

[@moiseslugardo8501]

"Ah! special effects protractor!" nope. that was a compass. to make circles and sh*t. *ding*

[@kellyalves756]

Moises Lugardo ooo, you got dinged. 😱 Also, regarding #132-- Vera in Dolores Clairborne!

[@rallytonight8491]

Dr. Lesh was right when she said Poltergeists revolve around people while hauntings associate with an area. The Freelings were haunted because the spirits were attracted to Carol Anne, hence why she continues to be haunted in the sequels after they’ve moved away.

[@thekweewee]

2:13 isn't bad science. It's Pokemon science!

[@umbrellabird]

What is that profile picture ;^;

[@unawinstanley2814]

What goldifsh is evolving? (late comment be late)

[@donoldduck4096]

Casey Connor your right 13 ghosts jackal is my favourite

[@UltimateUmbrey]

Carvanha (albeit a piranha, not a goldfish) evolving into sharpedo (a shark). Also late reply be late.

[@jagvetej8934]

Yeah science bitch

[@caracaes]

Some old time remotes were actually actuated by radio signals, not infrared signals like modern ones. So if the neighbors had the same kind of remote, that kind of interference could happen. That's exactly why they stopped making radio remotes.

[@LadyOnikara]

I remember when I could open our neighbor's automatic gate because it had the same kind of gate opener on it as ours and they had kept the default code setting in their remote too.

[@sheddinator]

Everything wrong with Good Burger. Oh wait...

[@sailoritaly]

There. You just said it. Everything's wrong with Good Burger

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Good burger is perfect!

[@squidden]

aR0ttenBANANA96 Good Burger is....good. Burgers HUHURHURHURHURHURHURHUR

[@sheddinator]

Sailor Italy It actually isn't that bad.

[@9999rats]

GigaKyte ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@FindThePattern]

The "stacking chairs" shot is one of the more remarkable shots in movie history because it's a single take, and the chairs were stacked by crew who ran into the set while the table was off-camera and stacked those chairs like that in real time. To me, that's a neat trick even without having to stay off camera.

[@stargirlisme123]

I had this on auto play playing in the background with my head phones on, my name is Dana and when he said "Thanks, Dana." I replied "yeah, no problem". My family looked at me like I was insane.

[@AugustEverywhere]

6:46 "Ah! Special effects protractor." Wrong! It's a compass! And I'll yell, "NEEEEERRRRRDDDD!!!" at myself.

[@jameszippay9512]

Look, I know this is years old, but I have to say that I'm really glad that someone said this.

[@blakekneippfilms]

man, you know that the remake is gonna have the face melting scene with a ton of cgi

[@MrLuigi66100]

Dr. Olympus How else can you melt someone's face off? And no they can't just throw acid on the actors face.

[@nallimokmok]

Why not?

[@blakekneippfilms]

MrLuigi66100 it's called make up you uncultured swine!

[@kenetickups6146]

OH NOEZ NOT CGI1!1!1!1!!

[@interlace84]

If they choose a female role.. some of them only need some make-up remover and.. presto

[@Groot_The_Terrorist]

I always thought that they were the only ones being affected because of the pool they were digging. They actually foreshadow this by showing the bird's grave being dug up while working on the pool.

[@charly28_]

I like that perspective but I think it’s because carol Anne was born in that house so the ghosts have a connection with her

[@MadDirectionerGirl]

Can I sin a sin? Because the girl working in the cafe that you mentioned was in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, not the Deathly Hallows.

[@jasminestar9345]

Uh, no. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were on the run, so they stopped in a cafe. And that WAS in Deathly Hallows, actually

[@MadDirectionerGirl]

Oh I thought he was talking about the hot girl that Harry missed out on because dumbledore cock blocked him in the 6th film

[@jtospeedy]

+Maddy Gowers hahaha omg so true i really wanted to see them go out together

[@OneTyler2Many]

Maddy Gowers you should rewatch it. They stop at a cafe.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

Does anyone remember when remakes were good and wanted? Well, me neither.

[@StyffRB]

The Dark Knight is a part of a reboot it's still good god damnit.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

But the plot is different, so it's more like a new incarnation than a remake of Batman and Robin, Forever and Begins.

[@nijama312]

Igorcastrochucre the thing, the fly, the blob, the lord of the rings, the magnificent seven, the wizard of oz, true grit, the maltese falcon,

[@odeghy]

nijama312 The Thing (2011) is not a remake, it's a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

nijama312 ***** I didn't even know that some of these had remakes/predecessors.

[@PressedRoses]

This is the first ‘scary’ movie I’ve ever seen

[@mr.badassmr.x2881]

3:45 Actually, Carol Anne says, "They're all here!", NOT "They're here!" The line was dubbed over.

[@gxfan039]

If Heather O'Rourke was still alive today, she would have had a promising career as an actress.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

gxfan039 who knows? By her last movie, the poor kid really looked unhealthy. Lots of cute kids don't have great looking adulthoods :)

[@KRGRTV]

That was from medication she was on to combat her misdiagnosed illness.

[@paulrawson82]

She wanted to be a director 😢

[@katemaloney4296]

They filled her up with so much prednisone, it should have been illegal. So sad that they didn't have the ultrasound and MRI capabilities back in the 80's. Maybe she might still be alive today.

[@omarreyes7626]

Kate Maloney, yeah they were, ultrasound made it's fist appeareance post-WWII in 1942 and by the 60's it was a fairly common dignostic tool, MRI was still in it's infancy but it was present since 1977, just not as available as ultrasound.

[@tetsuv]

it wasn't a tribal burial ground, the graveyard they were looking at was originally where the house is. The point is that when they moved it all they did was move the headstones and left all the graves in place.

[@raedai8819]

Polterguist was the scariest movie I ever watched. It was a horror movie that for the first time made me look away and I give it full respect. No other movie has made me turn my head and refuse to watch it.

[@MrMacGee83]

I still love this movie and it still creepifies even after nearly forty years.

[@cascade5682]

There's something about rotting corpses at 12:15 in the morning.

[@silentforest7147]

I'm still amazed my parents let me watch the VHS copy over and over again as a young kid in the 80s. Great movie.

[@lrowerowe7207]

Right I am scared of clowns do to this movie I was 6 years old in 1982 .

[@tayloranderson7547]

She could sense the bed spirit.

[@Alex_Gordon]

you are old.

[@c.j.b.2878]

The poltergeist activity just occurred at the Freeling house because Carol Anne was born in the house, so the preacher was able to focuse on her energy, and connected to her soul, which he kind of sucked the energy out of. He used Carol Anne as a great big battery. It didn't help that Carol Anne (and Diane) are psychic, so that was probably a massive plus that helped fuel the preacher's power, once he was able to tap into it.

[@awesomeinspector5270]

The reason the ghosts target the Freeling house in particular is because the father, Steven, is the realtor for the neighborhood and is thereby partially responsible for there being people living there and therefore desecrating their graves.

[@miroslavtomic2681]

It had nothing to do with Steven or his company at all. Carol Ann was the key as she was born in the house and her spirit was part of it.

[@GaryCantrell]

They didn’t explain this until the 2nd movie which far less people saw but one of the reasons it was that house specifically was because in between the first and second movie they dug a while under the swimming pool and found this big cavern where reverend Kane locked tons of people down below. The book for the 2nd film was even better because they explained all this as well as the neighbors pretty much abandoning the neighborhood

[@soyburglar77]

Not only would this house have been swarming with cops and DFACS workers immediately after Carol Anne’s disappearance, but the parents would’ve been under intense scrutiny and suspicion. They may have even been arrested before any of the ghost hunter stuff even had a chance to happen.

[@RamtroStudios]

Why the hell is Pizza Hut a sin? PIZZA HUT IS LOVE, PIZZA HUT IS LIFE.

[@schmoob708]

Amen! 😍

[@PinkManGuy]

RamtroStudios Too expensive, too greasy. Still the best pizza delivery.

[@joshfitton7835]

RamtroStudios its product placement

[@PDog69]

RamtroStudios buttsex

[@Ryuhza]

RamtroStudios PIZZA THE HUTT!?!?

[@stevenholt5692]

Apparently they used real skeletons in the pool at the end as it was cheaper this way than to use fake skeletons.

[@Pnut571]

I like your videos

[@lucidbrooo]

+Danny Gill he has no videos

[@Pnut571]

+Gabriel Miguel I wasn't talking to Steven Holt.

[@Pnut571]

+Gabriel Miguel CinemaSins

[@lucidbrooo]

ok thanks for the info

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

that clown. Seriously, that fucking clown. Scariest fucking thing in this movie.

[@jimp1151]

The legend of zelda. HA! The actresses name was zelda rubenstein

[@kriss3907]

Good catch...

[@vickielawson3114]

Give yourself multiple sins for repeatedly saying it’s an ancient tribal burial ground when James Karen said it WASN’T at 10:16!

[@AlexerXodiaczoderia]

I must ask that you do the 1970's movie "1776." I know its not a well known history movie, but I'd love to see a sins video on it because MUSICAL. That's right. John and Ben and the Founding fathers are singing. XD you have to do a video on it. Please.

[@AlexerXodiaczoderia]

_Saaaaaaaaltpeter, Johhhhhhhn..._

[@AlexerXodiaczoderia]

Lol, same.

[@AlexerXodiaczoderia]

Some, yes. Lol

[@AlexerXodiaczoderia]

DARK SOULS 3: WTF ARE HITBOXES EDITION

[@AlexerXodiaczoderia]

XD

[@joeyroll]

For the first sin, this point in time in the US played the national anthem because TV stopped at midnight.

[@joeyroll]

Joseph Santiago Or sometime.

[@fuckyougoogleplus8667]

+Joseph Santiago tell that to David Letterman.

[@samtownend6744]

+FuckYouGooglePlus Why do they play the anthem at midnight?

[@joeyroll]

+Rhodri Mawr TV broadcasts stopped at midnight and this is america. land of the free

[@samtownend6744]

Joseph Santiago So it's like "Thank you and goodni- OH SAY CAN YOU SEE"? I knew you guys were patriotic but damn

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

My brother and I grew up playing with an Alien toy. It was cool because you could move the arms and legs and when you bowed the head, a bunch of spikes would lift up along the center. Never knew that it was a xenomorph until I was about 20 and actually saw Aliens

[@ZoeThePirate]

If you think the Alien poster in the kids' room was an example of bad parenting, consider this: my mom took me to see Poltergeist in the theater when it first came out. I was 5 years old. Been a horror movie fan ever since. ;) Also, the Mickey Mouse Giant Funbook at 1:50 really was a lot of fun at that age. It was so big that I never finished it. Or maybe those were early signs of my ADHD. Ah, fuck it. It was fun.

[@AngeliaChanel]

Same!! I think I was 7 though lol. It scared the crap outta me but I've loved horror movies all my life too :) I think i'm going to go watch it now lol.

[@SotaliaTucuxi]

I was 9 when I saw it, and had a dollhouse in my room. I swore for months after watching the movie that the windows in that dollhouse lit up.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

SotaliaTucuxi I have one with real lights, functional TV set and working doorbell. When there's static in winter, the doorbell goes off for nothing :)

[@mirtom82]

10:50 Er, excuse me? Only happening in one room? I presume you meant kids' bedroom. Did you forget chairs in kitchen? TV set in living room? Tree in the yard? Bathroom? Swimming pool? Parents' bedroom? Hardly just one room.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

I was a white kid in a 1982 neighborhood that looked like the ones in ET and Poltergeist. Had a lot of Star Wars toys like both lads in each movie and I had the same sheets that Elliott had (shown in the scene where he tricks his mom into thinking he's sick). To me, this and Poltergeist IS what 80s neighborhoods look like. It's very timewarpy to watch this shit now.

[@r1w3d]

I'm 31 and can explain the remote situation. Old remotes worked on RF like an RC car and not IR/infrared like current remotes. There was absolutely a problem with remotes controlling other TV of the same brand. I'm too young to know from personal experience but I'm an RF engineer so I know all about RF bs

[@mirtom82]

The reason why the scene with chair sliding in kitchen so suddenly jumps to a scene at Tuthil's door is that producers had to cut out rest of the scene in which Steven says that he hates Pizza Hut.

[@mirtom82]

You can find original script online and the Pizza Hut line really did exist in it.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I could see him just saying that because he'd get sick of fast food with 3 kids and B, just to say anything other than comment about reality he just saw. Nothing to do w the pizza at all.

[@xMRxZEROx]

*"Meanwhile, this Alien poster has been mostly unfazed during this whole process, because it's seen scarier shit..."* *"Ghosts have a sense of humor, but they also steal kids..."* 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@karenhall4645]

I just finished watching Poltergeist for the first time and have one question. If the little boy is so terrified of the clown doll why did they buy it and why have they kept it?

[@Alphasnowbordergirl]

And better question, why did they sit it in a chair facing his bed when he was terrified of it. As for why they bought it, I think it was Carol Ann's as she was seen sleeping with it at some point.

[@orio9451]

Not sure anyone will see this, but I'm so upset that he missed this one: right after Diane falls down the stairs, she gets up and runs to the door. The door explodes and sends her flying backwards behind the staircase. When it cuts to her landing on the other side you can clearly see a crew member running out of the shot on the right side of the screen