Poltergeist (1982) Movie REACTION!

[@Jedi_Jeff]

No CGI, all hand animation and practical effects, including the clouds. This is my all time favorite "ghost movie"

[@DeanStrickson]

Wrong. Spielberg used real ghosts!

[@swrennie]

Yeah, Spielberg got a lot of mileage out of that ink in an aquarium effect!

[@filipohman7277]

Real Corps in The Pool!!! True Fact!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@j9lorna]

Ink and milk for clouds. Learned the trick when I was a kid

[@Cheepchipsable]

He generated a real singularity to consume the house!

[@haitolawrence5986]

I remember standing out in the lobby back in 1982. The screams and shrieks from the audience were very real. And then it was YOUR turn. We all went back around for another ride! Good times.

[@positivelynegative9149]

😄 I love your spooky setup. "GET RID OF THAT CLOWN!!!" - every person to ever watch this film 🤣

[@josephamoraz7990]

Her set up kicks ass. Other reaction channels need to take notes on how to watch horror films. This is how you do it

[@mikethemotormouth]

@@josephamoraz7990 Ash Burton is the only other reactor I've seen who does it right. For "Hallo-Beans", her take on spooky season, she watches movies in the dark with a night vision facecam

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

The tree could stand chopping down too

[@blastradius9136]

The sound design for this movie is still top notch especially the tree monster scene. It sounded like a dying elephant. Really creepy stuff.

[@joshuah9109]

This was nominated for the "BEST SOUND EDITING" Oscar, but lost to "E.T."

[@DanJackson1977]

Back in the 80s in the US, the national anthem on TV at night meant they were signing off for the broadcast day... then it would switch to static for the overnight hours til about 5 or 6 am.. by the 90s they would sell that airtime to infomercials.

[@davidfrost901]

The silent looks on your face throughout the movie spoke more than words. Absolutely priceless. Loving your spooktober reactions👍👌

[@Cheepchipsable]

For those who never watched an old CRT TV in action... Part of the TV thing is that with the old CRT TVs, when the station closed for the night, some chanels played the national anthem then stopped broadcasting leaving you with static on the screen. If you watched the screen long enough, often you would see patterns in the static and it could be quite mesmerising. Either a mind thing or maybe even a ghost signal from some other transmission. That's kind of the staring idea of the film - what if the TV was a gateway to an ethereal dimension. Also in the beginning of the film - Some TVs had ultrasonic remote controls which weren't line of sight to the TV, so you could be in another room and change channels. Most now are infra red and require line of sight to the TV/device.

[@asterix7842]

Classic Spielberg (written by). I remember growing up in the 70s, falling asleep watching tv and waking up to static. The networks would all sign off at 1 or 2 am and be off the air for the next 5 or 6 hours. The skeletons in the pool at the end were real. There was a company that sold real skeletons to hospitals and universities. Fake skeletons were more expensive and harder to find. The actress wasn't told this until after the filming was done.

[@hitmixhyepock9405]

The bird dying is a literal take on "a canary in a coalmine". The bird dying was a warning to the family that the house was poisonous aka haunted....

[@veot.2869]

Saw this movie in the theatres when I was around 9. Certainly had dreams around this one. Very good reaction. I enjoyed it.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

I loved watching you, eyes utterly fixed on the screen, mouth semi dropped. You were speechless

[@joevaldez6457]

Your Film Fridays keep getting better and better, Madison. Keep these coming. I saw _Poltergeist_ in theaters at the right age (9) before the PG-13 rating made it technically not allowed for me to without a parent. My suburban bedroom looked a lot like Robby's with all the _Star Wars_ paraphernalia, so that made the story far more familiar and scary. The most remarkable thing watching _Poltergeist_ today is how men used to leave for work at 7AM and had zero contact with their wife or kids until they pulled into the driveway at 6 PM. No email, no text, no FaceTime. Stephen was a realtor, so he wouldn't have even been available by phone. If you were a housewife and discovered your kitchen was haunted, you were on your own to deal with it until sunset.

[@frostyrobot7689]

You can't tell me that this isn't actually a dark comedy/horror. As much as a lot of it is genuinely chilling (16:55), the scene with the levitating bed and the cut to the shaking tea cup had me in stitches when I first watched it. ps - (17:05) - that guy remind anyone of the Mayor of Amity Island ? Spielberg's influence on the script perhaps...

[@emwa3600]

"Dear JoBeth Williams, if you EVER rescue your family from the house one time, DO NOT GO BACK AGAIN. EVER." Yes, this is one of the great scream and jump producing films I've ever seen.

[@blastradius9136]

Alien poster here at 4:10. Placed as an easter egg probably because Jerry Goldsmith also did the score for it

[@RedLP5000S]

Poltergeist is the absolute greatest horror film ever produced. It traumatized me as a child and to this day, I get chills at just the thought of the film. I am so thrilled that you have now experienced Poltergeist. Now it's time for you to encounter Poltergeist 2: The Other Side.

[@scotthawkes1145]

Really enjoyed the reaction! I love all of the Poltergeist movies. As I'm sure others have said, the skeletons were real skeletons. It was cheaper at the time than getting fake ones. I recommend both of the sequels, especially part 2. The antagonist in part 2 will give you nightmares.

[@MrJeepman76]

I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out....I was 6 years old. A true classic!

[@wernergatterer2953]

Oh yes i can't wait for this reaction! I've seen this movie when i was about 11 - 12 years old and this movie really scared me! This movie and Alien scared me most when i was a child. I wish you a great weekend!

[@mikefoster6018]

Definitely no CGI in this film. I'm 47 and when I was a kid (when VHS players were just coming in) there were SO many excellent films that Spielberg had a hand in, including this one. Plus George Lucas and the original Star Wars films. They were incredible times and, even at a very young age, we'd watch Poltergeist, Jaws and other films over and over again. Plus light, bonkers horror movies like House! Interest fact is Poltergeist's main director is Tobe Hooper, who did the truly nerve-jangling classic horrort in the 1970s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so it's incredible seeing him add such a nice family vibe in Poltergeist. The music in this film must be among the best ever too.

[@beannathrach2417]

In the Before Times, when we communicated on the interwires with Morse Code, television stations shut down at night, at maybe 1230 or 0130. As they shut down they might do a PSA or two and do a flag ceremony video with the national anthem. Then static until they restarted around 0500 to 0600. Part of the static was the background radiation of universe.

[@darryndifrancesco8346]

I’m late to this but oh my, your reactions were absolutely perfect. It is exactly what we did when this movie came out. Totally terrified. You mentioned the last 10 minutes. Yep. I was a 18 year old male seeing the movie with my friend, same age. During the end sequence she grabbed hold of my arm and dug her nails in, and kept it there until after the credits. I was so scared I didn’t even feel it until the dad pushed the tv out of the hotel room. It’s still remains one of my favorite movie viewing anecdotes. She and I will still talk about this movie 40 plus years later. Madison, your reactions just keep getting better and better. I really enjoy watching them. Thanks!

[@tomyoung9049]

So much fun watching people use to today's style of simple movie with constant jump scares try to deal with the horror classics of the past.

[@staciepoole8161]

This movie left my generation scared to death of our TV’s and closets! I think this movie started the whole “scary clown” thing!

[@hjr_official]

Your facial expression on the final sequence is just priceless. Priceless! 😂 Really enjoy your videos, you're extremely intelligent in your assessments and very honest. Highly appreciated traits in a person. Cheers from Portugal!

[@Flastew]

You would have loved this on the big screen. The screams and crying were wild in the theater. Great reactions Madison.

[@jedionboard1233]

I saw this when i was 12 !!!!!,,,,, scared the ,,, outta me. If there was ever a film that visualised how poltergeist are suppose to look,, this film was it. The effects are just amazing. Dont bother with the sequels or the remake,, this one is pure classic. Read the book if you can,, ever more scarier,,, ( spiders !!!).It knows what scares you,,, it certainly did, and still does.

[@harveybojangle475]

No CGI in this movie. The ghost that looked like a woman coming down the stairs was meant to inspire more awe than fear. And, though 1982 was before PG-13 ratings, I still can't believe this was only given a PG when it came out.

[@michaelstallings5824]

strange as it sounds even in 1982 one of the 3 major networks would sin off,going off air after midnight,and when they did they would play the star spangled banner..as in the opening of the movie

[@dan_hitchman007]

I LOVE the practical, in-camera cloud effects they used to use in some older movies. It's done with paint or similar material injected as a suspension between two different liquid layers in a big tank. It looks so awesome. So much better than CG!

[@Cau_No]

The clouds were most probably a matte painting - i.e. someone drew that on a glass pane. But often it wasn't done in camera, but added to the picture later via 'optical printer'. The process, called Compositing, is now completely digital and uses computer generated imagery (that's what CGI means). Industrial Light and Magic, or ILM, was the company that did a lot of the special effects for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Lucas founded it with the production of the first Star Wars movie, and they were involved with making E.T., Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, The Goonies, … They collected VFX awards left and right up to Jurassic Park, when everything started becoming digital.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@Cau_No I'm talking about the moving clouds. Those were most definitely done in a tank. And yes, they would have been optically composited into the shot using an optical printer.

[@Cau_No]

@@dan_hitchman007 Yes, I think that technique was also used for space nebulas like in Star Trek movies. But my favorite here was putting the model of the house on top of a vaccum cleaner and filming it in slow motion.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@Cau_No The house being crumpled up and sucked into a vortex is amazingly well done and holds up to this day.

[@joshfacio9379]

Yup they were done in a tank, i remember ilm employees referred to them as ILM Clouds. And i also love n miss them, vastly preferred to cgi. In raiders and close encounters theymwere awesome

[@ThemeOfSecrets]

Madison said, "The scariest is the unknown." Yup H.:P. Lovecraft, who many writers regard as the father of modern Horror said "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

A great reaction, Madison. Another film alone these lines is, 'The Entity' which is well worth reacting to.

[@kenpullig1652]

One of the best production stories goes with this movie. The long, uninterrupted shot in the kitchen with the "stacking chairs" was done in a single take. When the camera pans right a group of crew members run in and stack the chairs before the camera returns to the table. It took many takes, mostly because of the laughter from the cast and crew. Though not seen, there is at least one person behind the counter who just dove down before the camera came around. Now that is filmmaking.

[@joshfacio9379]

Very cool shot, tho the chairs werent stacked quickly, they were already stacked and glued to be one piece so all they had to do was take that prebuilt stair clump and quickly put it on the table while jobeth williams bent down to get into the cabinet. Sometimes the most effective fx are the easiest ones lol

[@goldean5974]

The Disney+ series Light and Magic shows how they made the house get sucked into oblivion and some of the other amazing effects they did. This was such a groundbreaking horror movie and I’m glad you finally got to experience it.

[@3DJapan]

There pretty much was no CG when this was made. Everything was either practical effects or stuff like the ghosts were hand drawn animation.

[@USCFlash]

Love this movie. My fave horror movie of all time. I Was 10 when it was released so of course we got to see it at camp in summer of 82 on a movie theater visit. The groups ahead of us were allowed to see it since they were a "mature" 12 & 11....so we in the younger groups demanded to be allowed to watch... Lol "sure they're 10, let em see it", said the camp director...."What about the 9 year olds?"said the head counselor. "Sure they're 9" said the camp director. OF course for the rest of the summer counselors played tricks on us in the middle of the night. Hiding tape recorders under the bunks & playing slowed down tapes of weird noises & whispering, scratching on the window screens, & tapping on floorboards from underneath. Good times 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@markoconnor7699]

Great reaction. Furnaces and bonfires make for excellent clown disposal. Some interesting trivia, both of the actors that played the daughters, died within a few years after making this movie. Also, Grant and Lincoln Parks in Chicago, were originally civil war cemeteries. They still dig up remains occasionally.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

This movie ranked at #80 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo, cool reaction as always Madison, take care and you have a great weekend sweetie 🥰

[@haitolawrence5986]

Should be top ten at least. 😏

[@positivelynegative9149]

😄 It used to be that TV wasn't 24/7. When a station closed each night, they'd play the national anthem (typically along with some patriotic video).

[@canadianicedragon2412]

When she said "the house is clean" and you kind of relaxed... I was wondering if I was confused about the pool scene being from another movie... then it happened. 😈 The range of expression... and or total lack of expression on your face... priceless.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Never using THAT psychic again!

[@IWDTC]

Both Poltergeist and ET the Extraterrestrial hit theaters within a week of each other. Spielberg's take on this was ET represented the friend he wished he had when his parents divorced as a young boy. Poltergeist on the other hand represented the fear and uncertainty of knocks on the wall and what's under your bed at night or in the closet, both films being the two sides of his imagination at a young age. Both of these being masterpieces on their own. Frankly I think the only purpose Poltergeist served me as a 13-year-old, was to scare the living crap out of me for the next 40 years, after all, it KNOWS what scares you....😯...haha, great reaction Madison..

[@ollietsb1704]

I loved seeing both of them, almost consecutive. POLTERGEIST had a great word-of-mouth that created good crowds and I avoided it for a couple of weeks, then ET's crowds pushed me back a week. So I saw ET on a Friday and POLTERG on Saturday, and I think I saw ET one more time a month later, we kept going back to see POLTERG for a few months with different groups of friends.

[@shallowgal462]

It has from the very beginning. . .

[@joshuah9109]

I was 12 in 1982 and what a year in film!! I saw "E.T." and "POLTERGEIST" twice in theaters!

[@shallowgal462]

@@joshuah9109 I saw them both many times, as well as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, An Officer and a Gentleman, Rocky III, Blade Runner, and The World According To Garp. I also saw several other films only once, like The Verdict. 1982 was an AMAZING year for movies!!!

[@joshuah9109]

@@shallowgal462 ..don't give it any help, it knows too much already...

[@gen77c]

Even reactions to this movie leaves me in tears... this is definetly my favorite horror movie ever, and I've seen thousands...

[@robtierney5653]

A plot hole that always got me in this film. There are bodies buried beneath the homes. But when you dig a pool, the bodies are buried really, really deep?

[@Cheepchipsable]

Maybe there was some topsoil added to level the properties before sale?

[@arctan2010]

The music with the kids singing is hauntingly calming but eerie. 👻🎃

[@jebcalp5703]

Tobe Hooper also directed Salem's Lot.

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

In those far off days tv stations used to sign off around Midnight-2 AM with the National Anthem and a reading from the psalms gy Raymond Burr

[@marvinsarracino116]

I thought you would Luv this movie! Secretariat was an amazing horse! Triple Crown Winner🏆! The distance between him and the next horse was mind-blowing! That last race winning scene really hits me in the feels! Amazing just Amazing! Surprisingly great cast but I always like John Malkovic and Diane Lane! Thanks for sharing Madison ❤️💛🤠

[@Philip-1]

24:11 I've never heard an entire cinema audience scream so loud in unison. By the way, the house collapsing was not CGI. They actually spent a few $100k to build a ~4 foot replica which they pulled through a large funnel.

[@AJimiDigginKat]

You get an immediate "Like" for the candles and darkness 🙌🏿👻

[@WastedPo]

You can really see how much inspiration "Stranger Things" drew from just this one movie alone. I feel like Will being sucked into the "Upside Down" and only being able to communicate with his mother through the Christmas Lights was similar to the TV static in this movie. Plus, having the portals inside the house, and the characters throwing ropes into them so they could get in and out - that's obviously also pretty familiar to Stranger Things fans.

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

The Duffer Brothers that created Stranger Things have said that the series is a homage to 80's cinema and Stephen King. Which there are even 80s Stephen King films that many characters in Stranger Things is based on. Firestarter, which is a Stephen King short story and was made into a film, is where they get the idea for Eleven, while Stand by Me is the basis of the group dynamic of the kids. I'm sure you probably know much of that already though, it's pretty apparent just from watching the series where the ideas for much of it comes from.

[@allanrose3661]

Great reaction to this movie. Glad you were brave enough to watch it. 2 great spooky movies I recommend are The Legend Of Hell House (1973) and The Sentinel (1977).

[@wayjamus2775]

Wow do I feel old. Back before cable tv and reruns, the broadcast day ended about midnight and the national anthem played. That's the opening sequence of this film and why it was playing. All that played was noise and that's what the girl was watching and reacting to - kind of like the kid who sees dead people - only she sees spirits in the white noise of the tv.

[@MrGpschmidt]

One of the best haunted house/ghost story films. Ever. Tobe Hooper delivers all the goods - devilish and darkly funny with some truly scary WTF moments (fun facts: the skeletons in the pool were ACTUAL real skeletons - back in the day it was cheaper to buy them then make fake ones! ; the imploding house at the film's climax was all practical (!!) and those are producer Steven Spielberg's hands ripping 'Marty's face apart (he wasn't happy w/the actor's attempt and was on set that day when they were filming and stepped in to do it right). I remember seeing this in the theatre when it first came out and my family and I loved it. Top notch acting by all truly grounds the supernatural in reality. I also recommend THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE & THE CHANGELING. You gave a great watch Mads :D

[@asdfasdf7199]

incredible movie still to this day.

[@charleswilliams6236]

Poltergeist is a very great movie

[@desbarry8414]

This movie has a superb Jerry Goldsmith score.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

If you have children, this is a very scary film. As a Mr. Mom with 3 boys this film just scared the heck out of me. Great reaction / review, as always. Be safe.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Madison, you survived! 😀 Well done! This movie came out the same summer as E.T. That was a good summer in the theaters. Crazy fun!

[@joshuah9109]

26:57 (screen goes blank for a couple seconds) THE POLTERGEISTS GOT MADISON! OH MY SWEET SUMMER CHILD! NOOOOOOOO!!!!🫣💀🪦

[@seanbumstead1250]

RIP Heather O'Rourke,the little girl in this movie,she passed away at the age of 12 😭😭

[@Wreath83]

Thanks. Nice reaction.

[@Rejeckted]

Always fun watching people experience this one!

[@Lue_Jonin]

I'm here and ready for your awesome spooky season reactions 😆 👍 Bring on the clown doll. ❤ 😱 🎥

[@GrouchyOldBear7]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

[@ollietsb1704]

(I love the lighting effects used on your set.) No explains how the F'N Freaky Clown makes it back from 'inside the house' back to the end of the film's sequence, either. FREAKY CLOWN indeed. I will always be suspicious of JoBeth... how in the WORLD could any human strip down and climb into the tub in the house with ALL OF THAT just happening?!!

[@stevem.1853]

Fans of this movie should check out The Changeling from 1980. It's kind of halfway between The Shining and Poltergeist...

[@UriahChristensen]

When I had seen this, I was around 10 or 11. It was my birthday sleepover, and we watched this movie. I was already into horror. I had seen A Noghtmare on Elm Street by this time, and my favorite movie was An American Werewolf in London. This was the only movie that gave me noghtmares. Ever!

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Visual Effects Best Sound Editing Best Original Score, but lost to ET. Spielberg wanted to direct the film, but this would violate his contract with the Directors Guild, so he recieved a producer and writing credit instead. The skeletons used in the movie were real, as some of the cast and crew got into unexplained accidents after filming was over, beginning the Poltergeist Curse.

[@MathewLerandeau]

They didn't have CGI in Poltergeist. They made the movie in 1982 before CGI. They changed the story when they did the sequels. I love Poltergeist.

[@thaitim007]

poltergeist 2 is a must watch for you. the creepiest villain of all time.

[@PlasticMacele]

I gotta tell ya, I was about 10 years old when I watched this movie for the first time, and that monster at the top of the stairs gave me nightmares well into adulthood. Great reaction, and I hope the closet doesn't swallow you during the night. 😏

[@ratoninternet]

Perfect reaction. :) Saw it in 82 in theater. First movie where audience clapped after movie. Spielberg. Beginning of movie had a Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind of neighborhood. Cheers!

[@joshuah9109]

1982, WHAT A YEAR IN FILM! I was 12yrs old. I saw "POLTERGEIST" and "E.T." in theaters, twice!!!

[@rachelmckitterick]

I first saw this when I was 12. It's been my favourite ever since. The skeletons were actually real because then it was cheaper to use real ones than plastic. Plus so many real life deaths involved with this movie and the sequels. The oldest daughter was murdered and the little girl died just after or near the end of filming the 3rd sequel.

[@Nefarioso]

Back in those "Olden Days, TV stations would actually sign off fo r the night, then return to the air in the morning. They would usually sign off with the Star Spangled Banner, before fading to snow.

[@heathen3550]

When you said, Star Wars. Your Northern/New England accent came out. lol

[@Codametal]

I love the background!

[@miker252]

My mom always said, "Don't sit too close to the TV."

[@SoloArt8250]

I’ve said this on another reaction video… that scene with the pushing of the chandelier I’ve witnessed over my parents dining room table(2010); it proceeded to rotate 360* while one bulb was flickering. A psychic medium showed me how to sage and it hasn’t happened again. Trust that i unscrewed that one light bulb just in case…💯😆 let’s go 🙌🏼

[@3DJapan]

I first saw this when I was like Carol Anne's age. I had nightmares about the tree.

[@dnish6673]

Your facial reactions are second to none.

[@planetwatch0000]

Try Rosemary's Baby (directed brilliantly by Roman Polanski). A slow burn classic psychological occult chiller written by Ira Levin.

[@robertgaydos1354]

One of the Greatest ghost films Ever!

[@matthewcostello3530]

the oldest daughter was the brother of the guy in American Werewolf London who was killed by the wolf and she was murdered, the youngest daughter died In early 1987, O'Rourke became ill with giardiasis, which she contracted from well water at her family's home in Big Bear Lake.[25] She was subsequently diagnosed as having Crohn's disease. She was prescribed cortisone injections to treat the disease during the time she was filming Poltergeist III.[26] The steroidal injections resulted in facial swelling of the cheeks, which O'Rourke's mother said she was very self-conscious about.[5] On January 31, 1988, O'Rourke began exhibiting flu-like symptoms. The following morning, she collapsed in her home, and was rushed to Community Hospital in El Cajon.[27] En route, she suffered cardiac arrest, but paramedics were able to restart her heart at 9:25 a.m.[27] She was subsequently flown to the Children's Hospital of San Diego,[27] where it was discovered she had intestinal stenosis and went into emergency surgery. She survived the surgery, but suffered another cardiac arrest while in the recovery room. Doctors performed CPR for over 30 minutes, but O'Rourke was pronounced dead at 2:43 that afternoon.[25][27] O'Rourke's cause of death was ruled congenital stenosis of the intestine[28] complicated by septic shock.

[@paulcurran4786]

Saw this when i was about 5, scarred for about another 5 lol....didn't watch the sequels until my teens.

[@Tusc9969]

Loved your reaction!!!! Hope you consider reacting to Poltergeist 2...their story isn't over!!

[@haitolawrence5986]

Sure. But lower your expectations Madison. 😉

[@notjustforhackers4252]

I just missed the premiere this week, boo. As a general rule with the exception of some notables "The Last Starfighter", "Young Sherlock Holmes" and "The Abyss" you can pretty much take it as red that no movie made before 1990 contained CGI effects as you would class them today. Frame by frame hand animation was the go to here. Poltergeist was considered a 'family movie' back in the day, kids where made of stronger stuff back then. During the filming of Jaws Spielberg asked a child psychologist "what if it gives children nightmares?" to which the reply was "what makes you think nightmares are bad for children?". Well he really ran with that here, it may give Tobe Hooper directorial credit but this is a Spielberg movie through and through. It's chock full of ideas, enough for ten, maybe twenty modern films a rightful classic that echo's all through modern horror cinema. I'm right with you Madison, Clowns creep me out, Tim Curry is a talented swine ( probably best you don't look that reference up 😆). Poltergeist ( the movie series ) was/is a rare cultural phenomenon being considered "cursed" movies. There's a lot of very tragic and sad stories involving cast members. Great reaction as usual, don't forget your blanket next time 😉

[@tonycardone990]

One of the coolest facts about the movie is that the swimming pool skeletons were actually real. It was cheaper than having prop ones made.

[@geoo9954]

Those were real corpses in the pool scene. It was cheaper for them to buy body’s from the medical school over making them out of rubber or foam.

[@Cheepchipsable]

No, they used real skeletons as the base for prosthetics, there was no human meat on them bones - apart from the health hazard, it wouldn't take long for them to stink.

[@neldablanco1663]

Alfred Hitchcock "The Birds", definitely have react to THAT movie, with your reference to a bird dying. Oldie but goodie! Great Reaction! New subscriber!

[@simple1me302]

this is my fav scary movie of all time,,i got to see it 1st in the movie theatre,,, pet semetary also, and stoned watching pet semetary about 4 times in the theatre,, poltergiest part 2 is even better ,,, to me,, or just goes along with part 1 sooooo well,,

[@joshuah9109]

I kind of appreciate the mom's "excited" reaction (if a little questionable). Instead of the husband coming home to a hysterical wife who he has to coddle (oh honey, I'm here. Is it your "time of the month?") The husband is the one frightened (but not to a ridiculous extent, he fears for himself and his family and he races to save his son, fearlessly). Even the scene when the ghost comes down the stairs. While protective of her son, she looks in awe and is fascinated by what's on the tape when it's played back. Impressive for a 40yr. old movie (IMO).😈😈

[@angelavalentino5146]

FYI- PG-13. The second movie starts off with one of things adults fear the most….dealing with the insurance company!

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

This movie goes from about a 2, with the chairs moving and tv people stuff, and then instantly ramps it up to a 60 with a tree trying to eat a kid and a spirit realm gateway opening up in the closet taking another child. You're totally caught off guard too, with the way the film has a slow build up early on. It's pretty sad though that future generations will likely never grow up with the creativity, ingenuity, and expertise shown by those that did cinema in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s.

[@IWDTC]

"Not the tie fighter...." 🤣

[@miker252]

While they didn't have CGI in 1982, the film was nominated for Academy Awards for visual and sound effects.

[@joepalomo6984]

Awesome reaction loved it you were great 👍🌹😎

[@robertjewell9727]

Wonderful reaction. I love the firelit atmosphere with the blankey too. Oh! Spielberg expanded and was influenced by a Twilight Zone episode called LITTLE GIRL LOST. Check it out if you can. It's well done.

[@nevcutlass2257]

Thanks for another great reaction Madison. See you next friday 😀

[@blastradius9136]

Great movie but also sad too because Heather O Rouke passed away at such a young age. RIP

[@tommoore8726]

The film is Spielberg's commentary on the power of television. The horror story is a vehicle and part allegory for the purpose to tell the story.