Poltergeist

Poltergeist1982

Stars: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne
Genre: Horror
Rating: PG
Runtime: 114 minutes

Creaking floors and bizarre apparitions turn up in old buildings. People in an old New England inn hear a young girl dancing upstairs, while patrons at a country & western bar in Kentucky are assaulted by characters who seem to emerge from a dark an… more »



Diane:
How long have you been investigating haunted houses?

Dr. Lesh:
Mrs. Freeling, the determination as to whether your home is haunted is not very easy. [A heavy teapot slides across the table by itself in front of her] I -- what I meant to say was, it might very well be a poltergeist intrusion instead of a classic haunting.

[Light flashes twice]

Diane:
There's going to be two more in a couple of seconds. They always come in pairs.

Dr. Lesh:
Dr. Casey.

[Casey fails to photograph the light flashes]

Diane:
You got to be quicker than that around here.

Steve:
There's a difference?

Ryan:
It's electrical. You can smell the charge.

Dr. Lesh:
Poltergeist are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area, a house usually.

Marty:
Poltergeist disturbances are of fairly short duration, perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for -- years.

Diane:
Are you telling me that all of this could just suddenly end at any time?

Dr. Lesh:
Yes, it could, unless it's a haunting. But hauntings don't usually revolve around living people.

Diane:
Then we don't have much time, Dr. Lesh, because my daughter is alive somewhere inside this house.

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