Poltergeist

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American film film supernatural horror film

Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg, about a suburban family terrorized by malevolent spirits in their home.

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Label	Occurrences
Poltergeist canonical	24
Poltergeist (1982 film)	4
Poltergeist II: The Other Side	3
Poltergeist franchise	2
Poltergeist film series	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ
boxOffice	approximately $121,700,000 ⓘ
budget	approximately $10,700,000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Matthew F. Leonetti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Tobe Hooper ⓘ
distributedBy	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ United International Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Michael Kahn ⓘ
followedBy	Poltergeist self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poltergeist II: The Other Side
genre	horror film ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ
hasTheme	family in peril ⓘ haunted house ⓘ paranormal investigation ⓘ
influenced	supernatural horror films of the 1980s ⓘ
mainCharacter	Carol Anne Freeling ⓘ Diane Freeling ⓘ Steve Freeling ⓘ
mpaaRating	PG ⓘ
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Poltergeist self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poltergeist film series
plotSummary	A suburban family is terrorized by malevolent spirits in their home. ⓘ
producer	Frank Marshall ⓘ Kathleen Kennedy ⓘ Steven Spielberg ⓘ
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ SLM Production Group ⓘ
releaseDate	1982-06-04 ⓘ
releaseYear	1982 ⓘ
runningTime	114 minutes ⓘ
setting	suburban California ⓘ
starring	Beatrice Straight ⓘ Craig T. Nelson ⓘ Dominique Dunne ⓘ Heather O’Rourke ⓘ surface form: Heather O'Rourke JoBeth Williams ⓘ Zelda Rubinstein ⓘ
storyBy	Steven Spielberg ⓘ
title	Poltergeist self-link ⓘ
writer	Mark Victor ⓘ Michael Grais ⓘ Steven Spielberg ⓘ

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Craig T. Nelson → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Poltergeist → title → Poltergeist self-link ⓘ

Poltergeist → partOfSeries → Poltergeist self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist film series

Poltergeist → followedBy → Poltergeist self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Richard Edlund → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Richard Edlund → workedOn → Poltergeist ⓘ

Poltergeist (1982 film score) → basedOn → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist (1982 film)

Poltergeist (1982 film score) → originallyComposedFor → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist (1982 film)

Poltergeist (1982 film score) → partOfFranchise → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist franchise

Dirk Blocker → appearedIn → Poltergeist ⓘ

JoBeth Williams → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Frank Marshall → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Jerrald King Goldsmith → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Richard Lawson → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Heather O’Rourke → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Heather O’Rourke → appearedIn → Poltergeist ⓘ

Matthew F. Leonetti → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Tobe Hooper → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Tobe Hooper → directed → Poltergeist ⓘ

Michael Grais → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Michael Grais → coWrote → Poltergeist ⓘ

Mark Victor → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Mark Victor → coWrote → Poltergeist ⓘ

Diane Freeling → appearsIn → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist (1982 film)

Dominique Dunne → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Dominique Dunne → appearedIn → Poltergeist ⓘ

Zelda Rubinstein → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ

Steve Freeling → appearsIn → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist (1982 film)

Steve Freeling → appearsInFranchise → Poltergeist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poltergeist franchise

Beatrice Straight → notableWork → Poltergeist ⓘ