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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Poltergeist II: The Other Side 0 1
Poltergeist film series 0 1

Statements (49)

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 NERFINISHED →
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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Poltergeist → followedBy → Poltergeist self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Craig T. Nelson → notableWork → Poltergeist →
Richard Edlund → notableWork → Poltergeist →
Poltergeist → partOfSeries → Poltergeist self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Poltergeist film series
Poltergeist → title → Poltergeist self-link →
Richard Edlund → workedOn → Poltergeist →