Movie Review: Things that go bump in your face
29 May 2015 - 02:22
The original Poltergeist, directed in 1982 by Tobe Hooper under writer-producer Steven Spielberg, was chiefly a commercial concern: a funfair Exorcist that ditched its predecessor's spiritual agonies for more material, Reagan-era concerns. It helps that the director charged with renovating this ghost train, Gil Kenan, sets about his task in the manner of his fantastic 2006 digi-mation Monster House.
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