1982 · 1h 54m · Horror
Poltergeist
Directed byTobe Hooper
TMDB
7.2
3.48K votes
Metacritic
79
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
critics
Box office
$122M
11.4x its $10.7M budget
Released Jun 4, 1982 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Critics (Metacritic)79
Audience (TMDB x 10)72
Critics liked it more than audiences did, by 7 points.
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Cast
- JoBeth WilliamsDiane Freeling
- Craig T. NelsonSteve Freeling
- Beatrice StraightDr. Lesh
- Dominique DunneDana Freeling
- Heather O'RourkeCarol Anne Freeling
- Oliver RobinsRobbie Freeling
- Zelda RubinsteinTangina Barrons
- Richard LawsonRyan
- Martin CasellaDr. Marty Casey
- Michael McManusBen Tuthill
- Virginia KiserMrs. Tuthill
- James KarenMr. Teague
Full cast (24)
- Lou PerrymanPugsley
- Clair E. LeucartBulldozer Driver
- Dirk BlockerJeff Shaw
- Allan GrafNeighbor
- Joseph WalshNeighbor
- Helen BaronWoman Buyer
- Noel ConlonHusband
- Robert BroylesPool Worker
- Sonny LandhamPool Worker
- Frank WelkerAdditional Dialogue Replacement (voice)
- William VailImplosion Man
- Craig SimmonsImplosion Man
Crew
- Director
- Tobe Hooper
- Music
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Cinematography
- Matthew F. Leonetti
- Editing
- Michael Kahn
3 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1983Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1983Jerry Goldsmith
- NominatedBest Sound Editing · Academy Awards 1983Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson
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