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Fond Memories
I was born in 1972 and lived out in the country where we had no cable TV. I recall we had 4 major TV stations and that was it - all 4 of these stations would go off the air at a certain time. It was not unusual to go to sleep while watching TV and wake up to pure static! I also recall flipping through the TV channels and would sometimes see "ghostly images" from the antenna that could barely pick up the distant station -- as a kid being 4 to 5 years that scared me - but my parents explained to me what those "ghostly images" were. In 1982, I was 10 and Poltergeist came out. Seeing Carol Anne in front of a staticy TV set reminded me of my very early childhood which made Poltergeist a bit more frightening for me at the time.
The movie is pretty good - scary in a lot of places especially when you are 10 years old and see meat crawling on the counter top then spilling out with maggots *shivers*. Anybody hungry for steak?! And the old tree outside of the window gave me the creeps as a youngster along with those toys which reminded me of a few I had when I was about 5 or 6 years old.
Even though I was 10 when I first saw the film I was freaked out - very scared watching the movie. It reminded to much of some things that creeped me out when I was around the 5 year old mark. Oh yes - one more thing that gave me the shivers back then was the Poltergeist Theme (music) by Jerry Goldsmith! I had a copy of it and would play it over and over because I love being scared and I found it haunting!
I have fond memories of the film and I do recommend it for a good Halloween haunted place/ghost story!
I would have rated this movie an 8 but my memories associated with the film tickle me!
9/10
Poltergeist (1982)
The movie is pretty good - scary in a lot of places especially when you are 10 years old and see meat crawling on the counter top then spilling out with maggots *shivers*. Anybody hungry for steak?! And the old tree outside of the window gave me the creeps as a youngster along with those toys which reminded me of a few I had when I was about 5 or 6 years old.
Even though I was 10 when I first saw the film I was freaked out - very scared watching the movie. It reminded to much of some things that creeped me out when I was around the 5 year old mark. Oh yes - one more thing that gave me the shivers back then was the Poltergeist Theme (music) by Jerry Goldsmith! I had a copy of it and would play it over and over because I love being scared and I found it haunting!
I have fond memories of the film and I do recommend it for a good Halloween haunted place/ghost story!
I would have rated this movie an 8 but my memories associated with the film tickle me!
9/10
Poltergeist (1982)
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