Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

checarlos7 I make an account juat to express my disgust with this movie, i cant believe Sam Rockwell read this script and accept to act in it. The movie it so.. SO careless about the story that its almost a joke, look, they have real serious problems with a poltergeist, their daughter/sister has been caught by ghosts and they act like she is in school, the older daughter even make jokes and looks more excited about the tv guy than worried about her sister, the mother has no feelings at all, the paranormal team has zero effect to the story NONE!! They cameras, sensors, laptops, gps FOR NOTHING!! They are useless. The story happens so fast that the director dont even care to justified how the hell or why is this happening. They act so normal that you think, if they dont give a crap about having a haunted house why should I ? They have ghost, its ok, they have a haunted house, oh its ok, they are living over an old cemetery, its ok, the little girl its dissapeared and in another dimension, oh no problem, we are gonna get her easily, nothing impress them. Even in the end, the little girl is getting grab again by the poltergeist, but the father is more worried helping the family to get out of the car. WTF!! Horrible directing, bad acting, horrible writting, horrible cgi, stupid dialogues, and i can continue all day writing. Terrible. I say, watch it, so you can taste the real flavor of an horrible, not horror, horrible movie. Really dissapointed. I hope this can be erased of the acting memorabilia of a fabtastic actor as Sam Rockwell is.

David McPhail If I hadn't seen this, I would not have missed anything. There was nothing special about this movie, it was just flat with no emotion. I give it 3 stars because the CGI effects were good. Sadly, like almost every remake of a memorable movie, this is definitely forgettable, I hope.

Dan Franzen (dfranzen70) This remake of the 1982 Tobe Hooper classic won't make you forget its famed predecessor, but it probably also won't elicit any outrage at the audacity of trying to improve on greatness. In other words, it's a satisfying horror movie as long as one doesn't hold it to the original's high standards.If you haven't seen the original, here's how it breaks down. Family moves into a new house in suburbia, a mom (Rosemarie DeWitt), a dad (Sam Rockwell), teenage daughter, younger daughter, young son. Strange things begin to happen, as they do in these movies. The young daughter disappears, but she seems to be trapped in the television by malevolent spirits. The family contacts a specialist (the great Zelda Rubenstein in the original, Jared Harris here) to help them out.This is not a shot-for-shot remake, and for that we should all be thankful. The parents aren't pot-smoking ne'er-do-wells; dad's just been laid off, and mom's a writer. (Which makes me wonder how they can afford the new house, but hey, I think maybe the fact that there are malevolent spirits has something to do with it.) Gone are scenes like the medium's assistant tearing his face off in the bathroom or all of the kitchen chairs suddenly appearing on top of the kitchen table. There's other, new stuff. It's kind of fun.The movie doesn't break any new ground, though. 35 years have gone by here in the real world, and the effects – though frightening at times – aren't going to bowl you over. The acting is actually pretty good here, particularly by DeWitt, Harris, and Jane Adams. Even the kids are good, and of course the little darlin' who gets sucked into the other world is adorable as can be. Only Rockwell seems miscast. He's best at quirky, offbeat roles, not man-of-the-house roles. This was more of a role for a Greg Kinnear.So while this Poltergeist remake didn't enthrall me, I found it tolerable for a rental. Kind of glad I did not see it in the theater, and the effects still looked good on my TV at home.

tstudstrup I can't really remember the original. I do know that when it comes to horror I prefer practical effects over cgi. And this remake has way too much cgi. The old one of course only had practical effects. I still don't remember it as scary though. Except one scene where a technician in horror thinks he's pulling his own face off. This being PG13, we only get a scene where an annoying rude Ashton Kutcher-type-technician gets his arm stuck and is almost getting a drill into his face. Pretty lame.Especially considering the scene just before where it would have been nice if he had been killed by the drill.The acting goes from bad to decent to bad to decent again. And there are plot holes biggger than the one in the little girls closet.For a family that has lost their youngest daughter to angry spirits, they remain very calm, only to break down a couple of times. If I had kids and one of them had gone missing, I would be terrified all the time, unable to eat or sleep.As far as plot holes go, the entire movie is a major plothole, like how a father who was recently fired, can get a bankloan to buy a house.Especially since the mother isn't working How the family can just borrow the ghost hunters car at the end of the movie, only to never give it back and never come back for their own car. How the father with cancelled creditcards can buy expensive gifts for his family. How they're forcing their boy to sleep in the attic,. when he's terrified. How they find creepy clown dolls in his closet and don't get rid of them, even though they scare the boy.As far as the girl gone missing this was done way better in Insidious where a boy went missing the exact same way. And most likely much better in the original Poltergeist movie.If you can live with all these plot holes and some annoying characters, acting illogical in many situations, then you will like this movie. If you want good acting and real scare, watch Insidious instead.