Mick Garris -- Poltergeist
from Afterimages
"They're here!" -- welcome to our 26th episode, dedicated to Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist. American filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist Mick Garris takes us on a tour of the Freeling's house in Cuesta Verde, and dives into the much discussed relationship between Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg during the shooting of the film. Poltergeist is one of the most influential horror films of the early 1980s, whose legacy can still be felt today, more than 40 years later.
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