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Movie critics combined give Poltergeist (1982) a score of 3.3973 out of 4
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By the 1970s the haunted house and ghost story genre was beginning to seem dated. Although people assume that it grew out of the 1930s and 40s, the haunted house film is something that had never really existed as a genre during this period -...read the complete Poltergeist (1982) review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
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New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Poltergeist is like a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare, one that you know that you can always wake up from, and one in which, at the end, no one has permanently been damaged. It's also witty in a fashion that Alfred Hitchcock might have appreciated....read the complete Poltergeist (1982) review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)
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Overall Rating:
3.1417
Poltergeist (1982) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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3.3973
Poltergeist (1982) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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