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All parent reviews for Poltergeist
Average rating based on 31 parent reviews:
- 29% say violence is an issue
- 26% say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking
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Poltergeist
A glorious horror. Mildly frightening.
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gross and boring
This movie is just dull. It lacks any good scares at all and is too predictable.
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A Classic Mild 80s Horror Film
I'll confess that this movie scared me to death as a kid (I'm 30 years old if that helps). This movie didn't even phase my 6 and 9 year old. Having said that, some kids are more sensitive to scary images than others. The technology used to make this film is low by comparison of what we see today, so your kids will likely find this movie a little bit cheesy.
There is ONE scene in the bedroom in which the parents are smoking dope and then quickly straighten up to attend to one of the kids who is scared of a thunderstorm. But unless your kids are wise to that, they won't even know what it is or really even notice it.
As far as language goes, it's an 80s PG movie in which the language standards were different than what they are today. You'll hear s--- and a--- and a few others (no f-bombs are dropped).
The parents demonstrate good parenting skills in not leaving anybody behind, sticking together as a family when faced with adversity, and their undying devotion to get their youngest daughter back.
Is the movie violent? No. Are there some scenes that will scare some young children? Yes. Watch it first and then you decide.
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More PG-13 Than PG, Scary For Most Young Teens, But Still Good Messages
I'd say this movie is more PG-13 than PG. There is true scary violence (done by unseen forces, not person to person), including scenes where braces wrap around a child's face, a tree tries to eat a child, and everyone involved is put in some sort of emanate physical danger. While the special effects were done in the 80's, and some scenes aren't as realistic as they would be today, they are still cringe and sometimes scream inducing. However, the good messages conveyed throughout the movie are solid holding points. The parents don't leave any of their children behind, and in fact go to great lengths to protect and rescue them. The children rely on their parents, and the family works as a cohesive unit to survive the situation they are in. Ultimately, I'd say most mature 13 yr olds can handle this movie, with parental guidance. Any younger is much too iffy.
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Great horror film!
An awesome ghost movie that is very intense and contains one particularly gruesome scene.Do not be fooled by the PG rating, it's not for kids. Also, there is a scene of drug use. Unlike today's horror films, this movie does not rely on cheap scares to keep the audience interested, it is a genuinely scary movie. However, this movie is awesome and everyone should watch this great movie.
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Scary!
What are you thinking common sense?! This movie is for mature teens!
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Wonderful movie... but not scary
This is one of my favorite movies ever; even though the special-effects are horrible. Which makes me ask myself why the heck does this movie scare you? After I thought about it for a bit I realized that it scared me mostly because of the doll the boy is scared of that comes to life (it's not scary but it just disturbs me), and what happens to that family because my family thinks our house is a little bit haunted. But anyway great movie!!!!! See it see it see it!
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OK for older kids, but not for kids under 10
When we rented this movie we hadn't seen it in a long time. When we saw it was only rated PG we thought it would be OK for our 8 year old. Maybe she is too sensitive but she didn't handle it very well towards the end & we had to shut it off. Our 10 year old was OK with it but she is more of a scary movie buff than our 8 year old.
What we didn't like:
Parents smoking marijuana.
Skeletons in the muddy pool when the father was looking for his child in the backyard.
The soundtrack at times was a bit overpowering (I think this might have contributed to my youngest child's breaking point).
The gory scene when a man rips the flesh from his face revealing chunks of gore (while he's hallucinating)
What we liked:
The parents are loving & they brought in experts to help them.
The chair scooting across the kitchen floor.
The father counting seconds between lighting flashes with his son during a storm at night.
The mother found her daughter & brought her back.
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good movie
I remember me and my cusins watched this movie and we all liked it alote
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good for tweens or older.
Although this movie has mild language I do recomend it for kids who enjoy a good scary movie. My son loves scary movies but now a days it is very hard to find one that doesnt have sex or nudity in it. With this movie you need not worry about sex or nudity. The worst thing you see in regards to nudity is the mother in her underwear. The language in this movie was also mild and there is one scene where the parents are smoking drugs in the bedroom but to a child could be taken as a cigarette.
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definitely 12 and up...
No positive messages, no good examples at all. BUT who cares!? This was my favorite scary movie growing up, and on my daughter's 13th (this year), I will absolutely allow and encourage her to watch it. Be forewarned, I did have nightmares, but it was AWESOME to be that scared.
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A great movie!!!
This is a great movie. The only scary part is with the clown. I was 10 when I saw it, and was only scared for one night.
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Haunted House Top Notch for Teens
I have loved this movie from the day it came out. I went to the theater with my mom and when we got home, she hid in the hallway and as I was walking to my room, threw my toy clown at me...sick and twisted. I love this movie and my oldest loves it, too.
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grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrate movie
It's realy not that bad and thats from someone who once a year get scared out of his mind by halloween magizens. the scene where a guy rippes off his face is scary while it happening but the guys seeing things. the "scary tree" that trys to eat a kid dies after 1 minute so who cares. but the movie does play off of the fear of clowns because there is a clown doll in the backround acting all not alive and stuff whith its big gross teeth untill it trys to kill the boy under his bed. this is the funnyest scene in the hole movie because the boy then screems "i hate you" and rippes out the things stuffing. theres one middle finger and lots of dead bobys being thrown out of the ground. a guy says son of a b*tch so much it gets boring. but overall it rocks.
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I saw this when I was around 14-15 and it scared me just enough. I think if I were younger it would have kept me up at nights for weeks. I do not think my kids need to see the teen aged sister flipping off a bunch of construction worker who were cat calling her. She is a young teen and they are MEN. I also don't like the "smoking"
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A GREAT HORROR MOVIE!!!!
It's A Great Movie For Children 9+ (And Up)
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Poltergeist
I cannot understand how this movie can have a 5 star rating and be rated for children 11 and over!! I would never let my children watch it!!
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