‘Poltergeist’ Trailer: Get Sucked In By A Remake Of A Classic Horror Story
“They’re heeeeeeere.” Those pesky ghosts who speak to a little girl through a TV are back in the first trailer forGil Kenan’sPoltergeist. Based on the classic 1982 horror film by Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg, this time theMonster Housedirector has teamed up with producerSam Raimito scare a whole new generation in 3D.
Sam RockwellandRosemarie DeWittare the unsuspecting parents of a family newly settled in the haunted house that takes their kid. They ask for help from a famous ghost hunter, played byJared Harrisin this version. The film hits theaters July 24. You can watch the first, frighteningPoltergeisttrailer here.UPDATE: We’ve added a second, different International trailer.
Head toAppleto see the HD version of thePoltergeisttrailer. Here’s the offical embed.
Poltergeist trailer
If you don’t have Quicktime,click here.
When I was a kid, the firstPoltergeistscared me so much, I completely blocked it out of my mind. I finally got the courage to rewatch it about 15 years later and it still cared the crap out of me. Since then, I’ve rewatched it a few times and the combination of jump scares, frightening anticipation and huge special effects still holds up with horror movies made 30 years later.
The remake definitely looks like it keeps many of those gags and visuals intact but it’s hard to tell how the film will work overall. I hold out hope Raimi has pushed Kenan to the limits of PG-13 horror here, despite what Sam Rockwellrecently said about the film:
The 10-year-old boy is really the protagonist this time. JoBeth Williams was the protagonist for the most part in the first one and now the kid, it’s really through his point-of-view. So it’s more of a kids' movie so I don’t know if it’s gonna be like rated-R scary.
To be fair though, the trailer does not look like a “Kids movie.” It looks pretty damn fantastic.
In addition to thePoltergeisttrailer, here’s the first poster for the film.
Poltergeistopens July 24.
UPDATE: Here’s a second trailer, courtesy ofDigital Spy
