The Summer: Poltergeist (2015)

Poltergeist is a 2015 American 3D supernatural thriller-fantasy horror film directed by Gil Kenan, written by David Lindsay-Abaire and produced by Sam Raimi. A reboot and remake of producer Steven Spielberg’s and director Tobe Hooper’s 1982 film of the same name, the film stars Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris, and Jane Adams. The film was released on May 22, 2015, by 20th Century Fox.

A young family is visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorize the family before they “kidnap” the youngest daughter.A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive.

The film’s first trailer was released on February 5, 2015. Forrest Wickman of Slate Magazine’s opinion was that the trailer made the film appear to be too similar to the original film. James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly said that the trailer “retains and amplifies several elements from the original”, and praised that “the modernizing doesn’t result in, say, the family’s daughter being kidnapped by ghosts in Snapchat”. Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting stated that “while every fiber of my being wants to reject it, actually looks pretty insane”, and praised the trailer’s final shot. Ben Kuchera of Polygon also opined that the trailer appeared to be similar to the original film, but that it “looks great, as a horror movie”.

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