A couple and their three children move into a new home and start to experience supernatural activity. When the youngest daughter gets kidnapped and taken into an apparent ghost dimension - the family must seek help from unlikely sources.
Poltergeist 2015 is a re-make / re-boot of Poltergeist from 1982. I don't think the original Poltergiest needed to be remade if i'm honest but this film gives it a decent go even if it falls a bit flat. It's almost identical to the original film but updated for the 2010s and certain scenes feel like a homage while others are new and sometimes pretty unique. I can't say the film was that scary, it had some cool imagery like the clown toys, living tree, shadowy zombie figures etc. But there was no blood, you never saw anybody actually get hurt. I didn't feel the need to look away and I don't think I flinched even at the handful of jump scares. The story was intriguing though and I can't say I got bored, it did move briskly and when the horror elements were at play the film didn't muck around with long lead ins or slow reveals. There was one aspect of the story which were really irrelevant ... the husband's money troubles. There's a couple of extended scenes that showcase this or highlight it but it serves no purpose whatsoever to the overall story and was wasted space.
Final Verdict: It's not a horrible film but it's also unnecessary. It has some cool visuals and the story was fast paced and intriguing enough that I didn't get bored, however, I can't say it was that scary or memorable. You can easily skip this one, but if you did happen to catch it you could do much worse...
Ranking Poltergiest movies best to worst imo: Poltergiest 2 Poltergiest (1982) Poltergiest (2015) Poltergiest 3.
Poltergeist 2015 is a re-make / re-boot of Poltergeist from 1982. I don't think the original Poltergiest needed to be remade if i'm honest but this film gives it a decent go even if it falls a bit flat. It's almost identical to the original film but updated for the 2010s and certain scenes feel like a homage while others are new and sometimes pretty unique. I can't say the film was that scary, it had some cool imagery like the clown toys, living tree, shadowy zombie figures etc. But there was no blood, you never saw anybody actually get hurt. I didn't feel the need to look away and I don't think I flinched even at the handful of jump scares. The story was intriguing though and I can't say I got bored, it did move briskly and when the horror elements were at play the film didn't muck around with long lead ins or slow reveals. There was one aspect of the story which were really irrelevant ... the husband's money troubles. There's a couple of extended scenes that showcase this or highlight it but it serves no purpose whatsoever to the overall story and was wasted space.
Final Verdict: It's not a horrible film but it's also unnecessary. It has some cool visuals and the story was fast paced and intriguing enough that I didn't get bored, however, I can't say it was that scary or memorable. You can easily skip this one, but if you did happen to catch it you could do much worse...
Ranking Poltergiest movies best to worst imo: Poltergiest 2 Poltergiest (1982) Poltergiest (2015) Poltergiest 3.