The score for this film is absolutely brilliant! Tangina’s voice remains calm and soothing, but when she explains the negative presence, the music instantly turns dark and menacing, changing the entire dynamic of her monologue. They don’t make movies like this anymore!!!
UNBELEIVABLE, THIS SPEECH SPEAKS VOLUMES AND HER DELIVERY. THE VILE FACT THAT IT SHOWS INNOCENCE TO CAROL ANN AND ITS TRUE NATURE AND DEMONIC HATE TO ALL ELSE.
Moreover, the line “ it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world” really conveyed in a brilliant line of dialog the Menace and deep supernatural power of a unseen villain.
I cannot fully express the profound influence this film has had one me- still not sure why I was allowed to watch it at 7 years old, but it’s remained a life long favorite
I love Tangina, she reminds me of two of my dads aunts, they read cards and tea leaves for a living, they only talked to each other and they had the same name only the spelling was different, May and Mae. They had a 1949 Lincoln Zephyr and it took both of them to drive the car.
I was a month away from my 14th birthday when this came out, and a bunch of us (sibs, cousins, friends and one lucky beleagured favorite aunt in charge of the crazy kids) went to see it opening week. We had so much fun, but it also chilled us at the right places, this scene being foremost. they way she talked about 'it' lying and saying a thing only a child understands, man that STILL gives me goosebumps. CLASSIC!
Zelda Rubinstein was an amazing actress. She could convey love amd caring and also fear and chills. Wjen she says, "to us, he is The Beast"... I get shivers all over, it's scary! She was Perfect. I Love this movie.
Speilberg wrote it and was present on set quite a bit and drew the storyboards and help set up a lot of shots. He could not directly direct it due to directing ET, but it was his film @mwmann
This scene always gives me goosebumps! Especially the part where Tanagina says “I don’t know what hovers over this house. But it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you”
One of my HS teachers taped this from her movie channel and brought it to school and let us watch both movies. Here’s the kicker, she was the minister of music at her church and her husband was the minister.
Starting off as mysterious and somewhat soothing when talking about the afterlife and the spectral light to dark and sinister when talking about this demonic entity in there with their daughter.
A simple but excellent explanation of ghosts and moving on to the afterlife in general, according to the things I've read over the years from doctors who've done studies on NDE'S or people who've come back. Spielberg was on fire at this time.
At 2:06, will live forever in my memory, from childhood, to adult as the most chilling moment of any horror movie. Poltergeist has a 100% rewatch value in my household. Thank you for these memories.
Looking back on it, I was way too young to watch this movie in the 80s as a 7 or 8 year old. We had a VHS copy I watched repeatedly. This movie is one of my favorites.
The scariest part of this film was realising that these were not random spirits running around because they were confused about being dead, but that there was an actual plot; an unspeakable evil that intentionally used Carol-Anne's life force to keep the spirits away from the light so that their continuous frustrations would manifest within the house and wreak chaos on the Freeling family. The Beast used her to weaponise the collective power of the unrested souls to gain hold over the realm of the living. This wasn't some random haunting, a spectre calculated this entire plan for unknown reason.
See I never did understand that. You explained it well... but it seems to me that from Poltergeist I, II, & III they flip-flopped about the plot. But in III they went back to saying that Henry Cain... who is the reverend that held all those poor people hostage in that cave & told them the end of the world was coming & wouldn't let them leave ... was ovsessed with Carol Anne because she could guide him to the light... and at the end Tangiba sacrificed herself to lead Cain herself so that he'd finally leave Carol Anne alone.
I still can’t believe my parents let me watch this as a kid 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ well my dad was always out on the farm and mom was spread so thin I think there was a lot we watched… or I just watched alongside my older brother …and now I’m just like 😳😳😳 No wonder I could never sleep with the light off
This movie could easily be one of the top 10 ever made, IMHO. I saw it around 7 or 8 years old when it was broadcast on HBO and instantly was hooked. It made me want to move to Southern California and live in a tract house. 😊
The thing that always gets me in this movie is when Beatrice Straight’s character gets freaked out. Beatrice Straight frequently played strong, badass women. If Beatrice Straight is scared, you’re in trouble.
My grandmothers house was horrifically haunted. Granted, it was like this movie, and months could go by without anything happening, but when it did, it went down. Four deaths in the house, too, over the years.
@@ShutoStriker No. Sold it in 2020. Owner said he’s already seen one full apparition in the house and because of probs he and his wife are having with weird things happening they are still living in a camper on the property and haven’t been able to move in. Crews gutted the house and now it’s just one big room with a fireplace and he flat out said that other crews have refused to work I. There because of hearing voices, getting pushed, their clothes pulled, etc.
Another thing I never understood was there was reference in the movie to Carol Anne being born in that house... and that seened to have something to do with why she was abducted. But do they mean Diane literally gave birth to her IN THE HOUSE?
Zelda Rubinstein won a well-deserved Oscar this year (1983) for Best Supporting Actress. I remember seeing this in the movie theater even thought it was rated R. If it was rated R, we would make sure we saw it!
Most in our culture believe this description to some degree. Did this monologue create that? or did it already exist then and she was just expressing the written script of what some knew? I was too young then to gauge how we as a culture thought about these things before the movie.
I grew up in a very devout Christian family in the Bible Belt, and when I saw this movie as a kid, that line flipped me out. Two of my cousins started crying.
Both Heather O’rourke and Dominique Dunne, playing the two sisters, died between Poltergeist 1 and 3 - believed to victims of the curse that was attached to the film.
Zelda Rubenstein and Beatrice Straight are the distaff versions of exorcists Damien and Father Merrin from The Exorcist...And in many ways Poltergeist is an 80s version of that story...
Seen this movie so many times since my teens I’ve almost memorized the opening credits, so up until a few years ago I thought Zelda was Beatrice Straight (in the video) I thought she looked like a Beatrice,no disrespect
The score for this film is absolutely brilliant! Tangina’s voice remains calm and soothing, but when she explains the negative presence, the music instantly turns dark and menacing, changing the entire dynamic of her monologue. They don’t make movies like this anymore!!!
No, they really don’t. Just watching a movie like this is an experience in itself.
Oh yea. When she says “hood on to yourselves”. Full body chills with the music change
It’s a big reason the remake didn’t work, poor character development, poor soundtrack, rushed story. The original will always be a classic.
Hard to make something like this when they’re more interested in remakes and fake ‘live’ action remakes.
John Williams
"I don't know what hovers over this house..." That line is equal parts witty and chilling. Perfectly delivered.
Her delivery of the line, "It LIES to her!" chills my blood...😨😨😨
agreed, how she conveys the menace that surrounds Carol-Ann
UNBELEIVABLE, THIS SPEECH SPEAKS VOLUMES AND HER DELIVERY. THE VILE FACT THAT IT SHOWS INNOCENCE TO CAROL ANN AND ITS TRUE NATURE AND DEMONIC HATE TO ALL ELSE.
“To her, it simply IS another child.”
As a firm believer of demonic mimicking that line terrifies me.
Moreover, the line “ it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world” really conveyed in a brilliant line of dialog the Menace and deep supernatural power of a unseen villain.
I cannot fully express the profound influence this film has had one me- still not sure why I was allowed to watch it at 7 years old, but it’s remained a life long favorite
I was 6 at the time I first saw it. I'm almost 50 now and this movie is still and forever my fav!!
Masterpiece.
Forever my favorite horror film.
Yeah do i thinkasterbation in public is a part of the plan for brien
Spielberg gave the 80s so much entertainment. What a master of movies he is.
I love being an 80 kid!!!! I feel spoiled to be honest!!!! ❤
AMEN!
what i would give to go back. but yes, spoiled rotten, how lucky were we, right?!?
@@sclerismockrey8506 Walking around with 5 bucks would hook you up at 7-11 and McDonalds along with a snickers bar.
Tangina's presence and voice would bring anyone comfort in the most desperate of times. I remember a kid watching this being so a ease when she spoke.
One for the greatest monologues
Absolutely enthralling. And then terrifying
Bravo 👏 Zelda Rubenstein
Hard to believe she was a medical lab technician with no formal acting training who just up and decided to go into movies.
❤
that's too cool@@em7dim9
A tremendous monologue! Expertly delivered! So convincing! I was 15 when I saw this! This is truly the stuff of nightmares!
I love Tangina, she reminds me of two of my dads aunts, they read cards and tea leaves for a living, they only talked to each other and they had the same name only the spelling was different, May and Mae. They had a 1949 Lincoln Zephyr and it took both of them to drive the car.
I was a month away from my 14th birthday when this came out, and a bunch of us (sibs, cousins, friends and one lucky beleagured favorite aunt in charge of the crazy kids) went to see it opening week. We had so much fun, but it also chilled us at the right places, this scene being foremost. they way she talked about 'it' lying and saying a thing only a child understands, man that STILL gives me goosebumps. CLASSIC!
This monolog is so entrancing; bot the writing and especially the delivery are perfection 😘
Such an iconic monologue.
I always get shivers watching it...amazing acting
Zelda Rubinstein was an amazing actress. She could convey love amd caring and also fear and chills. Wjen she says, "to us, he is The Beast"... I get shivers all over, it's scary! She was Perfect. I Love this movie.
I know I always wait for it!
Spielberg made the 80’s so wonderful
Tobe Hooper directed this. The guy who directed the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Not Spielberg.
Spielberg wrote the screenplay.
Speilberg wrote it and was present on set quite a bit and drew the storyboards and help set up a lot of shots. He could not directly direct it due to directing ET, but it was his film
@mwmann
@@Smiggly2574 Kiss him on the lips if you ever meet him.
This scene always gives me goosebumps! Especially the part where Tanagina says “I don’t know what hovers over this house. But it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you”
One of my HS teachers taped this from her movie channel and brought it to school and let us watch both movies. Here’s the kicker, she was the minister of music at her church and her husband was the minister.
lol talk about irony lol 😂
This scene STILL gives me chills.
The score is the cherry on top of this masterpiece! It feeds the intensity of this scene.
Of course...Jerry Goldsmith is a GENIUS!
Starting off as mysterious and somewhat soothing when talking about the afterlife and the spectral light to dark and sinister when talking about this demonic entity in there with their daughter.
Classic movie, everyone should see it.
I agree this film need more attention since it’s a classic
The movie deviated so MICH from the book.
The book explains so much more. Dana is NOT Diane’s daughter, who the ghost woman on the stairs was, etc.
I watched it while on mushrooms, big mistake.
Defo!!!
Absolutely chilling and mesmerising performance.
Without question, one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time. Also, my #1 favorite Spielberg movie.
A simple but excellent explanation of ghosts and moving on to the afterlife in general, according to the things I've read over the years from doctors who've done studies on NDE'S or people who've come back. Spielberg was on fire at this time.
Having had an NDE myself, I can confirm there truly is no death.
I remember when this movie first came out when I was a senior in high school. Now it looks like an old movie to me, because I’m old.
When I first saw this as a kid I totally fell in love with Jobeth Williams ❤
At 2:06, will live forever in my memory, from childhood, to adult as the most chilling moment of any horror movie. Poltergeist has a 100% rewatch value in my household. Thank you for these memories.
Tangina's explanation how there's no death, and that it's just the transfer of consciousness, is exactly what I imagine the afterlife is like.
Given how much recorded anomalous activity exists along with most religions' beliefs align with something along these lines it's certainly believable
It is!
Looking back on it, I was way too young to watch this movie in the 80s as a 7 or 8 year old. We had a VHS copy I watched repeatedly. This movie is one of my favorites.
I Cannot tell you how much I ❤ this Movie!!
The scariest part of this film was realising that these were not random spirits running around because they were confused about being dead, but that there was an actual plot; an unspeakable evil that intentionally used Carol-Anne's life force to keep the spirits away from the light so that their continuous frustrations would manifest within the house and wreak chaos on the Freeling family. The Beast used her to weaponise the collective power of the unrested souls to gain hold over the realm of the living. This wasn't some random haunting, a spectre calculated this entire plan for unknown reason.
What an interesting take 👏🏾 👌🏾
See I never did understand that. You explained it well... but it seems to me that from Poltergeist I, II, & III they flip-flopped about the plot. But in III they went back to saying that Henry Cain... who is the reverend that held all those poor people hostage in that cave & told them the end of the world was coming & wouldn't let them leave ... was ovsessed with Carol Anne because she could guide him to the light... and at the end Tangiba sacrificed herself to lead Cain herself so that he'd finally leave Carol Anne alone.
Satan
Still a great movie all these years later. The remake didn't hold a candle to the original.
"...only a child can understand." SHIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will never see films as scary as this ever again, so well made
Tangina part was superb
I still can’t believe my parents let me watch this as a kid 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ well my dad was always out on the farm and mom was spread so thin I think there was a lot we watched… or I just watched alongside my older brother …and now I’m just like 😳😳😳 No wonder I could never sleep with the light off
How unusual that the monologue consists of telling her parents how robust Carol Anne’s life force was, and a few years later she was gone 😮
Cruel irony.
RIP Jerry Goldsmith! Incredible score.
Best horror movie EVER made.
"To us, it is the Beast."
Chilling.
As a Gen Xr, this movie hits way harder as an adult
I'm 53 well said
Her words are captivating
Now.....hold onto yourselves....
This movie could easily be one of the top 10 ever made, IMHO. I saw it around 7 or 8 years old when it was broadcast on HBO and instantly was hooked. It made me want to move to Southern California and live in a tract house. 😊
Scared the living c&@p out of me when I was younger..Absolute classic horror film.
One of my favorite horror movies definitely a masterpiece😇😇
The lady played the perfect part before becoming the light herself.
To her it simply is another child...to us it is the beast.
Chills
It lies to her. It says things only a child can understand. Pure creepiness to the core!
Look how interested they are in. They're like children curious about the other side
Happy Halloween, everyone.🎃
The thing that always gets me in this movie is when Beatrice Straight’s character gets freaked out. Beatrice Straight frequently played strong, badass women. If Beatrice Straight is scared, you’re in trouble.
I saw this in the theater when I was 7 years old. it ruined my summer. it scared the living s*** out of me
"To her, it's another child...to us, it's the beast." Chills down my arm.
When she says, beast. Goosebumps, still to this day and I grew up and watched this movie, when it originally came out
Many of these actors have become poltergeist themselves.
Ive always said it but i think Jobeth Williams should have been nominated for an oscar for her performance in Poltergeist.
I’ve read that it took alot out of her mentally and physically, alot of demanding scenes with alot of takes
@moemanncann895 it certainly benefited the film
I've noticed this dark, terrible presence since November of 2020.
Me too dangit. Hopefully it will be removed THIS November! 😂
@@Irish_Georgia_Girlamen
Chilling...terrifying...
They don’t make movies like this anymore. 😢
My grandmothers house was horrifically haunted. Granted, it was like this movie, and months could go by without anything happening, but when it did, it went down. Four deaths in the house, too, over the years.
How terrible to live in a haunted house. Does anyone live in it now?
@@ShutoStriker No. Sold it in 2020. Owner said he’s already seen one full apparition in the house and because of probs he and his wife are having with weird things happening they are still living in a camper on the property and haven’t been able to move in. Crews gutted the house and now it’s just one big room with a fireplace and he flat out said that other crews have refused to work I. There because of hearing voices, getting pushed, their clothes pulled, etc.
@@travisjames3517 Wow! That's awful. Need a Priest or something. Would be a great place for non believers to air BNB in 😂
@@ShutoStriker Actually, priest ls are notorious for making hauntings worse.
I can well believe it. 😮.
One of the finest movies ever made.
The "magic munchkin" is too cool. 😁😁😁
A Nightmare from which they can’t wake. Sounds just like the current affairs of the now
Yes indeed
Mesmerising scene❤
Imagine her voice changes to a deep tone when she says "the beast"
‘to us … it is the beast’ … always gives me the shivers
Jo Beth WOW!
What a great movie, it was cursed.
That is my favorite scene of the movie!
One of my favourite late night movies.
Another thing I never understood was there was reference in the movie to Carol Anne being born in that house... and that seened to have something to do with why she was abducted. But do they mean Diane literally gave birth to her IN THE HOUSE?
I’ve always wondered that too. It’s only mentioned briefly during that scene between the dad and his boss
classic scene from a classic movie, but i thought is was MGM who brought out poltergeist not warner bros.
Zelda Rubinstein won a well-deserved Oscar this year (1983) for Best Supporting Actress. I remember seeing this in the movie theater even thought it was rated R. If it was rated R, we would make sure we saw it!
Most in our culture believe this description to some degree. Did this monologue create that? or did it already exist then and she was just expressing the written script of what some knew? I was too young then to gauge how we as a culture thought about these things before the movie.
Now let's go get you girl
And remember, Tobe Hooper Directed this movie. Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor wrote the script.
Fabulous movie
It is... the beast.
I grew up in a very devout Christian family in the Bible Belt, and when I saw this movie as a kid, that line flipped me out. Two of my cousins started crying.
@@robynmontgomery9826 same energy here
Tangina really calms you when there's creepy poltergeists I'd definitely feel safer 😊
I don't understand the part about Carol Anne will only hear her mother's voice. There's scenes with her father talking to her and her responding...
It’s not over it! It’s under it!!!!!!!!❤
Brilliant movie!
Adoro essa trilogia ❤
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No trespassing ☮️
A touch of Vertigo
Classic scene and movie
Don’t go into the light, Carol Ann
This was a great movie. 👻👻👻👻👻
Both Heather O’rourke and Dominique Dunne, playing the two sisters, died between Poltergeist 1 and 3 - believed to victims of the curse that was attached to the film.
There were crew members that died also Iirc.
Enter the Rev. Henry Kaine!
Great movie 😊
Zelda Rubenstein admits she liked Spielberg more than Tobe Hooper
Zelda Rubenstein and Beatrice Straight are the distaff versions of exorcists Damien and Father Merrin from The Exorcist...And in many ways Poltergeist is an 80s version of that story...
esse filme é muito bom!!!beijo emiliana do manejo.
Thanks bro ☺️😁
Et was filmed around there...does anybody know if it's california
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this was so subtle, not… lol… but if i had a grandma, i’d choose her… so warming!!!
It is not necessarily the illumination but a smell that attracts them to certain ones of us
Say what??
..." to her, It's simply is another child,, to us,, it is the beast"
Happy Halloween Everyone 🧛🏽♂️🧟♂️🎃☠️👻
Awesomeness
Seen this movie so many times since my teens I’ve almost memorized the opening credits, so up until a few years ago I thought Zelda was Beatrice Straight (in the video) I thought she looked like a Beatrice,no disrespect
I didnt see this until i was in my late teens 1989 cuz when it came out we were not allowed.