

He finds Maddie in her room, scared, crouching in a corner, and tells her to stay while he goes to find Kendra. One clown doll attacks him, but he destroys it with his foot and runs from his bedroom. Meanwhile, Griffin notices the clown dolls seem to be moving by themselves. It begins pulling at her foot, but she manages to pull herself up. While investigating the noise, the floor cracks and a corpse's hand emerges. Kendra wakes up to a strange sound in the laundry room. They learn that their house was built on an old cemetery, although the property developer was supposed to have relocated the human remains. The following evening, Eric and Amy go to dinner with their friends, leaving the three children at home.
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Maddie then tells the family "They're here" while touching their TV screen. She tells Griffin someone is coming, and he attempts to unplug the TV, causing the lights to go out of control. The commotion wakes Griffin, and he goes downstairs and finds Maddie talking to an unknown presence inside the television.

In the middle of the night, lights and electronic devices start turning on and off, as an unseen force appears to move through the home. The first night, they hear strange noises in the walls and Griffin finds a box containing clown dolls that were left at the house. Eric was recently laid off, but they are shown a house that has recently come on the market that fits their price range, they purchase it and move in. It had moderate box office success, grossing over $95 million worldwide against a budget of $35 million.Įric and Amy Bowen are a married couple looking to buy a house for themselves and their three children: 16-year-old daughter Kendra, 9-year-old son Griffin and 6-year-old daughter Madison. It received mixed reviews from critics for its excessive jump scares and was deemed inferior to the original. Poltergeist was theatrically released on May 22, 2015, by 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Kenan was announced as the film's director in 2013 and principal photography took place in Toronto from September to December that same year. By 2012, a remake of the 1982 film was announced with Raimi producing the project alongside Lee, Tapert, and Nathan Kahane. It was delayed several times and entered into development hell. The project was announced in 2008 with Vadim Perelman initially directing the project from a screenplay written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. Produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's Ghost House Pictures and Roy Lee's Vertigo Entertainment, the film follows a family who arrive at their new home and begin experiencing paranormal occurrences. The film stars Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris, and Jane Adams. It is a remake of the 1982 film of the same name and is the fourth and final installment overall in the Poltergeist franchise. Poltergeist is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Gil Kenan and written by David Lindsay-Abaire.
