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Poltergeist Remake Hits Fast Track

Word has broken from MGM about their proposed remake of the classic film Poltergeist. The studio has slated the film for release on November 24, 2010, just in time for Thanksgiving weekend. Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) is attached to direct.
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 3:37pm.

Poltergeist Remake Script Review

Back in March of this year Stiles White and Juliet Snowden, the writing duo responsible for the upcoming Poltergeist remake, promised to the fans, "It’s treasured; it’s valuable. We see Poltergeist as if, um, as if we’re being handed the keys to the car and we’re gonna be really careful with it."
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 4:07pm.

Knowing Duo talk Poltergeist, Birds Remakes

With Knowing nabbing the #1 slot at the box office (lord only knows why), two people who are the toast of the town are the film's writers, married couple Stiles White and Juliet Snowden. Why should you care? Because they're also the duo who will be responsible for the upcoming Poltergeist and Birds remakes.
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 7:51pm.

Boogeyman Scribes to Pen Poltergeist

Poltergeist just cries for a remake, doesn't it? There's no way any of the young kids today can relate to a film without high-def TVs, cellphones and MTV approved actors! Yes, it totally needs an update...
Submitted by Kryten Syxx on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 4:54pm.

Complete Limits, More Gallery on DVD

Loyal reader Sam Hell dropped us a line this weekend, pointing us to some very cool DVD news for fans of old-school anthology horror shows.
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 8:03am.

Poltergeist (DVD)

Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O'Rourke Directed by Tobe Hooper Distributed by Warner Home Video
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 4:33pm.

Rubinstein, Zelda (Poltergeist)

Interview by: Uncle Creepy It's hard to believe that the haunted house classic, Poltergeist is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year. I remember seeing this puppy in theatres way back when. Holy Christ, I feel old! In celebration of this momentous occasion, and the release of the new Poltergeist: 25th Anniversary DVD, Warner Home Video hosted a round table discussion with one of its stars, the great Zelda Rubinstein. We now bring to you all of the insight and hi-jinx of this discussion in its entirety! Click here (or on the graphic below!) to listen to the Zelda Rubinstein interview as an MP3 Click here to subscribe to the Dread Central podcast (iTunes) Click here to subscribe to the Dread Central podcast (non-iTunes) Discuss the Zelda Rubinstein interview in the Dread Central forums!

Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 2:05am.

Poltergeist 25 Art!

All right, just a mere day after the official announcement of Poltergeist: 25th Anniversary Edition, Warner Bros. has released the artwork for it. Good turnaround, that! Check it out below, and be happy we’re finally getting a decent release for Tobe Hooper’s big budget classic. The new disc streets on October 9th! - Johnny Butane
Submitted by Jon Condit on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 2:35pm.

They're Baaaack ... One Night Only!

We gave you the news about a new Poltergeist disc yesterday (“Belial & Poltergeist to Prom Night” – August 2007), but there was one fairly important element of Warner Bros’ plans to finally deliver a special edition of the Tobe Hooper classic no one seems to have caught; it’s coming back to theaters, too!
Submitted by Jon Condit on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 3:51am.

Belial & Poltergeists to Prom Night

News today came crawling out of the wicker bag over at Davis DVD that Basket Case 2 will be getting a region 1 DVD release on October 30th! No more need to pay the extra cash on multi-region video players and discs now! And kiss your bootleg copy goodbye because this new release from Synapse Films features a video transfer from the original 35mm negative!
Submitted by Jon Condit on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 9:01pm.