"They're Here..."
Happy Friday, everyone! We really want to close out strong for this first week, so these next couple of recommendations will eventually lead us into the more terrifying entries of our list!
Day 6 - Poltergeist
Another great entry in the "How was this a PG rated movie?" category. Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist is one of the great haunted house movies and a melding of two great filmmakers coming together to produce a true horror classic. Directed by Hooper (more on him in a later entry) and produced by Steven Spielberg (with a screenplay co-written by him), the film follows a family that gets a new home and are soon haunted by evil ghosts. While Poltergeist might have the PG rating, it certainly uses it to its absolute breaking point by showcasing some truly frightening imagery (the face peeling scene is an all-timer) that pushes the intensity to new levels. There are plenty of scares from Poltergeist that have been parodied or imitated to death, but none have reached it, in terms of sheer horror. Whether it is the clown scene, the final duel with the spirit, or even the skeleton pool, Poltergeist is a film that delivers the goods thanks to Hooper and his collaborators, including a hauntingly ominous score from Jerry Goldsmith. Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Zelda Rubinstein, and a scene-stealing Heather O'Rourke star in this seminal classic that moves the haunted house trope away from isolation and into the very heart of 1980s suburbia.
*All of the recommendations that we make can be found at the El Paso Public Library Catalog!
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