As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

So, I watched the 2015 Poltergeist with my sister tonight and it was pretty disappointing. It felt very rushed and it just took itself way too seriously. I felt the nervousness of the director, whoever that may be. I realize they were attempting to live up to the hype, as Poltergeist was a VERY big hit, but he/she needed to relax and take the time to get it right. I won't go into details in case anyone hasn't seen it by now because it took me this long to watch it myself, but the lighting and sound is everything. I liked the twist it had at the end and I liked the idea they had for the drone and the drill, but the rest of the movie doesn't add up to the greatness of those ideas. I really wanted to like it, but it was just trying way too hard and combine that with the budget, which I know they probably had issues with because of how iffy most directors are with one-time movies, it just didn't do well. It had potential, but it sold itself short. If I were to give advice to the director of this movie, I'd tell them to go back to basics and learn film and narrative aspects and to study the original a little further. I really do think if this director had more time and had relaxed a bit, it would've been a much better movie. Living up to Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper, that's up to debate(they're legends and legends are incredibly hard to surpass), but I could be proven wrong.

Oh dear lord. I do not even want to use my energy on the father character. Craig T Nelson, I hope you realize that those of us who enjoyed the original movie know that Sam Rockwell did your character absolutely no justice whatsoever. Im sorry if you had the displeasure of watching this film.For those of you that have not seen the original, do yourself a favor, and do watch it. Sure, in our current time it may not seem so terrifying. But I promise it is a well written script with memorable characters , and it was very spooky for its time (1982).I will say I recognized some similarities in the little girl Maddie (the Carol Anne character) that Heather O'Rourke, the original girl had. Not just the long straight hair, but the shape of the face and eyes are close. She was cute, and probably the best actor out of the cast.I did not care for the paranormal team. The character who was supposed to be the Marty from the original (sorry, I do not recall his name in this remake) was rather stupid. His arm is yanked through a wall and his face could have been turned into swiss cheese, and yet, he says nothing? Is he that full of himself to admit there are poltergeists in the house? Then why on earth are you on a paranormal team?I wont bother with the rest of the team, as they clearly sucked. I suppose it isn't really their fault. The writing was garbage. Why do people keep remaking these classics and turning them into crap? If you cannot do the originals any justice, then please leave it be. The original was well thought out, lengthy and enjoyable. This mess was too quick, and unbelievable. The child is taken and saved far to quick. Well, I suppose it was for the best. I wouldn't want to sit through another 40 minutes of this crap.

As a haunted house movie in it's own right or to anybody who has not seen the original this may pass as reasonable. But as a remake to the Tobe Hooper 1982 classic it falls way short. The characters just aren't deep enough to really care about and the scares are of the cheap variety. The humour doesn't really work either. Glad that I watched it free on TV instead of spending my well earned money on it.

Have you seen it? No? There is likely a very good reason for that...it stinks.Like nearly ALL the endless remakes and reboots that have been plaguing movie goers for the past decade or so....all this is, is a heartless version of the original.It has no heart.It has no soul.It is a retelling of a film that we all love and cherish...and it adds nothing to the story. It improves nothing but the special effects--which held up very well over time--and in some cases belittles the fans of the original...particularly in the fact that they remade the movie at all, without adding anything clever to it.Like so many other remakes it is a hallow shell of the original.