It's kind of like Meme Review. When the joke, or in this case the horror, is explained it's no longer as scary because we understand it better. But that deosnt mean I wont have night terrors from watching people rip their own face apart.
Scrofar I know right? He seems so nonchalant about the topic, which makes his videos connect with me more; It’s like he’s trying to be calming or helpful, or at least that’s the strange way I translate it I guess 😂
Interestingly enough, young Craig T Nelson shared a slight resemblance to Patrick Wilson, who's the leading male of the Conjuring and Insidious franchise. Wouldn't be surprised if they had actually modeled Wilson's characters after him. 😂
One of the creepiest, very subtle eerie scenes is when Steven is in the semetary with his Boss and he tells Steven that years earlier houses in the neighborhood were built on old Native burial grounds, they moved the headstones but not the bodies. As this is revealed that creepy ass music slowly starts and Steven's face goes cold realizing what likely has been bringing all the supernatural activity to his home.
My favorite part is at the end, when the dad takes the tv out and dumps it outside the hotel room. It was just so unexpected, that I found it hilarious.
I think Spielberg is ending the idea of them leaving the ghosts behind fleeing in the car. He filmed us and then did all of these films and TV shows. Our grandfather who disowned us after adopting us he was in the car maybe had the car door shut by this point but got out just before we left Mexico. Spielberg was filming adn it was dramatic like in the movies. Police went by and we thought a store was robbed maybe. We didn't know what was going on. There may have been a ufo report but they acted like police were after them. They were in Mexico trying to be KGB spies.
Thanks to movies like this, I believed in ghosts and lived my entire childhood in sheer terror. It didn’t help that I’m psychotic, and my hallucinations began early into my childhood. I’d hallucinate knocking on my bedroom door and my child brain was like “huh, guess it’s a demon.”
My 2 favorite scenes. The family sitting together with the doctors, all pushed to the edge of exhaustion, talking about what's going on. You can feel their fear and smell the sweat. The other is the introduction to the ghost hunters. The black guy tells his story about the toy car, while they are all walking to the childrens bedroom. Then the father opens the door. The expressions on their faces are priceless. XD
I think Tobe Hooper doesn't get enough credit for this film. Yeah it feels like a Spielberg movie just like Gremlins but lets not forget Hooper made one of the greatest horror films of all time that managed to be scary with no gore at all. So he was the perfect choice to direct this plus he doesn't mind using real skeleton bones.
Yes, plus the fact Hooper was involved before a single thing was written, essentially developing the movie with Spielberg (he was always attached to direct).
Carl Rees-I was literally just about to mention his adaptation of Salem's Lot. So many people bring up Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Poltergeist when they mention Tobe Hooper & for some reason always forget Salem's Lot. It really creeped me out as a kid, especially the scene with the kid floating outside his brother window, & the scene were the school teacher finds his recently deceased friend sitting in the rocking chair in his house with glowing eyes.
Yep, screw the clown and the big white thing. The guy ripping his own face off was what sent *me* over the edge. Oh, and the steak. Whoever came up with *that* one was on some serious drugs.
@@TheAutistWhisperer yeah, it was really fun, everyone was laughing and joking and talking, the actors had a blast at the jokes being made during the movie. My friend and I left the room after the film, as we kinda just wondered into the room during the movie, we weren't sure if we were allowed in there. Lol
This is a long shot but I have a request. I have been in love with The Changeling (1980) for so many years and I'm just dying for someone to make a video about it in this style. I'm hoping that you've already seen it or at least have heard of it because it's a really underrated classic that gets overlooked and overshadowed by other horror films from the 80's all the time and I think it deserves way more recognition than it has. I'd love to see what someone like you could do or talk about with a movie like that. Without any spoilers, it goes to some surprising places and in a few ways, reminds me a little bit of Poltergeist, as well as many others. (It's said that The Ring was directly inspired by it.) If you could please consider doing a video style essay on that one, I would be eternally grateful. I am a big fan of your work and would love to hear what you have to say about that one.
You rock bud. So you had asked at the end of your (as usual awesome) video, about movies that scared one in an unexpected way, or films that one didn’t expect to scare you. Well I have one for you. “Wake In Fright” scared the living hell out of me. The surreal nature of “the Yabba”, the way in which the locals act, the heat contrasted with the Christmas decorations around the city, as well as that damn kangaroo hunt (not to mention Grant’s spiral of self-destruction) all made for an unexpectedly terrifyingly motion picture.
Haha, I loved this movie when I was a kid. But I was exposed to horror films since I was like 2 or 3 so it didn't phase me. The only thing that traumatized me was that poor dog in Fly 2. I was sad and disturbed for a long time about it. It still bothers me to this day when I think about it. 😭
Me: *watches Poltergeist two days ago* Man I really want to know more about this movie. But everyone talks about the curse and that’s mostly it. Ryan: *once again makes a killer video*
Lol I was 6 and that damn clown made terrified of dolls. On top of chucky. Dolls and even mannequins terrify me. I've gotten better at handling it but fml
I saw this as a 7 year old when we first got cable in 1984 and Poltergeist was the first movie we watched as a family and I don't think I slept for 3 days.
As a grown up though, the bit that scared me the most was that moment where Tangina tells the Freelings that an entity is controlling CarolAnne. That line: "To her, it simply IS another child. To us... it is the Beast." The shivers that line sent down my spine cannot be understates
Absolutely, especially if you have children that whole ordeal with CarolAnne being abducted by a ghost and the real pain you see the parents in is palpable. Amazing acting job by both Craig T Nelson & Jo Beth Williams.
When the spirit entity comes down the stairs its in the vague form of a woman. The congregation that trapped themselves in the cave were taken captive by that evil preacher. Churches are often symbolized as a woman. The spectral female only gets so far down the steps till she's yanked back up into the kid's room. The demonic being holding their spirits captive is what the psychic was refering to as The Beast.
When they play back the tape they see the church people dressed like Amish walking down the stairs and the researcher weeps for them. The psychic used the girl to draw their spirits to the light and urged them to go through it to their freedom. Thats the red fiery ring that strikes Tangina. After they're freed is when the massive enraged demon (Beast) face roars through the portal. I really do enjoy this film. Spiritual-wise it was very well researched.
I still haven't seen Poltergeist, and I was going to comment here about how I managed to miss this classic. But then, watching your video, I remembered walking past the TV when my parents were watching the movie and *that damn bathroom mirror scene* being the only thing I saw and...yep, that's why I never ended up watching it. O_O I know I'll get around to it eventually, though, it's a beloved film for so many people. Great video as always, Ryan!
As an adult I have watched an absurd number of horror films. Some creep me out or gross me out or have well done jump scares. Two movies genuinely scared me as an adult. The sort of movie that makes it difficult to sleep. The first makes sense as those who have seen it often credit it as one of the scariest movies they’ve seen. That’s Audition. I had been a Miike fan before that having seen the wackier films he’d made such as Ichi the Killer or the DOA films. I was not prepared. The second is Mothman Prophecies. It’s a Richard Gere movie about a cryptozoology monster. I did not expect it to mess me up like it did. It’s arguably not scary by any metric but something about its atmosphere left me with a lingering dread that lasted days.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid......................I was a weird kid. I’m so happy to see such a great video essay on this movie. It was scary but still had that magical whimsy making something really special. Dead Meat did a good video about how silly the Poltergeist movie “Curse” is. You can take almost any movie “cursed” . They did it with The Brave Little Toaster to prove their point.
I love Poltergeist, it's probably my favorite movie of all time because of the raw quality of the storytelling. Slightly disappointed you didn't acknowledge the sequels, even in a joke-y footnote. I love the sequels about as much as the original. Poltergeist 2 at least deserves some credit for the MASTERFULLY creepy fucker that was Reverend Henry Kane. And Poltergeist 3 is at least very interesting to pick apart. Great video as always!
8 years old on a coach trip to Italy. I saw this at night when everyone was asleep. Scariest movie I have ever seen. And the thing at the bedroom door you keep referring to in the movie, was the iconic image that was etched in my mind and dreams for years and years. Still love to watch it now though.
Jo Beth Williams & Craig T Nelson gave amazing acting performances in this Film !!! POLTERGEIST (1982) is definitely in my Top 10 Horrors of All Time..
I'd love to visit the alternate universe where Stephen King stayed on as a screenwriter for this. It has a strong feeling of 80s era King novels, and to this day Stephen and Steven (King and Spielberg) have yet to work together
@@CarloisBuriedAlive yeah I liked the movie a lot more than I thought I would cause it had a lot of interesting layers to it. I'd love to see a video about it
reagan gaitens Definitely recommend checking out the Hellraiser comics and the original book that the movie was based on along with lots of Clive Barker's works too, like Cabal/Nightbreed and his Books of Blood series.
Wow, I'm here early this time. Dark Crystal was the movie that scared me as a child. I love it as an adult and am looking forward to the prequel series (thanks Netflix)!
Joseph Moore I saw the American version of The Grudge and while that scared the hell outta me, the game for the Wii is infinitely scarier. On top of all the dark scenery and ghostly antics you’d expect from that movie, there’s an option for another player to pick up a controller and throw in jump scares whenever they want. So while you’re playing the game and the tension is racking up, your friend can trigger a jump scare to make you shit yourself. Kinda clever on the developers part.
Given how this movie & E.T were filmed back to back and also where filmed practically in the same housing estate. I've always liked to imagine that the events of both movies are happening at the same time
I love your writing style. Thanks for what you do. You make me appreciate horror in a level I never have before. And congrats on the office! Can't wait to have a job so I can support you in Patreon!
I'm so happy you talked about Poltergeist. They say ghost horror is the most optimistic genre because it makes you believe in the afterlife. I'd say Poltergeist is the most optimistic horror movie that I've seen. I watched the complete trilogy when I was 7 or 8. Personally, the scariest thing for me was the worm in the beer in Poltergeist 2. I did not drink opaque drinks like milk or orange juice for about a year after that. That being said, one of my favorite scenes of all time will always be the moment when Diane and Dr. Lesh share a drink in the night and talk about their fears and life and death. It feels so authentic and yet so mysterious. It really is a feel good moment. I watch this movie every year around Halloween. Keep up the good work but don't wear yourself out, man.
I watched this show numerous times as a kid and loved it. It was often shown on cable tv in the 80s. My husband, on the other hand, watched it once as a kid and was so traumatized that he could barely sleep for months and had to go to a psychiatrist. (For real) To this day, he won't watch it. I've suggested he watch it with his now adult eyes and see how much of a masterpiece it is.
I remember scenes from both this and the sequel completely screwing my mind as a kid and the horrifying imagery remained vivid in it for so long. I re-watched the original last October and was surprised at how well it held up. It's a very well made film and feels so much more "real" than most horror movies today.
When you said It was traumatizing-I pointed at the screen and shouted, “Yeeeeessss!” I couldn’t watch any horror movie until I was 15-no joke. My mom even had to get rid of my bozo the clown doll because I couldn’t sleep in the same room with it.
Poltergeist is one of my favorite movies of all times. I did see it when I was young, and other horror movies traumatized me at the time, but this one didn't despite the imagery. It's just SO good, it's like my brain refused to be scared because I wanted to see it again and again. To this day, haunted houses movies is my favorite genre and although the Conjuring movies (the original ones with PAtrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, not the shitty expanded franchise) come very very close, nothing has managed to beat Poltergeist in my heart.
You are soooo right. Although I have always been scared as hell by the movie, having watched it for the first time when I was 9, it always left me with a feeling of comfort and love for my family 😊
This is the only “horror” movie that makes me cry, the family in this just feels sooo real, and the heart breaking moments with Carol Anne being missing, the mother’s performance “don’t touch my babies!” Man the tears and chills just flow
I saw this movie - in a theater while vacationing with my family. The theater was somehow attached to the hotel we were staying at, and ran movies that had been out for a year or two. My much older brother convinced my parents to let us go see this - after a lot of protesting from my Mom who said it'd be too scary for me. "It's Steven Speilberg" - he said.....I was six years old. 6! I spent four years in absolute terror every goddamn night - until, at the age of ten - my Dad finally relented and had a crew come out and cut down the tree outside my bedroom window.
What happened with Poltergeist credits wise is similar to how Tim Burtons name smothered Henry Selicks Nightmare Before Christmas. This movie traumatized me into never leaving meat out on a counter overnight, because it might crawl away next I cut into it- I also grew up super suspicious of the small white spots on meats like kielbasa and summer sausage, worrying it was hibernating maggots
I was age six, when my older brother and mother thought it would be a good idea to watch this movie with me. The bathroom scene made me sob hysterically, as my mother held me and told my brother to remove the VHS from the house, while assuring me that "Don't worry, now. The demons are gone." Yep, till this day, whenever I watch this movie, I close my eyes at the mirror part and don't dare to open them again until the male character stops screaming. XD Edit: By the way, I'm age 38, I forgot to add.
This movie will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first horrorr movie and it kick started my obsession with the genre. It scared the shit it of me and I loved it. I was Carol Anne's age. It still remains not only my favorite paranormal movie but one of my favorite movies of all time. It's one of my comfort movies if you will. I thought "The Beast" ( the skeleton ghost guarding the door) was the coolest thing I've ever seen. I recently even painted it 🤣 I've been waiting for you to do this one for a while 😊
I saw this movie for the first time wayyyyy too young and it scared the shit out of me but I loved it and it served as a great intro to the horror genre. It still holds up for me and is the unique horror movie with warm lighting and a genuinely homey, lived-in aesthetic which makes the scares that much more effective because it feels like a real house and not an unnaturally dark set on a Hollywood movie lot. I’m so glad you covered one of my favorite movies ever! Great work as always!
honestly i love these videos so much just because they're never obnoxious or grasping they are always here just for the actual fans and it makes the channel seem so much more of a community of horror lovers
This remains one of my all-time favorite films; it is one of those few old movies that I go back and watch at least once per year. Unlike so many, it still holds up now and the combination of supernatural, suburban calm, horror, and humor is just brilliant.
Love all your stuff Ryan! The movie that scared me more than any other surprised me, it was the Skeleton Key, the whole idea that if you believe in something it can destroy your life really terrified me, and I remember the whole thing vividly even though I will never watch it again. I'd love to see you take a look at that one! Keep up the great work :D
You don't seem phased out, you seem more engaged in talking about a film than ever. I'm not a huge fan of Poltergeist, it felt about 2 hours longer than it was and a chore to get through, I appreciated what it was trying to do and think the special effects are really impressive, but I don't think I will be revisiting it any time soon
My dad put this one and made me and my brother watch it back in the day when we were reeeeal youn messed me up. I was young enough so that I was just starting to sleep with the lights off, put a stop to that . The best part is that while me and my brother were bawling our eyes out begging him to turn it off he was laughing and having the time of his life the mad lad still one of his best moments
Love these videos! I can't stomach any kind of horror movies for some reason - my boyfriend is a huge horror nerd and tried to watch the Evil Dead with me. Even that did not go great, even though I love the campiness. BUT!!! Thanks to you I can at least enjoy the stories and themes and creativity without absolutely shitting myself. A true hero.
I adore this film and, like every 80s kid, was terrified by it! The cast never gets enough credit as all are just perfect in their roles. I'll say until the end of time that Jobeth Williams deserved an Oscar nomination for her work. Great video as always!
Too stoked you're covering such a classic ! This was the first horror movie I showed to my younger sister because I told her it was "basically a Spielberg movie." Thanks for another awesome vid
I don't watch horror movies (I'm a chicken for anything scary) but I still watch every one of your videos. You analyse films in such an interesting way! (and also your accent is easy on the ears 😉)
You touched on an old favorite I'd forgotten about. Thanks! You won yourself a subscriber! As far as others that took you by surprise I suppose I'd have to say Ma. I was ready for one thing but it actually hit me emotionally.
The horror movie that I didn't expect to be as scary as it ended up being is End of the Line (2007), where you think at first the horrible part will be the supernatural, but you realise by the end that the other humans are the horror. I found it chilling because those things could happen in real life with little difference (or none) to the way it went down in the movie. It's a sobering look at cults and cult-like mentality and what it may lead to.
I've been watching your stuff for a here & there, but until now I've subscribed! I LOVE Poltergeist so much and (maybe because we're around the same age) I was ALSO traumatized by this film as a child! It was the first movie that scared me to my core. And it's my favorite horror movie of all time as well... (Closely rivaled by The Thing.)
Having not even finished the video yet I just want to say that it's good to know that I wasn't the only one completely traumatized by this movie I saw it alone by myself and Pitch Black in 5th grade at a friend's house and I was petrified beyond recognition for the next year-and-a-half at the very least constantly worried about what was around the corner at night
The title of this video is what got me. Cause similarly, I too was traumatized by this when I was 9. I couldn’t go to bed with the lights off for years.
Poltergeist still is one those movies that scare you and confront you. It still stands well and the visuals are good, i liked how you explained it never thought of it this way.
Been thinking about this film for a while now. It scared me as a child too but has left a lasting impression, the life-force aspect has become a vivid reality in my adult years. They may have had their differences but I'm glad Hooper and Spielberg worked together, what an awesome match of creative minds.
Thank you for doing all you can to keep this channel running even with all the moving and shit going on in your life Ryan! This movie really fucked me up as a kid too.
I was CarolAnn's age when this movie came out and I saw it on HBO a couple years after its release. This changed my childhood! I was never the same after it.
I had a hot streak of nightmare visitations from a creature that was a combination of the tree and the weird skeleton ghost and the girl from _The Ring_ after I rewatched _Poltergeist_ about 10 years back. Haven't revisited it since.
Im actually old enough to remember when this film was released. I was 10. It scared me to death! But I still loved it. The only scene that traumatized me was that bathroom scene. I Still have a hard time watching that scene without wanting to look away.
First of all: Thank you. You so eloquently describe and analyze details that I don't have the ability to do myself, so I deeply appreciate you for this. You are Talented, capital T. Secondly: A horror-based movie that genuinely suprised me with how intensely scary it was is the movie Creep. It is so simple, but the psychological fear present is so intense and relatable that it has stuck with me. Realism in horror is what gets me. The realism in Creep 2 is wildly intense.
Part of the genius of Poltergeist, is that it starts off just looking and feeling like a comedy about a suburban family before it turns into a horror movie. The problem with most modern horror movies is that they always have to try to look like a "horror movie." So they color grade them to look "scary" with lots of murky color filters like sickly teals and muddy ambers. But when you go back and watch the classics like Halloween, The Shining, The Exorcist, they're all well lit, naturalistic, beautifully shot films that aren't trying to look like a "horror movie."
Idk what it is about you videos, but it’s always so nice/calming watching you review and analyze horror movies.
It's kind of like Meme Review. When the joke, or in this case the horror, is explained it's no longer as scary because we understand it better. But that deosnt mean I wont have night terrors from watching people rip their own face apart.
Agreed. I often wind down the nights with Ryan's videos. Which is kind of a double-edged sword considering the horror factor but hey worth it
Scrofar I know right? He seems so nonchalant about the topic, which makes his videos connect with me more; It’s like he’s trying to be calming or helpful, or at least that’s the strange way I translate it I guess 😂
i wrote almost same comment when i saw one of his vids for the first time
Grungy Burger right I get tired 😂
The dad in this film, Craig T. Nelson, later went on to voice Mr. Incredible
Interestingly enough, young Craig T Nelson shared a slight resemblance to Patrick Wilson, who's the leading male of the Conjuring and Insidious franchise. Wouldn't be surprised if they had actually modeled Wilson's characters after him. 😂
Yes...yes he did.
Am I the only one old enough to remember his show Coach? It was a tv show in the 90s long after this movie but people never mention it.
@@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263 I'm 45. Everyone at my age remembers Coach. Even stared Jerry Vandyke. Dicks brother.
@@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263 COACH! Great show.
One of the creepiest, very subtle eerie scenes is when Steven is in the semetary with his Boss and he tells Steven that years earlier houses in the neighborhood were built on old Native burial grounds, they moved the headstones but not the bodies. As this is revealed that creepy ass music slowly starts and Steven's face goes cold realizing what likely has been bringing all the supernatural activity to his home.
My favorite part is at the end, when the dad takes the tv out and dumps it outside the hotel room. It was just so unexpected, that I found it hilarious.
I think Spielberg is ending the idea of them leaving the ghosts behind fleeing in the car. He filmed us and then did all of these films and TV shows. Our grandfather who disowned us after adopting us he was in the car maybe had the car door shut by this point but got out just before we left Mexico. Spielberg was filming adn it was dramatic like in the movies. Police went by and we thought a store was robbed maybe. We didn't know what was going on. There may have been a ufo report but they acted like police were after them. They were in Mexico trying to be KGB spies.
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Ryan as a kid: OH this looks like a pretty comfy movie!
Spielberg: I'm about to start this man's whole career
Wholesome
Ryan: aww what a family friendly movie! What could possibly go wrong?
Steven Spielberg and Hooper: *laughs* Fools.....
Steven Spielberg and Hooper: watch me ruin this man's childhood.
Why is the movie rated "G"? Lmao XD
Parents: Oh this film looks fun, let's go kids!
Spielberg/Hooper: You fools! You've fallen for the classic blunder!
Thanks to movies like this, I believed in ghosts and lived my entire childhood in sheer terror. It didn’t help that I’m psychotic, and my hallucinations began early into my childhood. I’d hallucinate knocking on my bedroom door and my child brain was like “huh, guess it’s a demon.”
My 2 favorite scenes. The family sitting together with the doctors, all pushed to the edge of exhaustion, talking about what's going on. You can feel their fear and smell the sweat.
The other is the introduction to the ghost hunters. The black guy tells his story about the toy car, while they are all walking to the childrens bedroom. Then the father opens the door. The expressions on their faces are priceless. XD
I think Tobe Hooper doesn't get enough credit for this film. Yeah it feels like a Spielberg movie just like Gremlins but lets not forget Hooper made one of the greatest horror films of all time that managed to be scary with no gore at all. So he was the perfect choice to direct this plus he doesn't mind using real skeleton bones.
Indeed, I still want to see his crazy version of Spiderman.
lol skeleton bones
IDK why that phrase always makes me giggle.
Yes, plus the fact Hooper was involved before a single thing was written, essentially developing the movie with Spielberg (he was always attached to direct).
Except Gremlins is also not directed by Spielberg, though he certainly had a big influence on it, as he did practically every 80s movie.
Carl Rees-I was literally just about to mention his adaptation of Salem's Lot. So many people bring up Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Poltergeist when they mention Tobe Hooper & for some reason always forget Salem's Lot. It really creeped me out as a kid, especially the scene with the kid floating outside his brother window, & the scene were the school teacher finds his recently deceased friend sitting in the rocking chair in his house with glowing eyes.
OMG the bathroom mirror scene from Poltergeist still scares the crap outta me to this day :)
Omg same!
for me, it was always the tree
Yep, screw the clown and the big white thing. The guy ripping his own face off was what sent *me* over the edge. Oh, and the steak. Whoever came up with *that* one was on some serious drugs.
I thought that scene was awsome
@@fxmonster664 Probably one of the best moments in cinema! :)
Now do Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead next.
Love that movie, got to see it at a convention where I live, it was in a tiny ass room with 9 ppl in the audience, and a few of the actors lmao
@@adamFIVE88 Awesome!
@@TheAutistWhisperer yeah, it was really fun, everyone was laughing and joking and talking, the actors had a blast at the jokes being made during the movie. My friend and I left the room after the film, as we kinda just wondered into the room during the movie, we weren't sure if we were allowed in there. Lol
Quickly! Before they turn the glass into lesbians!
He's definitely going hate that
This is a long shot but I have a request. I have been in love with The Changeling (1980) for so many years and I'm just dying for someone to make a video about it in this style. I'm hoping that you've already seen it or at least have heard of it because it's a really underrated classic that gets overlooked and overshadowed by other horror films from the 80's all the time and I think it deserves way more recognition than it has. I'd love to see what someone like you could do or talk about with a movie like that. Without any spoilers, it goes to some surprising places and in a few ways, reminds me a little bit of Poltergeist, as well as many others. (It's said that The Ring was directly inspired by it.) If you could please consider doing a video style essay on that one, I would be eternally grateful. I am a big fan of your work and would love to hear what you have to say about that one.
Love your videos, old bean. Intelligent, informative, not mean spirited, and entertaining.
You rock bud. So you had asked at the end of your (as usual awesome) video, about movies that scared one in an unexpected way, or films that one didn’t expect to scare you. Well I have one for you. “Wake In Fright” scared the living hell out of me. The surreal nature of “the Yabba”, the way in which the locals act, the heat contrasted with the Christmas decorations around the city, as well as that damn kangaroo hunt (not to mention Grant’s spiral of self-destruction) all made for an unexpectedly terrifyingly motion picture.
Haha, I loved this movie when I was a kid. But I was exposed to horror films since I was like 2 or 3 so it didn't phase me. The only thing that traumatized me was that poor dog in Fly 2. I was sad and disturbed for a long time about it. It still bothers me to this day when I think about it. 😭
5:30 "Without a single death happening in the film."
(Cuts to Tweety's funeral)
Ryan! You unfeeling monster!
“...the guy who somehow made Texas even scarier than it already is.”
me, a Texan: you right
Me: *watches Poltergeist two days ago* Man I really want to know more about this movie. But everyone talks about the curse and that’s mostly it.
Ryan: *once again makes a killer video*
i love this movie, but this movie TRAUMATIZED me as a kid. this is such a good analysis of this movie. i love the stuff that you do :)
Emily Freeman I was 14 when I first saw the movie and that was the only part that I remember actually freaking me out.
Lol I was 6 and that damn clown made terrified of dolls.
On top of chucky. Dolls and even mannequins terrify me. I've gotten better at handling it but fml
I first saw it at 13 and I was like “I’m so cool I’m watching a scary movie!” Then the clown toy jumpscare happened and I cried.
I saw this as a 7 year old when we first got cable in 1984 and Poltergeist was the first movie we watched as a family and I don't think I slept for 3 days.
I saw this as an adult and it traumatized me, I don't think I could recover if I saw this damned movie as a kid yo
i saw it as a kid...the babysitter left me alone with it...
I saw it as a kid I loved it, but then again the only thing I hated watching as a kid was gore not horror
whatttt i watched it when i was 12 and i disliked it and i was highly dissapointed lol
You kinda don't,53,now if you see someone older or even young in one of those h a t s, and toys eyes fkg move, dammit
As a grown up though, the bit that scared me the most was that moment where Tangina tells the Freelings that an entity is controlling CarolAnne. That line:
"To her, it simply IS another child. To us... it is the Beast."
The shivers that line sent down my spine cannot be understates
Absolutely, especially if you have children that whole ordeal with CarolAnne being abducted by a ghost and the real pain you see the parents in is palpable. Amazing acting job by both Craig T Nelson & Jo Beth Williams.
Zelda Rubenstein really sold that whole movie, didn't she?
When the spirit entity comes down the stairs its in the vague form of a woman. The congregation that trapped themselves in the cave were taken captive by that evil preacher. Churches are often symbolized as a woman. The spectral female only gets so far down the steps till she's yanked back up into the kid's room.
The demonic being holding their spirits captive is what the psychic was refering to as The Beast.
When they play back the tape they see the church people dressed like Amish walking down the stairs and the researcher weeps for them.
The psychic used the girl to draw their spirits to the light and urged them to go through it to their freedom. Thats the red fiery ring that strikes Tangina. After they're freed is when the massive enraged demon (Beast) face roars through the portal.
I really do enjoy this film. Spiritual-wise it was very well researched.
Zelda Rubinstein was a delight in everything she was cast in. She was also in what I feel is one of the creepiest Tales from the Crypt episodes.
I still haven't seen Poltergeist, and I was going to comment here about how I managed to miss this classic. But then, watching your video, I remembered walking past the TV when my parents were watching the movie and *that damn bathroom mirror scene* being the only thing I saw and...yep, that's why I never ended up watching it. O_O I know I'll get around to it eventually, though, it's a beloved film for so many people. Great video as always, Ryan!
Nice got something to watch after waking up tomorrow and heading to work...
The only thing that keeps depression at bay, a good Ryan vid
As an adult I have watched an absurd number of horror films. Some creep me out or gross me out or have well done jump scares. Two movies genuinely scared me as an adult. The sort of movie that makes it difficult to sleep.
The first makes sense as those who have seen it often credit it as one of the scariest movies they’ve seen. That’s Audition. I had been a Miike fan before that having seen the wackier films he’d made such as Ichi the Killer or the DOA films. I was not prepared.
The second is Mothman Prophecies. It’s a Richard Gere movie about a cryptozoology monster. I did not expect it to mess me up like it did. It’s arguably not scary by any metric but something about its atmosphere left me with a lingering dread that lasted days.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid......................I was a weird kid. I’m so happy to see such a great video essay on this movie. It was scary but still had that magical whimsy making something really special.
Dead Meat did a good video about how silly the Poltergeist movie “Curse” is. You can take almost any movie “cursed” . They did it with The Brave Little Toaster to prove their point.
I love Poltergeist, it's probably my favorite movie of all time because of the raw quality of the storytelling.
Slightly disappointed you didn't acknowledge the sequels, even in a joke-y footnote. I love the sequels about as much as the original. Poltergeist 2 at least deserves some credit for the MASTERFULLY creepy fucker that was Reverend Henry Kane. And Poltergeist 3 is at least very interesting to pick apart.
Great video as always!
That scene with that piece of meat sliding across the kitchen table; where, maggots came out creeped me out if not 😝 me out..
8 years old on a coach trip to Italy. I saw this at night when everyone was asleep. Scariest movie I have ever seen. And the thing at the bedroom door you keep referring to in the movie, was the iconic image that was etched in my mind and dreams for years and years.
Still love to watch it now though.
Jo Beth Williams & Craig T Nelson gave amazing acting performances in this Film !!!
POLTERGEIST (1982) is definitely in my Top 10 Horrors of All Time..
That friggin tree. That friggin clown. That friggin soup of cadaver pool.
I'd love to visit the alternate universe where Stephen King stayed on as a screenwriter for this. It has a strong feeling of 80s era King novels, and to this day Stephen and Steven (King and Spielberg) have yet to work together
I saw the original Hellraiser recently, a video about that would be cool. Get some sleep my guy
The bdsm aspects alone would make for a really in-depth video
@@CarloisBuriedAlive yeah I liked the movie a lot more than I thought I would cause it had a lot of interesting layers to it. I'd love to see a video about it
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Definitely recommend checking out the Hellraiser comics and the original book that the movie was based on along with lots of Clive Barker's works too, like Cabal/Nightbreed and his Books of Blood series.
Wow, I'm here early this time. Dark Crystal was the movie that scared me as a child. I love it as an adult and am looking forward to the prequel series (thanks Netflix)!
Maybe not HORROR, per se, but i didn't think Perfect Blue would be anywhere near as terrifying as it was
Ju-on. I had watched the Grudge and at the time I didnt watch foreign movies to the US. But it hella messed me up
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I saw the American version of The Grudge and while that scared the hell outta me, the game for the Wii is infinitely scarier. On top of all the dark scenery and ghostly antics you’d expect from that movie, there’s an option for another player to pick up a controller and throw in jump scares whenever they want. So while you’re playing the game and the tension is racking up, your friend can trigger a jump scare to make you shit yourself. Kinda clever on the developers part.
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The second one actually scared me more.
Given how this movie & E.T were filmed back to back and also where filmed practically in the same housing estate.
I've always liked to imagine that the events of both movies are happening at the same time
saw this as a child and it def traumitized me but rewatching as an adult i found new appreciation in Diane's fight for her children
I love your writing style. Thanks for what you do. You make me appreciate horror in a level I never have before. And congrats on the office! Can't wait to have a job so I can support you in Patreon!
Oh boy, Poltergeist! Fourth horror movie I saw as a (far too young) child! Hah, I still have the nightmares...
I'm so happy you talked about Poltergeist.
They say ghost horror is the most optimistic genre because it makes you believe in the afterlife. I'd say Poltergeist is the most optimistic horror movie that I've seen. I watched the complete trilogy when I was 7 or 8. Personally, the scariest thing for me was the worm in the beer in Poltergeist 2. I did not drink opaque drinks like milk or orange juice for about a year after that.
That being said, one of my favorite scenes of all time will always be the moment when Diane and Dr. Lesh share a drink in the night and talk about their fears and life and death. It feels so authentic and yet so mysterious. It really is a feel good moment. I watch this movie every year around Halloween.
Keep up the good work but don't wear yourself out, man.
I watched this show numerous times as a kid and loved it. It was often shown on cable tv in the 80s. My husband, on the other hand, watched it once as a kid and was so traumatized that he could barely sleep for months and had to go to a psychiatrist. (For real) To this day, he won't watch it. I've suggested he watch it with his now adult eyes and see how much of a masterpiece it is.
Hi Ryan! I doubt I'll get a response since I'm so late but do you ever think you'll do a video on fire in the sky? That film shit me up as a kid!
That movie. Omg. Unbelievably freaked me out.
Based on a true story. The guy's still around telling his story. It's all kinds of fucky.
Communion and Fire In The Sky both fried my brain for longer than I care to admit.
I remember scenes from both this and the sequel completely screwing my mind as a kid and the horrifying imagery remained vivid in it for so long. I re-watched the original last October and was surprised at how well it held up. It's a very well made film and feels so much more "real" than most horror movies today.
When you said It was traumatizing-I pointed at the screen and shouted, “Yeeeeessss!” I couldn’t watch any horror movie until I was 15-no joke. My mom even had to get rid of my bozo the clown doll because I couldn’t sleep in the same room with it.
Poltergeist is one of my favorite movies of all times. I did see it when I was young, and other horror movies traumatized me at the time, but this one didn't despite the imagery. It's just SO good, it's like my brain refused to be scared because I wanted to see it again and again. To this day, haunted houses movies is my favorite genre and although the Conjuring movies (the original ones with PAtrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, not the shitty expanded franchise) come very very close, nothing has managed to beat Poltergeist in my heart.
You are soooo right.
Although I have always been scared as hell by the movie, having watched it for the first time when I was 9, it always left me with a feeling of comfort and love for my family 😊
That face scratching scene scarred me for life. No joke. I had nightmares for YEARS!
This is the only “horror” movie that makes me cry, the family in this just feels sooo real, and the heart breaking moments with Carol Anne being missing, the mother’s performance “don’t touch my babies!” Man the tears and chills just flow
Yep same here, scared the shit out me, this Alien, The thing, The Amityville horror and others 😎
I saw this movie - in a theater while vacationing with my family. The theater was somehow attached to the hotel we were staying at, and ran movies that had been out for a year or two. My much older brother convinced my parents to let us go see this - after a lot of protesting from my Mom who said it'd be too scary for me. "It's Steven Speilberg" - he said.....I was six years old. 6! I spent four years in absolute terror every goddamn night - until, at the age of ten - my Dad finally relented and had a crew come out and cut down the tree outside my bedroom window.
What happened with Poltergeist credits wise is similar to how Tim Burtons name smothered Henry Selicks Nightmare Before Christmas. This movie traumatized me into never leaving meat out on a counter overnight, because it might crawl away next I cut into it- I also grew up super suspicious of the small white spots on meats like kielbasa and summer sausage, worrying it was hibernating maggots
I was age six, when my older brother and mother thought it would be a good idea to watch this movie with me. The bathroom scene made me sob hysterically, as my mother held me and told my brother to remove the VHS from the house, while assuring me that "Don't worry, now. The demons are gone." Yep, till this day, whenever I watch this movie, I close my eyes at the mirror part and don't dare to open them again until the male character stops screaming. XD
Edit: By the way, I'm age 38, I forgot to add.
I watched the whole trilogy as a kid and I was afraid of mirrors for years.
This movie will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first horrorr movie and it kick started my obsession with the genre. It scared the shit it of me and I loved it. I was Carol Anne's age. It still remains not only my favorite paranormal movie but one of my favorite movies of all time. It's one of my comfort movies if you will. I thought "The Beast" ( the skeleton ghost guarding the door) was the coolest thing I've ever seen. I recently even painted it 🤣 I've been waiting for you to do this one for a while 😊
Your videos are so relaxing. Thank you
I saw this movie for the first time wayyyyy too young and it scared the shit out of me but I loved it and it served as a great intro to the horror genre. It still holds up for me and is the unique horror movie with warm lighting and a genuinely homey, lived-in aesthetic which makes the scares that much more effective because it feels like a real house and not an unnaturally dark set on a Hollywood movie lot. I’m so glad you covered one of my favorite movies ever! Great work as always!
honestly i love these videos so much just because they're never obnoxious or grasping they are always here just for the actual fans and it makes the channel seem so much more of a community of horror lovers
This remains one of my all-time favorite films; it is one of those few old movies that I go back and watch at least once per year. Unlike so many, it still holds up now and the combination of supernatural, suburban calm, horror, and humor is just brilliant.
Love all your stuff Ryan! The movie that scared me more than any other surprised me, it was the Skeleton Key, the whole idea that if you believe in something it can destroy your life really terrified me, and I remember the whole thing vividly even though I will never watch it again. I'd love to see you take a look at that one! Keep up the great work :D
I’m in my mid 30s and this was one of my absolute favorite movies back in the 80s.
Absolutely fearless child LOL
You don't seem phased out, you seem more engaged in talking about a film than ever. I'm not a huge fan of Poltergeist, it felt about 2 hours longer than it was and a chore to get through, I appreciated what it was trying to do and think the special effects are really impressive, but I don't think I will be revisiting it any time soon
Ryan, u look amazing!!! There is an energy in u that is so refreshing.
And, also, thank u for your (always) awesome content.
My dad put this one and made me and my brother watch it back in the day when we were reeeeal youn messed me up. I was young enough so that I was just starting to sleep with the lights off, put a stop to that . The best part is that while me and my brother were bawling our eyes out begging him to turn it off he was laughing and having the time of his life the mad lad still one of his best moments
Your videos are comforting and therapeutic.
Zelda Rubinstein also starred in one of my favorite Tales from the Crypt episodes with David Warner and Robert Patrick: The New Arrival
Love these videos! I can't stomach any kind of horror movies for some reason - my boyfriend is a huge horror nerd and tried to watch the Evil Dead with me. Even that did not go great, even though I love the campiness. BUT!!! Thanks to you I can at least enjoy the stories and themes and creativity without absolutely shitting myself. A true hero.
I adore this film and, like every 80s kid, was terrified by it! The cast never gets enough credit as all are just perfect in their roles. I'll say until the end of time that Jobeth Williams deserved an Oscar nomination for her work. Great video as always!
Too stoked you're covering such a classic ! This was the first horror movie I showed to my younger sister because I told her it was "basically a Spielberg movie."
Thanks for another awesome vid
I don't watch horror movies (I'm a chicken for anything scary) but I still watch every one of your videos. You analyse films in such an interesting way! (and also your accent is easy on the ears 😉)
Heather O'Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein portrayed two really beloved characters from my youth in this movie. May both rest in peace.
You touched on an old favorite I'd forgotten about. Thanks! You won yourself a subscriber! As far as others that took you by surprise I suppose I'd have to say Ma. I was ready for one thing but it actually hit me emotionally.
The horror movie that I didn't expect to be as scary as it ended up being is End of the Line (2007), where you think at first the horrible part will be the supernatural, but you realise by the end that the other humans are the horror. I found it chilling because those things could happen in real life with little difference (or none) to the way it went down in the movie. It's a sobering look at cults and cult-like mentality and what it may lead to.
I've been watching your stuff for a here & there, but until now I've subscribed! I LOVE Poltergeist so much and (maybe because we're around the same age) I was ALSO traumatized by this film as a child! It was the first movie that scared me to my core. And it's my favorite horror movie of all time as well... (Closely rivaled by The Thing.)
Child ryan and family: oh this looks like fun, let's watch it as a family
Spielberg and hooper: *I'm bout to end this childs whole career*
I have a very specific thing for horror that goes completely batshit at the end, and Poltergeist is always my go-to example.
Always loved the dad pushing the TV out of the hotel at the end. A great joke to defuse the tension and end the film on.
Your 4 letter word emphasis before the scenes that scared you CRACKED ME THE F UP! Hahahahaha! Your discussion is better than any comedy show!
Having not even finished the video yet I just want to say that it's good to know that I wasn't the only one completely traumatized by this movie I saw it alone by myself and Pitch Black in 5th grade at a friend's house and I was petrified beyond recognition for the next year-and-a-half at the very least constantly worried about what was around the corner at night
The title of this video is what got me. Cause similarly, I too was traumatized by this when I was 9. I couldn’t go to bed with the lights off for years.
Poltergeist still is one those movies that scare you and confront you. It still stands well and the visuals are good, i liked how you explained it never thought of it this way.
I dont think I've ever actually watched a new video of yours, just binge watched old ones.
Been thinking about this film for a while now. It scared me as a child too but has left a lasting impression, the life-force aspect has become a vivid reality in my adult years. They may have had their differences but I'm glad Hooper and Spielberg worked together, what an awesome match of creative minds.
Thank you for doing all you can to keep this channel running even with all the moving and shit going on in your life Ryan! This movie really fucked me up as a kid too.
I was CarolAnn's age when this movie came out and I saw it on HBO a couple years after its release. This changed my childhood! I was never the same after it.
I had a hot streak of nightmare visitations from a creature that was a combination of the tree and the weird skeleton ghost and the girl from _The Ring_ after I rewatched _Poltergeist_ about 10 years back. Haven't revisited it since.
Im actually old enough to remember when this film was released. I was 10. It scared me to death! But I still loved it. The only scene that traumatized me was that bathroom scene. I Still have a hard time watching that scene without wanting to look away.
First of all: Thank you. You so eloquently describe and analyze details that I don't have the ability to do myself, so I deeply appreciate you for this. You are Talented, capital T.
Secondly: A horror-based movie that genuinely suprised me with how intensely scary it was is the movie Creep.
It is so simple, but the psychological fear present is so intense and relatable that it has stuck with me.
Realism in horror is what gets me.
The realism in Creep 2 is wildly intense.
I saw a commercial for this on TV once as a child and it was enough to scar me for life
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was the movie that traumatized me as a child. It was that scream during the transporter malfunction that did it.
Part of the genius of Poltergeist, is that it starts off just looking and feeling like a comedy about a suburban family before it turns into a horror movie. The problem with most modern horror movies is that they always have to try to look like a "horror movie." So they color grade them to look "scary" with lots of murky color filters like sickly teals and muddy ambers. But when you go back and watch the classics like Halloween, The Shining, The Exorcist, they're all well lit, naturalistic, beautifully shot films that aren't trying to look like a "horror movie."
Ryan, I have to say you are my favorite movie reviewer. There are very few reviewers I click on as soon as I can. You are one of them.
My dad and his friends went to see it when he was twelve expecting to make fun of it because it was pg but ended up scaring the hell out of them
the fly, to this day, is the only horror movie to genuinely terrify me. i did not expect it at all and for that reason i love it all the more.
you, FoundFlix and Dead Meat are the horror kings of youtube
the effects are just amazing which is why is so scary