Director:
Tobe Hooper
Starring: JoBeth Williams Heather O'Rourke Craig T. Nelson
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Product Summary
Buy.com Sales Rank: 898
Category Keywords: Essential Cinema Family Interaction Ghosts Psychic Forces Recommended Theatrical Release
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It Knows What Scares You.
| "They're here," playful at first...but not for long. A storm erupts, a tree attacks and little Carol Anne Freeling is whisked into a spectral void. As her family confronts horrors galore, something else is here too: a new benchmark in Hollywood ghost stories. Producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall and director Tobe Hooper head the elite scream team of this classic. Welcome to Home Sweet Haunted Home. |
"...delivers real punch in its depiction of a family's struggle against forces they cannot understand or manipulate. Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
"Still scary - a classic! Karina Montgomery, Cinerina
"Sensationally scary! A roller-coaster ride! Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Marvelously spooky, like a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare. Vincent Canby, The New York Times
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Editor's Note
Ghosts invade suburbia in this 1982 horror film from director Tobe Hooper (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and producer Steven Spielberg. Life in the Freeling family's tract home is comfortably bland, but frisky poltergeists soon put a little excitement into their daily routine--moving furniture and communicating with their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, through the television set. Unfortunately, harmless pranks quickly turn nasty and the previously friendly ghosts kidnap Carol Anne, trapping her in the spirit world. To win the child back, the family calls in a team of parapsychologists and a psychic who conducts an elaborate exorcism. The apocalyptic finale is deliciously macabre, and pushed the limits of the PG rating. A number of sequels followed, and speculation still remains on whether Spielberg--who wrote the story and storyboarded the action--essentially ghost directed the film.
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Features
| DVD, Deluxe Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, French |
Technical Info
Release Information |
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| Studio: Warner | |
| Release Date: 1/8/2008 | |
| Running Time: 114 minutes | |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | |
| Catalog ID: 64751 | |
| UPC: 00012569647510 | |
| Number of Discs: 1 | |
Audio & Video |
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| Original Language: English | |
| Available Audio Tracks: English | |
| Video: Color | |
Aspect Ratio |
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| Anamorphic Widescreen 2.20:1 | |
Cast & Crew
| Craig T. Nelson | |
| Heather O'Rourke | |
| JoBeth Williams | |
| Richard Lawson | |
| James H. Spencer - Production Designer | |
| Jerry Goldsmith - Original Music By | |
| Matthew F. Leonetti - Cinematographer | |
| Michael Grais, et. al. - Screenplay | |
| Michael Kahn - Editor | |
| Steven Spielberg - Editor | |
| Steven Spielberg - Based On Story By | |
| Steven Spielberg, et. al. - Producer | |
| Tobe Hooper - Director |
Awards
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Winner (1983) |
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British Academy Awards, Richard Edlund, Best Special Visual Effects |
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Nominee (1983) |
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Oscar, Richard Edlund, et. al., Best Effects, Visual Effects |
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Oscar, Jerry Goldsmith, Best Music, Original Score |
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Oscar, Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing |
Memorable Quotes
| "They're here!" ---- Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke) about the poltergeists |
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