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Scarier movie - this or Poltergeist ?

posted 11 years ago by MyDarkStar
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This movie somewhat reminds me of Poltergeist. The very broad plotl is similar - child get in contact with another dimension/world and is being harassed by the beings in that dimension ; family brings in a supernatural specialist to help ; one of the parents has to enter the dimension in order to bring the child back.

There's other similarities.

Anyway, I find Poltergeist to be the scarier of the two. You...?

[–] resmat-1 9 years ago

Which Poltergeist? There are two versions you know.

[–] MyDarkStar 9 years ago

Dumb question. You know what I mean.

[–] resmat-1 9 years ago

Apologies. I just noticed that your original post was made in 2014, before the Poltergeist remake was released.

As for your question, I think Insidious is scarier. Poltergeist is more of a family film.

[–] americanadian25 9 years ago

Gonna go with Poltergeist. Though I like Insidious as well.

Insidious Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVauip2djLw

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