From the guys who brought you Scary movie and Not Another Teen Movie: Remake Movie! Coming summer 2009.

Why mess with such an awesome film? "Poltergeist" is one of the only horror films that still creeps the crap out of me. New ideas are a dead concept in Hollywood. *grumble*

This does not NEED to be remade. Go fuck yourself, Hollywood!

This is gonna be the one that finally kills the remake craze.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO BOYCOTT THIS SHIT! How about we start a petition that we can send to the team behind the remake and all the signatures represent the people who won't want to see it? it's a start anyway...

PETITION HERE: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/poltergeistrem ake

my friend made it and just forwarded it a bunch of large sites

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/poltergeistremake

"With all of the fowl stories circulating on the web as of late..." I thought the only fowl news as of late had to do with Troma's Poultrygeist. However, there has been a fair amount of foul news that had been grossly exaggerated or simply false.

I signed the petition and 4warded it 2 my friends

Vadim Perelman? Really? I mean sure he has no experience in the genre, but House of Sand and Fog was such an awesome debut for him. He's got real potential.

Brilliant film the original, hope the remake is done well!!

Most remakes are pure shut; truer words have never been spoken. But, why not just avoid seeing these movies if they cause you so much dismay?

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Fortunately, and Famously, this is one of those "cursed" films and we can hope the production will be so plagued they drop it.

the original film has that 'lightning in a bottle' magic about it and therefore this remake is pointless as theres nothing you can take from the original make better in a remake. the hitcher remake flopped hard because of the very same reasons. KM

Petitions never work. All of these remakes make money despite all of the bitching we fans do. If you want to stop the remakes, just don't see them. Don't keep throwing your money at them.

Uhh did any of you see House of Sand and Fog? It was fucking incredible.

they need shot! y remake a GOOD classic horror/supernatural movie? who would star in it anyway everyone dies from them movies anyway bc of the poltergeist curse. there is noo way that this tupid ass remake will live up to the original even if they did get craig t nelson to reprise his role as stephen. anyone know what ever happened to that kid who played robbie in one an two?? i am soo signing it. never even seen house osf sand and fog so cant bitch bout the directer dude.

DEAR STUDIO EXECS...Don't remake this. We horror fans will not go see it. You are just going to embarrass yourselves. You aren't going to prove anyone wrong. And the HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Director is NOT an inspired choice and it will NOT "elevate" this. You screwed up big time.

The original was writen by Steven Spielberg and directed by Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Tobe Hooper. The studio execs think they can improve upon this film do they? Have they ever heard the saying "you've got some big shoes to fill".

It sounds like the wrong director for such a high profile project. The producers on a Poltergeist movie wouldn't take the film out of the directors hands and subvert his vision, would they? Oh yeah, they would.

Let's face it folks, the new trnd is remakes. There is no such thing as curses so I doubt that is an issue. I agree with COLDBLOOD that these are enormous shoes to fill, I wish them the best of luck with this project anyway. Poltergeist is a classic and I have my reservations about it being remade, however, why complain about it? We all know we will go see it, especially the haters. How else will you be able to smear it?

coldblood took the words right out of my mouth! "you've got some big shoes to fill". don't try and beat the best,admit defeat and just make a shit straight to DVD sequel!

If it keeps horror in the theaters I'll take a remake over nothing at all. If it looks bad I'll skip it. Loved the original...but I have a feeling one of htese remakes is going to be really good. In the future...maybe not this one...:)

Totally agreed "Adam Circumstance." I'm sure that if they put one of the Saw directors on this film, the Hot Topic crowd would be shitting themselves in delight. God forbid an actual film director interprets a horror movie. It might actually have themes, subtext or other unspeakable things.

to dblock uh ya there is a thing as curse, how do you explain heather orourkes untimley/mysterious death??? the orignal cane/julian beck!? umm doninique dunnes (cant think of her name but she was robbies and carl annes sis in the first) death when she was strangeled by her boyfriend when i guess a friend/neighbor was litening to the poltergeist soundtrack?? taylor dying? that mysterious light when tangena got her pic. taken in the photograph?? to me that aint coincidence that is a curse so idk what u are talkin bout when u say there is no curses.

the petition is getting more and more signatures! thank you to everyone who has signed or will sign and please forward it to your friends and other large websites! thanks!

Not bothered at all by this, i love poltergeist but theirs alot someone can make fresh. Get ride of that fucking killer tree for one, thats one thing that does not hold up to well. End of the day who gives a shit, if its crap its grap if its good then thats a decent thing. At least its not fuckin rob zombie behind the lens

horrorchick you wanna do me and everyone else a favor and take a FUCKING ENGLISH CLASS? shit i feel like im reading a 5 year old's rant!

Still cant believe this is going ahead. The original is a calssic and doesnt need to be updated at all. The original , after all these years still holds up pretty well . As other posts have said its written by Speilberg and directed by Tobe Hooper for christ sakes. One of the things that made the original so good was the oustanding cast, try finding actors around today that can do better. We horror fans need to stop this remake madness by NOT supporting these films ie DONT GO TO SEE THEM!!!

Fowl?

Ya know what, bitching about remakes is NEVER going to do anything. Hollywood is going to do what Hollywood wants to do. Let's just be happy that horror films are stil being made. And if you'd quit bitching about it and acually DO SOMETHING about it. Write your own script and try selling it. If it is an original idea, then maybe we could see something different. Till then, Im waiting for the Dusk til Dawn remake thats in the works with Zack Effron & T-Pain as the Geco brothers !!

remaking my all time favorite nightmare inducing movie is fucking retarded. if anything make another movie as good as poltergeist.i do have to say though,i just bought the book version of this movie and the book was wayyyyyy better than the movie.yeah, i bought the book version... im a poltergeist junkie..i cant help it...

CubanMix, thank you. I could not have puit it better myself. Horrorchick, curses, like the boogeyman and Bigfoot, DO NOT EXIST!!!!!! Um, like IDK and OMG how old are you? Before you come at someone have a valid point. Idiotic rants do not count.

I welcome re-makes, it gives you something to ridicule in your spare time. Anyway, a fucking great guitar player has left us. RIP Jerry Reed, you were a great one. "You've got the one Snowman, I'm eastbound & down....we're gone killer"-----Smokey & the Bandit.

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