Now available!!!

[Thrashalla]

http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax-presents/poltergeist





pol·ter·geist [ pølter geíst ] (plural pol·ter·geists) [Mid-19th century < German, "noisy ghost"] noun

Definition:

1) noisy spirit: a supposed supernatural spirit that reveals its presence by creating disturbances, e.g. by knocking over objects


2) 1982 Tobe Hooper-directed/Steven Spielberg-produced supernatural tale in which the Freeling Family deals with some seriously messed up/crappily-rendered spirits that ghost-nap their young daughter Carol Anne, who communicates with them through a television set (unlike text messaging, which is all the rage with the kids nowadays). A pre-Coach Craig T. Nelson and a pre-, um, Poltergeist JoBeth Williams star alongside Beatrice "I got an Oscar for a 5-min and 40 second performance" Straight, a creepy bedside clown, a ravenous tree, buckets and buckets of Star Wars product placement, and everyone's favorite lil' clairvoyant, Zelda Rubinstein. Running towards the light to provide RiffTrax commentary are Janet Varney and Cole Stratton, who previously underwhelmed you with their RiffTrax Presents of Dirty Dancing, Ghost and Footloose. We promise it will be more entertaining than The Bounty Hunter (since everything is). Which dictionary did this definition come out of, anyway? Am I right, people?
http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax-presents/poltergeist

[David]

Ha, they spoiled the next RiffTrax right in the intro (it's the obvious)

[Action Batch]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheUnabeefer]

Exciting!  I shall be grabbing this one as soon as I get ahold of the DVD.  Wooo!!!

[Edward J Grug III]

Purchased!

[iv3rdawG]

Yay!

[torgosPizza]

Purchased!

Still waiting on the PAL version... should be up soon-ish.

[Edward J Grug III]

Purchased!

Still waiting on the PAL version... should be up soon-ish.

No hurry - I buy 'em as they come out but it can often take me months to get around to watching them.

[Lemming Howard]

Ha, they spoiled the next RiffTrax right in the intro (it's the obvious)

Yeah,  but the seven hour director's cut?  That's gonna be a mother  to reauthor.

[Action Batch]

Is the link to "Get the DVD" at Amazon correct? Did y'all use the 25th Anniversary Edition "Digitally Restored and Remastered"?

[Edward J Grug III]

Is the link to "Get the DVD" at Amazon correct? Did y'all use the 25th Anniversary Edition "Digitally Restored and Remastered"?

There doesn't appear to be any time/scene differences between the releases, so it would just be a choice between a better quality picture.

[Action Batch]

Is the link to "Get the DVD" at Amazon correct? Did y'all use the 25th Anniversary Edition "Digitally Restored and Remastered"?

There doesn't appear to be any time/scene differences between the releases, so it would just be a choice between a better quality picture.

This is like a perfect echo of the Red Dawn threads.

[Edward J Grug III]

I just sent Cole a PM to see if he can clear it up.

[Action Batch]

I just sent Cole a PM to see if he can clear it up.

Oooooo. Somebody is connected. And somebody is jealous.

[Edward J Grug III]

RiffTrax sent us a timecoded copy, but I think all of the versions are exactly the same (my blu-ray copy matched up with what they sent me, which I think is the version on Netflix). Hope that helps!

I'm not sure if it does help...

The blu-rays came out after the 25th anniversary, so one would think they are the same print, right?