Poltergeist 1982 facts
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The 1982 movie Poltergeist used real skeletons as props because they were cheaper than plastic
The movie Poltergeist (1982) used actual human remains as props due to them being cheaper than the plastic alternative.
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Despite Tobe Hooper being credited as a director for the 1982 film "Poltergeist", Steven Spielberg actually directed most of the movie. He was only credited as a producer due to the contractual clause with Universal Studios forbidding him to direct any film while working on E.T.
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The 1982 film Poltergeist used real skeletons as props, as they were cheaper than the plastic replicas.
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During the week of July 2nd 1982, E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial, Rocky 3, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, John Carpenter's The Thing, Star Trek 2 and Conan The Barbarian were all simultaneously playing at the cinema.
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In the 1982 movie Poltergeist real skeletons were used for the pool scene [watch @ 2:45]
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Dominique Dunne (Poltergeist 1982) appeared in an episode of Hill Street Blues where she played the role of a battered woman. She required no makeup as the bruises were real. Later that year she was murdered by her ex boyfriend.
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A Super Bowl XXII poster was seen in The Poltergeist (1982). Actress Heather O'Rourke from the film died at the age of twelve on January 31, 1988, the same day (and in the same city) as Super Bowl XXII.
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E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, and Poltergeist were all playing in theaters in September, 1982.
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In Dominique Dunne (starred in Poltergeist, sister of Griffin Dunne) was strangled in 1982 by ex-boyfriend and died 5 days later.
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Stephen King almost wrote the script for POLTERGEIST (1982)
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Heather O'Rourke, child actress in *Poltergeist* (1982), died unexpectedly in 1988. This, along with several other deaths in the cast, led to a belief that the film was cursed.
