Paying competent homage without adding anything of real value to the original Poltergeist, this remake proves just as ephemeral (but half as haunting) as its titular spirit.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Gil Kenan -
Producer -
Sam Raimi , Rob Tapert , Roy Lee -
Screenwriter -
David Lindsay-Abaire -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Ghost House Pictures , Fox 2000 Pictures -
Rating -
PG-13 (Intense/Frightening Sequences|Brief Suggestive Material|Some Language) -
Genre -
Horror , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
May 22, 2015, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 4, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$47.3M -
Runtime -
1h 33m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Digital