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Dok prosečna američka porodica živi u prijatnom komšiluku,
najmladja ćerka Kerol En uspostavlja kontakt sa natprirodnim svetom preko
televizijskog kanala. U početku duhovi izgledaju prijateljski nastrojeni dok
zabavljaju porodicu raznim trikovima, medjutim ne prolazi mnogo vremena kada
ova misteriozna bića postaju loša – oni zastrašuju porodicu Friling,
ugrožavajući i njihove živote oživelim dvorišnim stablom i ubistvenom
lutkom-klovnom, dok konačno ne otmu Kerol En u ostavu dečje sobe, koja izgleda
predstavlja ulaz u drugu dimenziju. Porodica Friling na sve načine pokušava da
spasi najmladje dete iz ruku zlih sila.
Sasvim slučajno naleteh, uspavan odvratno
dosadnom utakmicom izmedju Poljske i internacionalizovane Nemačke, na ovaj
klasik horor žanra na kanalu TCM, i takav dar s neba nisam smeo da propustim,
te otuda i ovaj osvrt.
Poltergeist je jednostavno odličan film u kom je sjajno
prikazana drama kroz koju prolazi sasvim prosečna američka porodica, nakon što
kućni duhovi otmu njihovu najmladju ćerku. Film je zanimljiv, a najveći njegov
kvalitet je sama priča kao i fenomenalna gluma. I Craig T. Nelson i prelepa
JoBeth Williams i Beatrice Straight, pa čak i deca, odlično su odigrali svoje
uloge.
Efekti su ostavili dvostruki utisak: neki su
izvedeni jako dobro (posebno imajući u vidu da je film snimljen 1982. godine),
ali ima i loše odradjenih efekata, koji deluju smešno zbog jednostavnosti
(klasičan primeri je raspadanje lica jednog od istraživača duhova).
Za mene je poseban osećaj bio i to što sam se ovog
filma plašio kao klinac, naravno sada nije bio toliko strašan. Ipak, vraćanje
na prepoznatljive scene je neprocenjivo, i ko ne može biti fasciniran ponovnim
gledanjem Zelde Rubinstein? Ukoliko niste pogledali ovaj «masterpiece» horor
žanra – morate ispraviti tu grešku.
Zanimljivosti:
1. Režiser filma Tobe Hooper tvrdi da je iskusio
aktivnosti poltergajsta dok je bio mladić. Tokom njegovih tinejdžerskih godina,
izgubio je oca i nedeljama nakon očeve smrti, Hooper je bio svedok «lupanja
vrata, letenja tanjira po stanu i drugih bizarnih dogadjaja». Hooper je
komentarisao da ga je to iskustvo i privuklo u ovaj projekat.
2. Reč poltergeist vodi poreklo iz nemačkog
jezika, od reči poltern koja znači «stvaranje buke» i geist koja
znači «duh».
3. Film je inspirisao i slabije nastavke Poltergeist II:
The Other Side (1986), Poltergeist III (1988) i Poltergeist IV: In the Shadows
(koji je najavljen za 2009. ili 2010. godinu). Medjutim, ono što je zanimljivo
je navodno prokletstvo ovih filmova. Nešto više možete o tome saznati iz
sledećeg teksta koji sam preuzeo sa wikipedia-e (tekst je na engleskom), a
pošto smarači iz wikipedia-e žele da ga izbrišu za par dana, zato ne dajem link
već kopiram tekst ovde:
The
Poltergeist curse is the rumor of a supposed curse
attached to the Poltergeist
motion picture series and its stars.
The
rumor is superstition largely
derived from the fact that four cast members died in a relatively short span of
time (six years) between the release of the first film and the release of the
third, with one dying during production of the second film. Two of them died at
young ages, 12 and 22. It is not clear that these particular films are atypical
in the number or nature of the deaths of their actors, and at least two of the
supposed victims had serious health problems before becoming attached to the
film series. The actors who are supposed victims of the curse include:
- Dominique Dunne, 22-year-old actress who
played the oldest sibling Dana in the first movie, died after being choked
by a jealous boyfriend in 1982.[1] The boyfriend John Thomas
Sweeney was later convicted and sentenced to six years in
prison, though initially he only served two and a half years.[2]
- Julian Beck, 60-year-old actor who played
Kane in Poltergeist II: The Other Side, died in 1985 of stomach cancer, with which he was
diagnosed before he had accepted the role.[3]
- Will Sampson, 53 years old, who played
Taylor the Medicine Man
in Poltergeist II, died of post-operative kidney failure and pre-operative malnutrition problems in 1987.[4]
- Heather O'Rourke,
12-year-old actress who played Carol Anne in all three Poltergeist
movies, died in 1988 after what doctors initially
described as an acute form of influenza but later changed to septic shock after bacterial toxins
invaded her bloodstream.[5] At the time, she had suffered acute bowel obstruction,
initially diagonsed as Crohn's disease,
which may have been the cause of death.
Other
rumors related to the film have been claimed as the cause of the curse. The
most widely circulated alleges that real human skeletal remains were used as
props in the first film, causing the angry spirits of the deceased to wreak
havoc. Actress JoBeth Williams
has said in television interviews (most notably the E! True Hollywood
Story episode "The Curse of Poltergeist") Producers
Mark Victor and Michael Grais stated that the skeletons used in Poltergeist
II were real and actor Will Sampson had to perform an exorcism to protect
the set from the spirits.
Other
occurrences that have been attributed to the curse include:
- The house in Simi Valley, California used for exterior
shots of the Freeling home was damaged by the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
- JoBeth Williams, who played mother Diane
Freeling, claims she returned home from the set each day to find pictures
on her wall askew. She would straighten them, only to find them crooked
again the next day.
- Actor Will Sampson, a Creek
Indian and shaman, performed an exorcism on the set
of Poltergeist II to rid it of "alien spirits". A year
after Poltergeist II was released, he died.
- During a scene when
Robbie Freeling (Oliver Robins)
was choked by a toy clown in his room, the mechanical prop malfunctioned
and Robins was actually choked.
- During a photography
session for Poltergeist III, it was discovered that one shot of
co-star Zelda Rubenstein
had shining light obstructing the view of her face. Rubenstein claims the
photo was taken at the moment the actress's mother died.
- During the fight
Dominique Dunne had with her boyfriend that ended in her death, a friend
inside Dunne's house turned up the Poltergeist soundtrack to drown
out the noise of the two yelling outside.
- During the making of Poltergeist
III, a movie set of a parking garage was destroyed by fire during
shooting of a fire scene, injuring all but one of the crew.
- Brian Gibson,
director of Poltergeist II, died of bone cancer at the age of 59 in
2004.
- One scene in the third
film was filmed in the parking lot of the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City,
Utah. This was the home court of the NBA
team, the Utah Jazz during
the time of the filming. As a result of their old home arena being shown
in Poltergiest III, the Utah Jazz have been unable to win any
championships, especially the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals against the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan.
- Heather O'Rourke once starred
in a Rainbow Brite commercial with Judith Barsi. After Heather's death,
Judith died 5 months and 24 days (aged 10) after Heather died . She was
murdered along with her Mother
- The "prop"
skeletons emerging from the muddy swimming pool towards the end of the 1st
movie were in fact real corpses - the cast and crew found this out later.
Craig T Nelson has been interviewed saying they were all very angry when
this was disclosed as the prop company's "mistake".