Film Review: Poltergeist (2015)

So I enjoy an occasional scary movie so last night my husband and I went to Family Video to rent one. James had heard a lot about Poltergeist (2015) and how good it was supposed to be, so we rented it. I hadn’t seen the ‘82 version so I had no idea what it was about. From the cover I thought it was about clowns, which would have probably been a better movie. Anyway, this film was a major let down. There wasn’t much character building before the hauntings happened, thus I really didn’t feel connected with the family. So when bad things started happening to the family it was hard feel emotions for them. As the film continued there wasn’t much build up in the hauntings. There was a few instances where strange things were happening, but it just kind of jumped into the scariest part without any suspense. Before the movie had really began, the youngest daughter was taken into the world of the poltergeist. The family suddenly knew where to turn to get help, and conveniently the lady that helps them was formally married to a tv star that deals with hauntings all the time. From there on there was just a giant portal that leaded into this other world, where the graphics were pretty bad. After they retrieve the girl form this other world, the tv star sacrifices himself to lead the poltergeist into the light. I think they wanted the audience to be sad that he might have died, but back to my first point, they didn’t do enough character building to make you feel any emotions for any of the characters. So if you are wanting an actual scary movie with an engaging storyline, this is NOT your film.