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   Is Poltergeist based on a true story?

   • We can’t speak truth to the curse, but it’s definitely a story that follows Poltergeist more than that of the Herrmanns, the real people who loosely inspired the film. “I never saw ‘Poltergeist,’” Lucille Herrmann told HuffPost Weird News around the release of Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies.

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   Are poltergeists real?

   • Poltergeists are known as noisy spirits, prone to physical disturbances: raps on the wall, bent spoons, moving furniture. There have been thousands of real-life reported cases of poltergeist activity around the world. And one such case loosely inspired the film Poltergeist.

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   Was Poltergeist a ghost movie?

   • Learn more. In 1982, one of the most iconic ghost movies ever hit the big screen – Poltergeist. Directed by Texas Chain Saw Massacre extraordinaire Tobe Hooper, the film shook a generation as audiences witnessed otherworldly beings terrorise the unsuspecting Freeling family.

   The disturbing true story that inspired Steven Spielberg’s Poltergeist

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   Did Spielberg make a poltergeist movie?

   • The Poltergeist activity at the Hermann home became the inspiration for one of the most iconic and influential paranormal films in history. Although much of the script is embellished, viewers can certainly recognize the parallels between the Spielberg movie and the Hermann story.

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   Oct 2, 2020 · Here's the true story of the Herrmann House, an allegedly paranormal incident that inspired the 1982 horror classic Poltergeist.

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   Sep 28, 2023 · Poltergeist is a genuinely terrifying ghost story that has influenced the horror genre and inspired many other paranormal films. The film is partially inspired by the real-life story of The Herrmann House, where a family was terrorized by poltergeist activity in the 1950s.

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   Oct 22, 2022 · Headed up by Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper, and written by Hollywood icon Steven Spielberg, the 1982 domestic horror film Poltergeist plays on the everyday fears of suburban life, setting the film in an overly normal American home.

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   Aug 20, 2023 · A scary true story from the 1950s might have been the inspiration for Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg's horror classic Poltergeist.

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   Jan 19, 2023 · While the Beast, the main dark presence in Poltergeist, is fictional, you may want to say your prayers after learning about the true story of the very real family whose haunted house inspired this shocking film’s script.

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   Nov 18, 2020 · The “Popper Poltergeist” plagued the Hermann family in 1958. We have actual police reports, and even an investigation from parapsychologist, J.B. Rhine of the Rhine Research Center. Let’s take a deep dive into this case and how it inspired the blockbuster hit just a few decades later.

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   May 21, 2015 · Shortly after the release of the first film in 1982, the actress who played older sister Dana (Dominique Dunne) was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend, chef John Sweeney....