Aging hippies now playing yuppies in suburbia come up against an aggressive ancestral haunting of their home and family members. The product of Tobe Hooper (sudden gruesome stark violence, terror-inducing set pieces, sociological implications) and Steven Spielberg (family-friendly world-building, blockbuster special effects, Americana-infused storytelling), Poltergeist is at its heart an entertaining hi-tech haunted house spook show. Featuring a uniquely eccentric performance by Zelda Rubinstein as a spirit-realm expert medium who assists the family in their clash with the supernatural.