Review of Poltergeist (2015) by Broyds — 04 Feb 2016

When this first came out last year, I refused to watch it at the cinema because of the atrocious reviews it received. Now after watching it on Netflix I realized that I should never listen to reviews. I cannot understand why it gathered the hate that it did, I loved it.

Let's get things straight, it is not as good as the original, that one was a classic. But as a film of it's own right I thought it was great. I liked the atmosphere the acting was good and there were a couple of times where I was made jump.

As for the negatives, nothing in this film is anything you haven't already seen before in many other films, but this doesn't put me off because I always enjoy films set in a haunted house. Also the film relies far too much on CGI at the end of the film which comes across as too over the top although still fun to watch.

Maybe I enjoyed this film more because I went into it expecting it be a total piece of trash, but was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it, I just wish I didn't listen to the reviews and watched it at the cinema.

If you watch this film and don't compare it to the original I am sure you will enjoy it.