[net.movies] Poltergeist: A warning to parents

lute (06/21/82)

I saw this movie Saturday night and I must say that it took me a while to
get to sleep.  Speilberg reminded me of many of my childhood fears in that
movie (e.g.  Dolls and things staring at you in your darkened room, evil
things hiding underneath your bed waiting to grab you, things in your closet,
etc.).

I would NOT recommend taking a child under the age of twelve to see this
even though it is rated PG.  Unless you brought up your child in a house like
the "ADDAMS FAMILY" or THE MUNSTERS,"  you may have a very frightened child
on your hands for a while.


					Jim Collymore

ps  I am not a parent, I am making the assumption that what would scare
an adult would scare a child.

pps  This Sunday's NY Times Arts and Leisure section has an interesting
article on the topic "Have horror Films gone to far?"