I mean… yeah, it looks slick.

And yes, Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt looks suitably spooked and lassoing Jared Harris in as a Priest is all well and good but our first look at the Poltergeist remake looks like director Gil Kenan is sticking very close to the Hooper/Spielberg original.

Most of the beats familiar to horror fans are here, the tree and the clown, the first, playful encounters, the lack of foresight of the town planners – everything is here and nothing looks like it’ll ruffle any feathers at all.

The Evil Dead remake did ok, and it seems there is a quota we need to fill each year – let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and hope they’ve come up with something new – otherwise – what’s the point?

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