"Poltergeist" remake grabs two scribes
By Jay A. Fernandez
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are going into the light.
The "Boogeyman" scribes are rolling out more children’s nightmares for MGM’s planned remake of "Poltergeist," the 1982 horror film that made "They’re here" the creepiest announcement ever voiced by a 6-year-old kneeling in front of a static-filled television.
The original "Poltergeist," directed by Tobe Hooper from a script co-written by Steven Spielberg, skirted an R rating despite its children-in-constant-peril, toy clown-strangling, face-peeling, skeleton-swimming medley of horrors. The MGM/UA release grossed $122 million (65 million pounds) worldwide and earned Oscar nominations for its visual effects, sound effects and score.
The story of a suburban home built over an Indian burial ground and thus inhabited by a nasty spirit earned further cult status when two of the child actors in the movie died after the film’s release. Two nerve-jangling sequels were produced.
Horror thrillers are in Snowden and White’s blood. The writers co-wrote the 2005 release "Boogeyman" and have had a hand in the attempted but never-hatching remake of "The Birds." They’ve also co-written "Knowing," directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage and scheduled .....continued below
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for release in March.Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
By Jay A. Fernandez
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are going into the light.
The "Boogeyman" scribes are rolling out more children’s nightmares for MGM’s planned remake of "Poltergeist," the 1982 horror film that made "They’re here" the creepiest announcement ever voiced by a 6-year-old kneeling in front of a static-filled television.
The original "Poltergeist," directed by Tobe Hooper from a script co-written by Steven Spielberg, skirted an R rating despite its children-in-constant-peril, toy clown-strangling, face-peeling, skeleton-swimming medley of horrors. The MGM/UA release grossed $122 million (65 million pounds) worldwide and earned Oscar nominations for its visual effects, sound effects and score.
The story of a suburban home built over an Indian burial ground and thus inhabited by a nasty spirit earned further cult status when two of the child actors in the movie died after the film’s release. Two nerve-jangling sequels were produced.
Horror thrillers are in Snowden and White’s blood. The writers co-wrote the 2005 release "Boogeyman" and have had a hand in the attempted but never-hatching remake of "The Birds." They’ve also co-written "Knowing," directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage and scheduled for release in March.
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