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Entertainment > Film Making & Production Who directed the movie, Poltergiest?

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The issue of who actually made the 1982 classic horror film Poltergeist has raged ever since an article appeared in the L.A. Times questioning who was directing the movie. On the day of the newspaper's on-set visit Steven Spielberg was directing some on-location shots with Hooper no where to be seen.

It's no secret the film came from a Spielberg idea, in fact, the genesis for Poltergeist came from the Oscar-winning director's Night Skies
project about a family terrorized in their home by an evil alien. This eventually became a story about a decent and loving creature from outer space E.T: ...

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