Heather O'Rourke - The making of Poltergeist 1982

[voiceguy100]

Where is the rest??

[ShawnWells2007]

This Should be on the Blu Ray verson

[Igotoeleven]

OMG....brilliant..i dont watch a lot of YouTube vids...but i love this

[butcherscott]

so badass. No matter how complex or ridiculous a scene maybe, love it when the actors are professional and just go with it.

[AmericanWerewolf55]

Its showing on tcm now

[RubyTates5150]

i think ive seen this..it was on my dad's laser disk.....i agree..it should of been on the dvd...

[TypesEvilAspieEyes]

Die?? What happened??

[PinkPoodleSkirt77]

@TypesEvilAspieEyes she died many years ago when she was still quite young, early teens, not even, maybe pre-teen... she officially died of a bowel obstruction from an ongoing illness.

[TypesEvilAspieEyes]

When did heather orourke

[flyingdamingo]

Thank you so much fro the upload I am sure this did not feature on any released format in the UK. The most recent DVD was completely rubbish with just one random documentary. I hope it gets decent reellease soon :)

[HuggiMa]

The beauty of the action/fantasy Spielberg flicks of the 80's was all the hands on special effects created. No CGI, but a lot of models, creative lighting, ingenious props, and the like. Love that era for films!

[butcherscott]

@HuggiMa and thats the way it should be none of this digital BO shit

[narcovice]

dont play this video it freezez up computer

[PicMaker]

How about a commentary with Spielberg and Hooper? Would Tobe get to talk?

[natazer]

I just watched this last night on netflix for the first time in almost 25 years.

[hundhun17]

The lighting in this film is phenomenal, very atmospheric, its a massive reason why this film stays in my memory.

Interesting how much of an effect it has in this film..

[GalaxyJazzGirl]

She's with God now. Little angel with wings. :,(

[arthuronfacebook]

Gee, Mr. Spielberg. Control issues much?

[BVictor21]

@arthuronfacebook

It's not called directing and producing for nothing.

Would you rather have a crappy quality movie?

[enigma800]

RIP Heather O'Rourke 1975 - 1988. We love and miss you so very much!

[redpillow100]

notice how the most memorable films were all directed by speilberg.

[fangocreech]

@redpillow100 Actually Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Funhouse) directed Poltergeist. Speilberg was producer and a bit of a control freak on the set.

[hecatesmagickchild]

getting no sound is it my comp?

[gravelrash73]

I was about 10 when I first saw this (god bless betamax)...responsible for years worth of creepy house syndrome! Billed as a family film, but I dare say it led to a generation of kids hiding under the duvet.

[jack20751]

were there any deleted scenes or alternative scenes made during the making of poltergeist or,are there any other dvd or vhs versions out there .I seem to remember seeing subtle changes in the film while watching in another counntry ,or is this my imagination .Does anyone know anything more about the cav laser disc edition

[CarolAnneFreeling1]

RIP everyone who died during Poltergeist 1-3 especially our blonde honey

[AcidJack1973]

Don't shortchange Tobe Hooper. It looks very much like a Spielberg movie because he wrote it and produced it. Some producers are little more than money men, but the majority take a very active part in shaping a film. A director is only one part of it. Hooper, like Dante with Gremlins, was hired to make a Spielberg-style film, and he succeeded magnificently.

I get the impression Spielberg pushed this as a family film, and Hooper was more the subversive element.

[ackwagl4]

This promo-trailer offended director Tobe Hooper, who complained to The Directors' Guild, who demanded $200,000 in damages (which was bargained down to $15,000) and that this promo-trailer be pulled from LA and New York areas (only). Anyway, it does appear that Spielberg is the director, and Hooper is some sort of dutiful little assistant.

[LuKaTo100]

R.I.P Heather!!

We miss you...

[vincent0ne]

That is a good film, We miss u Heather you played well in the films as the Indigo Child (Children was psychic ability and sensitive to spirits).

[mgenigma5]

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS!

[gws51284]

@mgenigma5 there is allegedly a few very rare multi-disc special editions floating around from when Warner Bros. was planning a spiffy special edition that they then scrapped. I would assume that if this is not recorded from TV or a bootleg of some other kind, it came from that set.

[TheAltair4]

@gws51284 Actually this featurette came from the remastered CAV Laserdisc edition that was released by MGM back in the mid 90's.

[jokergirlrules]

we miss u heather

[OliverEByrne]

I see more Speilberg then Hooper in that film,heck some of the actors even said that they never worked with Hooper.They really should make new special features so we finally get to know what was going on with the film but still its a classic.

[starchild85]

Looks like Spielberg's directing instead of the credited tobe hooper!!I heard steven practically took over the movie directing.

Poltergeist. I liked its concepts as a film but not a lot of its technical executions. Carol Ann's closet lights looked like JUST EXACTLY THAT whenever the camera dollied around people standing in front of it.

[Hollywoodsteve]

Why in the hell is this not included as an extra on the 25th Anniversary DVD or the blu-ray? Can't the people who make home video releases get ANYTHING right?

[phillydisco]

The film is definitely a Steven Spielberg-directed flick. The effects, the shots, all feature trademarks of the Spielberg style. Heck, the way he's all over this 'Making of' - which a director would do - shows how in control he was. It's too bad that this is some dark Hollywood secret. Tobe Hooper unfortunately was just a decoy for the union. This controversy may be keeping the film from receiving the full behind-the-scenes treatment on DVD it richly deserves.

[andrewbarrett42]

This is the only film that scares me.

[12mock3lee]

Seems to me that the 'Director' Credit went to the wrong guy. And it's the 'Uncredited' Director that made the great movie that is POLTERGEIST.

[mooreentstudios]

I actually agree with that. Spielberg was getting more involved in E.T. and didn't want to be pigeon holed into "horror movies." So I'm sure he was just a very involved producer, but not really THE director.

[ZenBarracuda]

Well, I'm not so sure. Tobe Hooper went on to direct Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, and that movie had none of this style and panache.

[frountdeboeuf]

Sure...keep telling yourself that.

[CalgarSkull]

This is great stuff!! I wish it was on my Dvd damit!!

[Lazzer1990]

The Bit Where They Are Nailing Objects To the Floor, With That Rotating Set, Was that The Scene Where JoBeth Williams Is On The Ceiling???

[davidscalling]

If you Google Earth the address 4267 Roxbury St. Simi Valley, CA you can see the house they used in this movie. The whole valley looks used up after over developement over the decades. Sort of sad to see it over developed and all used up like that :(

[Undertakerak]

I heard an earthquake struck that house.

[davidscalling]

I heard that too on a tv documentary. Its so sad that the little girl died. From what I believe is that they tried to keep her illness underwraps just they can finish their film. I think they deliberatly put her health last and when they finally got around to sending her to a real doctor it was too late.

[cdkreturns]

That's not what happened.

[cdkreturns]

There are recent pictures of it posted on Flickr.

[davidscalling]

Craig Nelson, YUMMY!!! ;)

[bwanasan]

Thanks for uploading!

Yes, it's hard to believe Spielberg is not directing this movie...

[garyeakin]

They sould have put this on the DVD this is the documentary I wanted to see I don't see what that documentary They are Here: The Real World of Poltergeist had any thing to do with the movie I hated the the Special Features on the new DVD I wanted to see some interviews with Heather O'Rourke and Steven Spielberg

[Ironegle]

this sould have been on the new dvd

[IntermittentSprocket]

Tobe Hopper directed Poltergeist, Spielberg produced the film if read the opening credits. Is this from the laserdisc edition because I see [press play] so that would be a CAV laserdisc.

[simivalley1908]

Poltergeist's opening scenes were filmed in Agoura Hills, California. The Poltergeist house is located at 4267 Roxbury Street in Simi Valley, California. Both cities are located in the San Fernando Valley about 20 miles north of Los Angeles. It's worth the trip ! I live about 1 mile away from it.

[CheeseheadTanner]

Correction, it's the movie that Spielberg ghost directed. ;-)

[roedalacket]

was this the movie spielberg did not direct?