Eyebrow Cinema | How Poltergeist Modernized the Haunted House Movie @EyebrowCinema | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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An analysis of how Poltergeist changed the haunted house movie by bringing the genre into a present day America and a consideration of what that transition meant thematically.

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Works Cited:

Collative Learning. “Hidden Depths of Poltergeist (film analysis) - youtu.be/2bXwHQsvWww
Dan Nosowitz. “Why Every Horror Film of the 1980s Was Built on ‘Indian Burial Grounds’” - atlasobscura.com/articles/why-every-horror-film-of-1980s-was-built-on-indian-burial-grounds
Douglas Kellner. “Poltergeist: Suburban Ideology”.
Terri Jean. “Another Indian Burial Ground? Give me a Break”.

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