Spiderhead (2022)
44%RT Audience Score: 29%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Spiderhead’s top-shelf cast and well-written source material are almost enough to compensate for its frequent failure to live up to its potential.
Spiderhead’s strong start and big stars only deepen the disappointment after the end credits roll on this poorly written thriller.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Netflix)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Jun 17, 2022
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
Keyword(s)
Spiderhead, Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Joseph Kosinski, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Crime, Drama, Action, R, Eric Newman, Agnes Chu, Geneva Wasserman, Tommy Harper, Jeremy Steckler, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, reviewed by Sara Michelle Fetters, James Luxford, Randy Myers, Amy Nicholson, David Sims, K Austin Collins, Dennis Schwartz, Jackie K Cooper, Leigh Paatsch, Whang Yee Ling, Louisa Moore, Al Alexander, box office, budget, mind-altering drugs, penitentiary, free will, redemption, Steve Abnesti, surgically attached device, commuted sentences, inmates, volunteers, connection, thriller, poorly written, disappointment, top-shelf cast, well-written source material, potential, failure, strong start, big stars, poorly written thriller
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted):
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.):
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted):
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted):
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted):
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.):
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.):
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Miles Teller – Jeff
Jurnee Smollett-Bell – Lizzy
Mark Paguio – Verlaine
Tess Haubrich – self
Joseph Kosinski – Director
Eric Newman – Producer
Chris Hemsworth – Producer
Rhett Reese – Writer
Paul Wernick – Writer
Agnes Chu – Executive Producer
Geneva Wasserman – Executive Producer
Tommy Harper – Executive Producer
Jeremy Steckler – Executive Producer
Director(s)
Joseph Kosinski
Writer(s)
Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Producer(s)
Eric Newman, Chris Hemsworth, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Agnes Chu, Geneva Wasserman, Tommy Harper, Jeremy Steckler
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (140) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (56) | Rotten (84)
Does it work? Not really, but due to Kosinski’s skills behind the camera and Hemsworth’s smarmily sweaty paranoiac charm in front of it the thriller comes awfully close to being a success.
June 24, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
While (Teller) and Hemsworth have a lot of screen presence together, there’s only so much you can do without a decent plot or script…
June 24, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
James Luxford
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
It’s part comedy, part thriller, part message movie about our pill-popping culture.
June 23, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/4
Randy Myers
San Jose Mercury News
TOP CRITIC
It needs a much steadier execution than this, because tonally the film is all over the place.
June 21, 2022
Amy Nicholson
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
Joseph Kosinski’s film is indeed a classic cinematic clash between good and evil. But it’s tinged with enough of Saunders’s acerbic intelligence and humor to distinguish it from most summer shlock — at least until it reaches its uninspired conclusion.
June 21, 2022
David Sims
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
The movie’s made up its mind not to cut too deep on the intellectual, as Saunders’s writing often does, so instead it leans into the human element without fully allowing its characters to become human.
June 21, 2022
K. Austin Collins
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
Kosinski never gets it quite right, as the longer the film goes on the more steam it loses.
July 6, 2022 | Rating: C+
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Hemsworth, Teller and Smollett left their A game at home. Only Mark Paguio seems to be actually creating an in depth character.
July 2, 2022 | Rating: 4/10
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com
This is a story with some big logistical holes in it, and the uncertain performances of Hemsworth and Teller just can’t cover any flaws for long.
June 30, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
George Saunders pondered human will and technology’s manipulation of personal behaviour in his 2010 short story, Escape From Spiderhead, and this adaptation has Hollywoodised the ending while misjudging the dark satiric tone throughout.
June 29, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
Whang Yee Ling
The Straits Times (Singapore)
The more interesting aspects of the narrative that are raised, like the questions of morality and human behavior, are hurriedly glossed over in favor of an endless pop music soundtrack. The end result is a film that’s neither smart nor sophisticated.
June 29, 2022
Louisa Moore
Screen Zealots
By the end, what started as a companion to “Ex-Machina” devolves into nothing but a very blah Bond film.
June 29, 2022 | Rating: C
Al Alexander
The Patriot Ledger…
Plot
In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings of love begins questioning the reality of his emotions.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
At the start when the seaplane arrives at the jetty 2 staff come out to secure the seaplane to jetty. But it is already fastened despite having just arrived.
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44%
Striptease (1996)
44%RT Audience Score: 40%
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 4 nominations
Striptease can’t decide whether it is a lurid thriller or a sexy satire – which becomes a moot point as it proves disastrously incapable of pulling either off
Striptease is like a bad blind date that you can’t wait to end. The movie’s premise is thinner than the heroine’s G-string, and the script is at a loss for any kind of drama between Moore’s dances. But hey, at least there are some quotable one-liners and a bevy of strippers to lend colorful albeit stereotypically ditzy support. Overall, it’s not a complete disaster like Showgirls, but it’s definitely not worth the price of admission. Save your money and go see Magic Mike instead.
Production Company(ies)
HBO Documentary Hit The Ground Running Films, Notorious Pictures,
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Hollywood, Florida, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for nudity, erotic dancing and language
Year of Release
1996
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:SDDS Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Jul 27, 1999
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick, Burt Reynolds, Paul Guilfoyle, directed by Andrew Bergman, written by Andrew Bergman, Drama, R rating, box office gross $32.8M, reviewed by Fred Camper, Chris Peachment, Joe Morgenstern, Gene Siskel, Rita Kempley, Jeff Shannon, Eddie Harrison, Leigh Paatsch, Gary Susman, Dennis King, Chris Kridler, Leah Rozen, Mike Lobell, produced by Andrew Bergman, MPAA rating R, stripper, Miami, FBI, custody battle, dancing, obsession, politician, legal case, satire, thriller, sexy, charm, violence, G-string, nudity, exotic dancers, humor, likable cast, amiable comedy, ambitions, yucks, matter-of-fact nudity, silicon-heavy, eroticism, quotable one-liners, crime-thriller, propulsive, scabrous plot, oddball humor, stereotypically ditzy support
Worldwide gross: $113,309,743
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $216,279,463
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 654
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 23,585,547
US/Canada gross: $33,109,743
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $63,198,073
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 968
US/Canada opening weekend: $12,322,069
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $23,519,694
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 570
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $40,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $76,349,820
Production budget ranking: 548
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $41,114,378
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $98,815,264
ROI to date (est.): 84%
ROI ranking: 999
Armand Assante – Lt. Al Garcia
Ving Rhames – Shad
Robert Patrick – Darrell Grant
Burt Reynolds – Congressman David Dilbeck
Paul Guilfoyle – Malcolm Moldovsky
Director(s)
Andrew Bergman
Writer(s)
Andrew Bergman
Producer(s)
Mike Lobell, Andrew Bergman
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 4 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (72) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (62)
The image’s occasional yellowish field combines with the reverse motion to denaturalize Frye’s figure: he seems trapped on the surface, in the emulsion.
June 16, 2022
Fred Camper
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
I don’t know if the lawyers are currently scanning the contracts for Striptease in order to find out what went wrong in the small print, but someone got badly conned; and that someone is mostly the audience.
November 28, 2017
Chris Peachment
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Yet another case of the star’s salary being much more interesting, and exuberantly vulgar, than anything the screen reveals.
June 18, 2014
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
TOP CRITIC
The Striptease script… is at a loss for any kind of drama between Moore’s dances. Not for a second do we care about her as a mother, wife or working woman.
June 18, 2014 | Rating: 1/4
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
The film’s premise is thinner than the heroine’s G-string.
June 18, 2014
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
Bergman, who made The Freshman and Honeymoon in Vegas, provides quotable one-liners for everyone (especially Rhames), and a bevy of strippers lend colorful albeit stereotypically ditzy support.
June 18, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
‘…a better than average crime-thriller with some salty characters and a propulsive, scabrous plot….
June 13, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
Eddie Harrison
film-authority.com
Slack stuff.
October 19, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Striptease is not a disaster like that other expensive ecdysiast extravaganza, Showgirls, though if it were, it might at least have some redeeming camp awfulness to enliven its otherwise dull mediocrity.
June 18, 2014
Gary Susman
Boston Phoenix
For all its matter-of-fact nudity and wealth of silicon-heavy exotic dancers, the film lacks any palpable sense of eroticism.
June 18, 2014 | Rating: 2/4
Dennis King
Tulsa World
Although the movie is a bit too long, oddball humor and a likable cast keep it entertaining.
June 18, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4
Chris Kridler
Baltimore Sun
Striptease is an amiable comedy with ambitions to be a satire, but its thriller plot keeps getting in the way of the yucks.
June 18, 2014
Leah Rozen
People Magazine…
Plot
Erin Grant loses care and custody of her daughter when she’s divorced from her husband Darrell, a small-time thief. Struggling for money, she is a dancer at a nightclub, where one night Congressman Dilbeck (in disguise) attacks another member of the audience. A spectator, who recognizes Dilbeck and is fond of Erin, offers to get back her daughter by blackmailing Dilbeck. Things do not work out as planned, though.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Ving Rhames plays an imposing bouncer named Shad in the film.
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44%
Four Rooms (1996)
44%RT Audience Score: 40%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Four Rooms comes stocked with a ton of talent on both sides of the camera, yet only manages to add up to a particularly uneven — and dismayingly uninspired — anthology effort
Four Rooms is like a box of chocolates, but instead of getting a mix of delicious flavors, you get a few that are stale and one that’s pretty good. Tim Roth’s performance as the bellhop is entertaining, but the rest of the movie is hit or miss. It’s worth watching if you’re a fan of the directors involved, but don’t expect a masterpiece. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the weirdness.
Production Company(ies)
Anonymous Content
Distributor
Miramax Films
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Chateau Marmont – 8221 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for pervasive strong language, sexuality and some drug use
Year of Release
1995
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Dolby SR
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 42m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 1995 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 30, 2008
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Tim Roth, Valeria Golino, Jennifer Beals, Antonio Banderas, Quentin Tarantino, Madonna, directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, written by Allison Anders, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Alexandre Rockwell, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Owen Gleiberman, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Emanuel Levy, Janet Maslin, Jack Mathews, Mike Clark, Mal Vincent, Matt Brunson, Tim Stevens, Rob Gonsalves, Cole Smithey, Pablo Villaça, R MPAA rating, hotel, bellhop, New Year’s Eve, Hollywood, California, domestic dispute, demented entourage, spell-casting witches, destructive children, deranged guests, anthology, Miramax Films, Lawrence Bender, English, 1h 42m, Surround
Worldwide gross: $4,257,354
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $8,371,490
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,024
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 912,921
US/Canada gross: $4,257,354
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $8,371,490
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,673
US/Canada opening weekend: $427,733
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $841,077
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,295
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $4,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $7,865,439
Production budget ranking: 1,757
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $4,235,539
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$3,729,489
ROI to date (est.): -31%
ROI ranking: 1,566
Valeria Golino – Athena
Jennifer Beals – Angela
Antonio Banderas – Man
Quentin Tarantino – Chester
Madonna – Elspeth
Allison Anders – Director/Writer
Alexandre Rockwell – Director/Writer
Robert Rodriguez – Director/Writer
Quentin Tarantino – Director/Writer
Lawrence Bender – Producer
Director(s)
Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Writer(s)
Allison Anders, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Alexandre Rockwell
Producer(s)
Lawrence Bender
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (45) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (39)
September 7, 2011 | Rating: C-
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
The results are mainly awful, and even Roth got saddled with a mannered part that he can’t comfortably play.
March 13, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Four of the hottest indie directors–Anders, Rockwell, Tarantino, and Rodrigues–miss a unique opportunity to display their idiosyncratic talents resulting in a tedious anthology in which 2 segments are inept, one barely decent, and one OK (guess whose)
December 28, 2006 | Rating: C-
Emanuel Levy
Variety
TOP CRITIC
The less said about this career-denting fiasco, the better.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 1/5
Janet Maslin
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
Sounds better than it is.
February 13, 2001 | Rating: 1.5/5
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
Four Rooms has been cut substantially since a disastrous September reception at the Toronto Film Festival, though it’s hard to imagine it running any longer.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 1/4
Mike Clark
USA Today
TOP CRITIC
It’s questionable which got the worst of the bargain. In any case, this is one of the more interesting disasters of the waning film year.
March 1, 2022 | Rating: 2/4
Mal Vincent
The Virginian-Pilot
The weakest entries are absolutely dreadful.
December 18, 2019 | Rating: 1/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
On the one hand, TIm Roth gives the bellhop an almost Charlie Chaplin silent film feel. The impish looks, the exaggerated shock takes, the way he bounces in place or struts behind his room service cart. On the other hand, he has lines.
July 17, 2019
Tim Stevens
The Spool
Begins with two awful segments, which you’ll want to fast-forward past to get to the third and fourth segments.
February 13, 2008 | Rating: 2/5
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
December 16, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
O episdio dirigido por Taratino, que funciona como uma grande preparao para uma excelente tirada final, memorvel. Pena que temos que assistir a uma hora de besteiras para chegar at ele.
May 30, 2006 | Rating: 2/5
Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena…
Plot
This movie features the collaborative directorial efforts of four new filmmakers, each of whom directs a segment of this comedy. It’s New Year’s Eve at the Mon Signor Hotel, a former grand old Hollywood hotel, now fallen upon hard times. Often using physical comedy and sight gags, this movie chronicles the slapstick misadventures of Ted, the Bellhop. He’s on his first night on the job, when he’s asked to help out a coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite. Things only get worse when he delivers ice to the wrong room and ends up in a domestic argument at a really bad time. Next, he foolishly agrees to watch a gangster’s kids for him while he’s away. Finally, he finishes off the night refereeing a ghastly wager.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The all-star cast, which includes Tim Roth, Madonna, Jennifer Beals, Antonio Banderas, Marisa Tomei, and Bruce Willis, is rather impressive and gives some good performances.
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44%
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
44%RT Audience Score: 35%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
1 win & 5 nominations total
They’re back, but this hollow sequel retains none of the charm or suspense that made the original Poltergeist such a haunting specter
Poltergeist II: The Other Side is like a bad rollercoaster ride that doesn’t follow its own rules. It’s a tacky tale of terror that tries to scare you with killer braces and other ridiculous things. The only thing that’s consistent about this movie is its inconsistency. The cast does their best to have some fun with their roles, but they have too much working against them. Overall, this movie is all tease and no payoff. Save yourself the trouble and watch something else.
Production Company(ies)
Ear Goggles
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
1589 Homewood Dr., Altadena, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
1986
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Stereo
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 32m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 23, 1986 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2003
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T Nelson, Julian Beck, Heather O’Rourke, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein, Will Sampson, directed by Brian Gibson, written by Mark Victor, Michael Grais, horror, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Debra Oswald, Alexander Walker, Neil Jillett, Derek Malcolm, Paul Attanasio, Joe Pollack, Philip French, Hal Lipper, Candice Russell, Bruce R Miller, Terry Orme, Allan Ulrich, produced by Michael Grais, Mark Victor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, shaman, paranormal investigators, Beast, Rev Kane, Tangina Barrons, haunted house, Carol Anne Freeling, Robbie Freeling, supernatural rules, loose ends, special effects, mythology, racial stereotypes
Worldwide gross: $40,996,665
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $113,588,977
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 956
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 12,387,020
US/Canada gross: $40,996,665
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $113,588,977
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 662
US/Canada opening weekend: $12,357,190
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $34,237,921
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 382
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $19,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $52,643,077
Production budget ranking: 757
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $28,348,297
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $32,597,604
ROI to date (est.): 40%
ROI ranking: 1,196
Craig T. Nelson – Steve Freeling
Julian Beck – Kane
Heather O’Rourke – Carol Anne Freeling
Oliver Robins – Robbie Freeling
Zelda Rubinstein – Tangina Barrons
Director(s)
Brian Gibson
Writer(s)
Mark Victor, Michael Grais
Producer(s)
Michael Grais, Mark Victor
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
1 win & 5 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (54) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (43)
The annoying thing is that the movie doesn’t make sense. Poltergeist II doesn’t stick to its own supernatural rules and leaves lots of loose ends waving in the breeze.
November 3, 2021 | Rating: 1/5
Debra Oswald
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
It’s a tacky tale of terror. It creates no plausible atmosphere, but springs its shocks indiscriminately.
November 3, 2021
Alexander Walker
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Not much of the first film’s tincture of humor is revived, but most of the tiresome mumbo-jumbo routines get another going-over.
November 3, 2021
Neil Jillett
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O’Rourke and Oliver Robins are involved again, but this is movie-making by numbers, orchestrated with thunderous but ultimately deadening technical resource.
November 3, 2021
Derek Malcolm
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
There are movies that make you want to mince words, and then there’s Poltergeist II: The Other Side, a movie so ineffably bad, you can’t even find the words to mince.
November 3, 2021
Paul Attanasio
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
The sequel is, ho-hum, more of the same, with lots more special effects. And when the writers were stuck for an idea, they just dug through their movie-molded memories.
November 3, 2021
Joe Pollack
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOP CRITIC
The original Steven Spielberg-Tobe Hooper Poltergeist was an effective shocker. Gibson’s sequel is a maudlin, religiose affair.
November 3, 2021
Philip French
Observer (UK)
Poltergeist II’s effects immediately build the movie to a frightening plane. Then palpable emotion propels the story through un: fathomable, often ridiculous, yet wholly enjoyable events.
November 3, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
Hal Lipper
Tampa Bay Times
A spooky, gross, pointless movie that is all tease and no payoff.
November 3, 2021 | Rating: 0/4
Candice Russell
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Director Brian Gibson has done nothing to justify a sequel to Tobe Hooper’s honor classic. He gives us an experience or two that might have fit into the previous film, but killer braces are not enough to fill an entire sequel.
November 3, 2021
Bruce R. Miller
Sioux City Journal
The cast should be given credit for playing gamely along with Poltergeist II. Nelson and Williams in particular seem to do their best to have some fun with these roles. Unfortunately, they have too much working against them
November 3, 2021
Terry Orme
Salt Lake Tribune
A movie lodged somewhere between life and death, between rip-off and invention, between exploitation and mordant wit.
November 3, 2021 | Rating: 1.5/4
Allan Ulrich
San Francisco Examiner…
Plot
The Freeling family move in with Diane’s mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne’s abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple – he wants the angelic Carol Anne; but the love of her family and the power of psychic Tangina once again unite, along with an elderly native American, to fight for her life.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny comment about the film Poltergeist II on Fresh Kernels.
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