Q 01/05

Steven Spielberg produced and co-wrote Poltergeist, but who is its credited director?

A) Tobe Hooper

B) Joe Dante

C) John Carpenter

D) Wes Craven

Answer · why

A) Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper holds the sole directing credit, but the Directors Guild investigated whether Spielberg was undermining it, and Spielberg published an ope...

Q 02/05

Poltergeist's child lost in another dimension echoes 'Little Girl Lost', an episode of which TV series?

A) The Outer Limits

B) Night Gallery

C) The Twilight Zone

D) Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Answer · why

C) The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone: in 'Little Girl Lost' a girl slips through her bedroom wall into another dimension, heard but not seen by her family, and its write...

Q 03/05

Poltergeist grew from a scrapped horror sequel Spielberg planned to which of his films?

A) Raiders of the Lost Ark

B) The Sugarland Express

C) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

D) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Answer · why

C) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: the follow-up, Night Skies, would have had hostile aliens terrorising a farm family, an idea Spielberg took from a...

Q 04/05

What is the name of the planned California community where the Freeling family lives?

A) Cuesta Verde

B) Vista Bonita

C) Sierra Linda

D) Loma Alta

Answer · why

A) Cuesta Verde

Cuesta Verde exists only on screen: the Freelings' street is a real one in Simi Valley, California, and the storm that tears through it was staged on ...

Q 05/05

Through which toy do the spirits first reach Carol Anne in Poltergeist II?

A) A toy telephone

B) A music box

C) A talking doll

D) A toy robot

Answer · why

A) A toy telephone

A toy telephone: it rings in the night after her grandmother's death, and when Carol Anne answers, spirits burst out of the receiver and the other toy...