Poltergeist was a fantastic film followed by two entertaining sequels. While the video and audio are great the extras are sadly lacking. The only featurette ever released by Warner Bros. was a 31-minute documentary "They Are Here: The Real World of Poltergeists Revealed" about real-life ghost hunters. In other words, this is a bare-bones release with no documentaries on the film, no deleted scenes and no director's commentary. There is so much to this film and franchise that hasn't been aired because of the issues over directing and the Poltergeist Curse. The vault is stuffed with Poltergeist material. Hopefully the 2014 remake will be followed by a beefed up special deluxe edition of the original masterpiece fully loaded with behind the scenes info.

I rate the film 5 stars and this release 3 stars. Buy this Blu-Ray for the film only. The studio has hinted for years at a deluxe edition but it has never been released. I know it was partially completed and then scrapped because copies of it still float around underground. A 3-disc Poltergeist Trilogy (soon to be quadrilogy) with 5 hours of supplements would be amazing.
Poltergeist was a fantastic film followed by two entertaining sequels. While the video and audio are great the extras are sadly lacking. The only featurette ever released by Warner Bros. was a 31-minute documentary "They Are Here: The Real World of Poltergeists Revealed" about real-life ghost hunters. In other words, this is a bare-bones release with no documentaries on the film, no deleted scenes and no director's commentary. There is so much to this film and franchise that hasn't been aired because of the issues over directing and the Poltergeist Curse. The vault is stuffed with Poltergeist material. Hopefully the 2014 remake will be followed by a beefed up special deluxe edition of the original masterpiece fully loaded with behind the scenes info. I rate the film 5 stars and this release 3 stars. Buy this Blu-Ray for the film only. The studio has hinted for years at a deluxe edition but it has never been released. I know it was partially completed and then scrapped because copies of it still float around underground. A 3-disc Poltergeist Trilogy (soon to be quadrilogy) with 5 hours of supplements would be amazing.