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Synopsis: Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings -- Steve (Craig T. Nelson), Diane (JoBeth Williams), teenaged Dana (Dominique Dunne), eight-year-old Robbie (Oliver Robins), and five-year-old Carol Ann (Heather O'Rourke) -- when ghosts commune with them through the television set. Initially friendly and playful, the spirits turn unexpectedly menacing, and, when Carol Ann goes missing, Steve and Diane turn to a parapsychologist and eventually an exorcist for help.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Actors: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
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PG
Year:
1982
114 min
2,093 Views

POP. IT COMES ON.

The room is bathed in cold blue TV light and we HEAR the last

few bars of The National Anthem.

107.

CAMERA PUSHES PAST the sleeping Freelings to a view over

Carol Anne’s shoulder.

The Anthem ends and the station manager identifies the

station, signifies the megahertz and signs off the morning.

THE CAMERA PUSHES PAST CAROL ANNE’S HEAD UNTIL THE TV IS FULL

SCREEN.

THERE IS A MOMENT OF VISUAL STATION ID -- BUT ONLY A MOMENT.

FLASH! EVERYTHING TURNS TO WHITE STATIC SNOW.

FADE OUT.

THE END:

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