POLTERGEIST (1982) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

"It was more funny than scary to me". All that screaming and looking away and covering your eyes tells me a different story than the one you're sticking to. 😂

I'm old enough to remember the national anthem being played at the end of each broadcast day. Does anyone else remember the PSA every evening at 9pm? "Its nine o'clock, do you know where your children are?"

"Yo they work for R. Kelly." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Fun fact, all those skeletons in the final scene were real human skeletons of people who donated their bodies to science. At the time it was cheaper to use real skeletons that rubber/plastic ones. The actors were not told till after filming. You can google it, dead serious. Some think that's why so many bad things happened to people on the set, they call it the "Poltergeist Curse". Thanks for the wonderful reaction!

Your dog popping up out of the covers at 9:40 was perfect. To answer your question, back in the day, after all programming on tv ended, they played the national anthem and then dead air was played until morning shows.

"He's gonna grow up to be a jumberjack. He's gonna cut down every tree he sees, for the rest of his life. He's gonna start forrest fires!" 🤣🤣🤣

Watching you constantly saying it's time to go made me go listen to Eddie Murphy, the last track off his Comedian album where he's talking about this movie and asks "why don't white people get out the house when there's a ghost in the house?" Cracks me up every time.

Made me laugh when J said... "I want EVERYTHING. I want your shadow." 😆

Back in the ‘70’s when the broadcast TV stations were ready to sign off for the night, they would always play the National Anthem and then go to static. That was before cable TV became a thing. The three channels: ABC, CBS, and NBC all followed that basic pattern. Cable didn’t become a common thing until the early 80’s. But that was normal. I guess night shift workers were screwed and just never had any TV to watch. I was born in the 60’s so I saw that a lot. But now it’s a thing of the past. But that’s just how it was back then.

"I want your shadow" is a hilarious level of pettiness lmao

New drinking game: Take a drink or a shot every time J says or yells "Shut the fuck up". 🤣 But seriously though, love your reactions as always!

My dad took me to see this in the theater. I was 4. I didn't sleep right for months! I always felt bad for Robby, the brother because he was the ultimate middle child; the oldest one did whatever she wanted, everyone else was preoccupied with Carol Ann, and he got eaten by a tree and choked out by a clown doll and no one gave an eff!

"That thing swinging" is something I never thought I would hear about Tangina, you cracked me up with that one, love it! I hope you will check out #2 & 3 as well. Another fun reaction would be "The Prophecy" with Christopher Walken (1995)

"They're here." Fun Fact: Heather O'Rourke kept the pet goldfish Carol Anne has in the film. Cameo Hands Fact: The hands which pull the flesh off the investigator's face in the bathroom mirror were the film's producer, Steven Spielberg. Quick Change Fact: The shot of the chairs that position themselves in the amazing balancing act on the table was all done in one take. As the camera panned along with JoBeth Williams, who was getting some cleaning materials, several crew members quickly set an already organized pyramid of chairs on the table, then took the single chairs away before the camera scrolled back. The table is off-screen only seven seconds. The chrome toaster on the kitchen counter reflects the crew switching the chair arrangement. Moreover, the leaves of the plant in the corner get disturbed

"I fought an oak tree and it shit me out" had me in tears laughing! You are one funny guy 😂 great reaction, you had me laughing the whole way through. I love me some blind wave reactions but yours are just extra special! Always make my day.

I was 10 when I saw this on HBO and even at 10, I knew staying there after getting the Daughter back crossed a line. There would not be one more moment in that house after getting her back. This Family was nuts..

This was what rated PG was back in the day. So was Jaws. They’re two of the reasons we have PG-13 today and the standard for an R is higher when it comes to gore. Great reaction. Always a good time!

Thanks for nearly KILLING ME!!! I was taking a swig of tea when you made that R Kelly joke 😂🤣😂 I almost choked to death trying not to spray tea around the room & over my PC. Fethin burned my hand cause I was laughing so hard & it spilt out of the mug.Had to go & get changed as I was partially drenched in hot tea. Git 🤣Masterfully timed & done to perfection. As for the Mom's reaction. I have a sneaking suspicion that whatever it was Mommy was smoking at the start of the film was a weeeeee bit stronger than just some weed. Feth alone knows what that crazy woman is on!!! Another great one. Give R&D a damn good fussing from us here in the UK. & much love & great karma for everyone 😁

“I don’t know how you snitch out someone to dead people, but I’m going to drop a dime on you sir. Right after I put my foot in your ass!” Hands down. One of the best comments I’ve ever heard about this movie in a review.

You're so funny and entertaining. Keep doing this forever. Pet the dogs for me. I sure get a kick out of them.

The reason they play the national anthem is because, back in the olden days, before cable TV, TV stations went off the air around 2am and came back on around 5-6am. The national anthem played to mark the end of the broadcasting day.

Not the corpse throwing up gang signs. I nearly cried. I really shouldn't be watching you while I'm working. 😂

I was born in 1982, which was one of the greatest years for movies. Poltergeist, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, ET, The Thing, Rocky III, First Blood, Tron, The Dark Crystal, and a ton more films. My childhood was full of some of the best movies ever made, and I'm very fortunate to have been born when I was. Such a great childhood and teenage years too.

Lol! Before cable was all over the country, we only had a maximum of four vhf stations (CBS, ABC, NBC, and in Philly, PBS, which was channel 12), and a few uhf channels (17, 29, and 48 in Philly), and they didn't program all 24 hours. If I remember correctly, the vhf channels would usually end programing around 1 or 2 at night, and would always end the day's programing by playing the National Anthem before going to static until the next morning's news shows would begin.

Fun fact, in Charleston SC they actually did this, they "moved a cemetery" by moving the headstones but NOT the bodies

I remember watching this in the theater when it was released. This was a genuinely scary movie when watched in the theater for the first time. Amazing movie and that DAMN clown was so creepy that it scarred me for life. 😂

You asked why the National Anthem kept playing? Back in the 1980s, at the end of the programming day, the networks used to sign off with the National Anthem, then the screen would go to static until morning.

Fun fact! One of the reasons this film series is considered to be cursed, is many of the skeletons in the "pool scene" are actual human remains. Production did not inform the actors as they were filming, but it was cheeper back then to purchase cadavers than it was to reproduce them.

I first saw this movie when I was not much older than the kid who played Carol Anne. I also knew a girl around that time who looked a lot like her, which made the movie more strange than scary for me. Her parents knew she looked like her, so they got her to say "We're here" whenever they came over. I actually found the sequel scarier. I won't mention anything from it, though, in case you want to watch it.

"He gonna grow up to be a lumberjack." LOL

Sad Note: Dominic Dunne the older sister was murdered and was not in Poltergeist 2 or 3. Sad Note 2: Julian Beck the Man from the Other Side and Will Sampson an actor in many movie did this one and passed away after it was done. Sad Note 3 : Carol Anne the actress Heather O'Rourke died at a young age after Poltergeist 3. It was called the Poltergeist Curse.

Your reactions crack me up so much, and I love how you always choose some object from the movie you're watching to serve as the little pop-up "profanity blocker". :) We had a painting in our basement of a clown that looked a lot like that doll (God knows why), and I had slumber party in '83 and we all watched that movie for the first time... and had to sleep in the same room as that freaking painting. Scarred a few girls for a decade or two, I'm sure. Great reaction!

FYI this is how many of us learned as kids the counting between lighting and thunder trick. And yes after this evrytime we saw lightning we started counting.

As a white person, I laughed so much with all you said. Also I listened with headphones like yours so I knew exactly what you were talking about. It was extra creepy.

I saw this opening night, Friday, June 4, 1982, first evening showing, and I sat closer to the screen than anyone else in the theater. I was riveted, and the clown doll scene was one of the rare times I have actually let out a scream! I’ve been a fan since then. Saw it 7 times in the theater. In 2002, I visited the real neighborhood in Simi Valley, California, where this was filmed, and I have a photo of myself standing in front of the actual house (I didn’t disturb the residents, of course; they get lots of tourists looky-looing). The interiors, of course, were filmed on a studio soundstage, not inside the real house. Same with the backyard. But it’s a lot smaller than it looks in the film. I’ve also become Facebook friends with Martin Casella (Marty) and Oliver Robins (Robby), and they’re great guys. Also, about the National Anthem playing on TV and nothing but static: that was very common on a lot of TV channels back in the 70s and 80s, when we had just a handful of stations and cable TV and home video were just starting. TV stations would end their broadcasting day around midnight or 1 am, maybe 2 am, and the signoff was the National Anthem, followed by what was called “dead air” (a TV signal that was not receiving a broadcast). This would last for a few to several hours overnight, depending on the station, and then around maybe 5 or 6 am or so the station would begin its broadcasting day again. This was just beginning to change around the time this movie came out, though, especially since cable TV was now a big competitor to broadcast TV, and within a few years most broadcast TV channels operated on a 24 hour basis, often filling in the overnight hours with infomercials (which became commonplace in the 80s and 90s). Some stations, of course, especially popular local stations in large markets like Los Angeles or New York, had run on a 22 to 24 hour basis for years, though, often running old movies overnight. But the smaller stations, and most stations in smaller markets, would cease broadcasting for a number of hours overnight. And the National Anthem was ALWAYS used as a way to say good night. It was a cultural norm nationwide. And that was a red children’s record playing in midair, not a CD. The first CDs didn’t come out until the following year, 1983, and didn’t become ubiquitous until the late 80s.

I don't believe the homeowner's insurance would cover this...

The National Anthem was playing because there was a time when TV station shut down for the night. They'd play the anthm and sign off til morning. I saw this a couple year or two after it came out, I think it was on VHS. It was at a friend's house when I was there for a sleepover, and we were maybe 11 or 12. It creeped up out pretty good, though my friend was acting like it didn't bother him. In his room the beds were along two walls with a good bit of space between them. My bed, the guest bed, had some stuffed animals on it, including a Curious George. I was awakened from a sound sleep by my friend screaming his head off. He's sitting up in his bed shrieking like a banshee. His folks and older brother ran in and he settled down a little. When I had put Curious George off the bed, it had landed in such a way that it looked like it was standing up facing his bed. He saw that in the dim light and called me. Being sound asleep I didn't hear him. Since I didn't answer, he thought George was possessed and had killed me and was coming for him. I seem to recall going right back to sleep, though he did not sleep well.

"Have we tried to bust the TV open!?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That was early morning TV back in the 80s. Once programming ended, the anthem would play, followed by the test bars or snow until morning programming started.

17:00 "-When you sold me this house you forgot to mention one little thing: You didn't tell me it was built on an indian burial ground! -No, you didn't..! -Well... that's not my recollection... -He says he mentioned it five or six times." :)

Fun fact -- the skeletons in the pool at the end were REAL. The production bought them from a local medical teaching facility. They dressed them up a bit, then tossed them into the pool with the actress. And apparently she wasn't told they were real. Oh, and the essence of your thesis about wipipo... true.

Yeeeah! Good, solid, healthy, wholesome reaction! JL looks at the camera with big eyes, scared so many times! Heehee! JL says, "I would bust every TV in the house!" Hahahaha! "..Eaten by a tree! Do you know how hard it would be to tell your therapist?" Haha! "He's gonna grow up to be a lumberjack!" Hahaha! I was 11 years old when I saw this movie one afternoon in the cinema. They had the sound cranked up so loud that I had to plug my ears 'coz the spooky music was absolutley petrifying! Super scary when you turn up the sound full. Heehee! One of my favourite fun haunted house movies (the other is The Haunting, 1963 version). It's been a while since I laughed so hard. Whew! So therapeutic JL is! :)

I was about 10 when this came out, and we all went to see it. I don't know what my family was thinking taking me to a movie like this, but I loved it. Watching it now I still love it but I can't help but laugh now when I realize that dude was really about to get up in the middle of the night and make himself a steak in someone else's house.

This was terrifying when it came out. Mainly cause there wasn’t much talk of paranormal activity in the early 80’s and it haunted peoples dreams and thoughts after seeing it .

You and these dogs have me rollin', man 🤣 Love your reactions; you're one of the funniest I follow, and I ain't afraid to tell all the other reactors that

You are a joy to watch. Some of the things you say make me laugh hard. The R Kelly joke made me snort..And I need laughs right now, I am suffering crippling depression because of personal events, your videos take the edge of. I thank you for that my friend. May your life be full of joy and blessings.

TV stations used to go off the air at a certain time every night and he would always play the national anthem

Classic.

4:09 that’s the point. Little girls are supposed to be sweet and innocent. So when creepiness surrounds them it becomes even creepier :-)

Crazy that Steven speilberg made Poltergeist and ET at the same time.

“Why we asking questions? Let’s pack our ish & go!” LMAO

The face peeling scene: You: Arruuuuuh! Dogs: You ok dad? You: Eeewwww! Stop showing it! Dogs: Stop watching it! Dad stop!

You had me at Craig T Nelson and Coach!! Here for the film, stayed for the co-pilots! Milton and Grace love watching them with me.

FUN FACT ....Did you know that they used real human skeletons in the pool scene....

“I can’t believe Coach about to smoke a joint” lol!!!

Seriously, this movie traumatized me as a kid in the 80s. We recorded it on VHS after it came out on TV. I would get up in the night to go to the bathroom, and I had to pass the TV, and I kept waiting to see it glow and things to come out of it! The other scene that scared me was the apparition coming down the stairs because we had stairs in our house, too LOL. Ironically I watched it over and over anyway! 😁

It’s so funny…they stay that last night in the house like nothing happened. No one’s even nervous 🤣 🤣

The national anthem plays every night as the last thing to air before a TV station signs off for the night, which is followed once off the air by static "snow." Where I live, they play the national anthems of both Canada and the U.S. Where you live, apparently, either you've never stayed up late enough to watch a station sign off the air, or, more likely, all your stations stay on the air 24/7, probably airing infomercials all night instead of taking a break. CDs hadn't hit the market yet in 1982. People were using phonograph records, audiocassettes, and 8-track tape cartridges. This film was directed by Tobe Hooper, who also directed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

9:30 to 9:45. That was funny. You cover your dog with the blanket, he or she removes the blanket like saying "no, i want to see this scene" and then is sitting next to you lol.

Oh man are y'all ready for this?? I haven't clicked on a video this fast in my LIFE 😂

beautiful jerry goldsmith score. just incredible.

"That bird's the smartest one in the family..." Bwahahahhahhahaha

National anthem made me laugh, when I was a kid my dad would fall asleep drunk after benny hill and that would play before programming ended for the night.

Those skeletons in the pool were real. They were cheaper than fakes.

It’s funny how younger folks don’t know how back when there were only three stations they would go off air around 11 or midnight and they would play the national anthem and then go to static for the night. Seems so long ago lol!

Brother about the National Anthem.. You don't remember b4 cable channels when local TV stations used to sign off late at night by playing the National Anthem?

"They work for R Kelly." Lmfao!!!

The best movie reaction ever. Plus reactions from the dogs are great. I laughed, I cried, and didn't spend a dime. Glad I subscribed. Looking forward to more movies.

Hey guys, I was just informed by Blank, JL will be reacting to The Thing in October. Great news!!!! I hope they’ll get to the Green Mile soon. This is the best reaction channel I’ve ever watched.

Back in the day, tv shows went off the air around 1am, and always played the National Anthem.

This is literally one of the oldest memories I have as a kid one time when I was I don’t know how old I snuck out of my room at night at the top of the stairs to see the adults in my family watching this movie right at the part with the clown doll attacking and the giant tree monster 😱 I was like WTF lol 😂

"This is white people shit." I mean...can confirm, pretty much yeah 😄😄 Great reaction to my favorite film, I had a good time watching this! 👍 22:17 yep that's what they looked like, Fritos too except that same yellow color and not see-thru. Chester wouldn't appear for a few more years, and in the 70's we had this weird ass Chee-tos Mouse that was designed by a guy who did cartoons for Playboy, Mad Magazine, and Rankin/Bass. 25:37 James Karen (the guy who played Stephen's boss) was on _Coach_ a couple times, and he played bit characters on lots of other TV shows around that time so maybe he just has a face we've seen several times without being able to place it specifically.

Recommendation list : 1 - Train to Busan 2 - Alice in borderland 3 - All of us are dead 4 - My name 5 - Alive 6 - sweet home

"bish I ain't psychic, you go!" "Bish I'm like 3' 6" and that ain't my baby." "Yeah you got me there."

I almost choked! Your funnier than my family on movie night!!😂

First of all, J, great video as always. That white people shit comment made me laugh so much. I've known that for a while, I am that white guy that hears a strange noise and wants to see what it is. I don't believe in the supernatural so if I saw shit like that I would be even more excited then she was. Basically, I'm that curious dumb ass that dies first or second in these movies. Much love to you, J, and of course, to the babies. Also, I'm really tempted to track down a replica of that clown and send it to you, J. It would be a gift from a viewer, so you HAVE to keep it.

The fact that I now know you’ve seen teen witch just makes me like you more lol I thought no one had seen that movie but me. It’s so corny and bad but such an enjoyable film from my childhood.

Not sure if you remember, but back in the day at midnight TV stations would actually shut off. They played the National Anthem to close their broadcast for the night.

The guy that played coach is the only Survivor of that movie series everyone down to the cameraman died and very tragic ways

That little girl had the saddest, shortest most painful life. RIP Heather O'Rourke.

Shut up! Love it when you say that. BTW, long ago and far away, before cable tv, around midnight all channels signed off and then the national anthem would play. Love your reactions❤️

Back in the day they didn’t have over night reruns on tv. So after 12am or so if your tv was on you’d just see statics with the national anthem playing all night.

LMAO'ing every time you stop to say "Listen . . ." I've loved this movie since I was a kid. Bugged both parents to take me to it from the first time I saw the trailer. I'm glad you finally get to enjoy it.

Hilarious reaction as always! But I definitely caught a stray when you said that lady needed a booster seat on the toilet 🤣 I'm 46 and my feet still dont reach the floor when I go to the bathroom! Also, fun fact - the one brother in the movie is Beyonce's step dad irl 👍🏽

Your reactions are absolutely hilarious. I went to see this twice, the week it was released. I didn't really find it all that scary, but was amazed at the special effects. The world of movie making before CGI had a tendency to have unrealistic and sometimes laughable special effects, but this movie was different. Even after 40 years, they still hold up pretty well.

"You're right! YOU go!" had me lmfao 🤣

"That boy's gonna be a lumberjack. He's gonna cut down every tree he sees." LOLOLOLOL. Your reactions are so entertaining.

Thanks, so much for bringing your gift of awesome movie reviews; and putting putting it out there. And for the awesome Co Pilots! Big heart!🙂

Theeeerree heeeerreee

It's truly a struggle to keep my eyes on you because the dog is so adorable. It's the EYES!

The national anthem used to play after the TV networks went off the air. Way back in the day they shut off after the late shows about 12:30 am.👍

31:00 "You're right... you go." That has got to be hands down THE weirdest interjection of humour in the history of cinema.

You asked why the National Anthem was playing. Decades ago TV stations didn't broadcast 24/7 like they do today. Back then most stations/channels would end their broadcast day between 1-2am and just before the station went off the air they would always display an American flag and play the American National Anthem, after which the station would cease transmitting their signal and all you'd see on the screen was snow until around 6-7am when the channel would resume broadcasting again. That's how most TV channels operated back in the day.

20:57 When you made the "Lumberjack" comment, I spewed Pepsi through my nose 🤣

9:35 ... that dog's reaction is priceless.

We are RIGHT for wanting to see your jump scares!!

It's good to know we helped you find your niche' in life. Cuz you're good at what you do. The humor, the reactions, the dogs and the movie. I think this movie scared you a little bit. But you really need to watch The Blair Witch Project. That'll scare ya. You're moving up the reaction charts my friend. Keep on keeping on.

Weeks later, I'm seeing JL working for soooo many companies. He could have been a guard at the Lecter Memorial Psych Ward & Cage Emporium. He'd be a chef in a palace kitchen, dealing with all kinds of delicacies. Or in this one, he could be a camera-technician and food taster for a company that does paranormal house-sitting.

“He been through a lot”… Sir, I just spit my drink 🍹 got my kid asking “What’s wrong with you?!” 😑🤣

Can't get enough of those pups... Oh, you aren't too bad either.