Is Poltergeist actually good?

Poltergeist sits in the 80.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 80.7% of them.

How does Poltergeist compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Poltergeist lands in the 78.7% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Poltergeist's score based on?

439 calibrated reviewers stand behind Poltergeist's score.

1982

global pct

80.7

Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s

Poltergeist

Name: Poltergeist
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Supernatural
Released: 1982
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins

Scored from 439 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

80.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

78.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

97.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

439 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A suburban family's home becomes the site of intense supernatural activity when a young girl mysteriously communicates with spirits through the television. As poltergeist phenomena escalate, the family calls in parapsychologists to investigate and rescue their daughter from the supernatural forces.

Poltergeist is a 1982 horror, thriller and supernatural film starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams and Beatrice Straight. Tobe Hooper directed it. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. It runs 1h 54m and carries a PG certificate.

The calibrated figure is built from 439 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 444 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.

HorrorThrillerSupernatural

Is Poltergeist (1982) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 439
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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