Is Poltergeist actually good?

Poltergeist sits in the 8.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 8.0% of them.

How does Poltergeist compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, Poltergeist lands in the 10.3% 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?

374 calibrated reviewers stand behind Poltergeist's score.

2015

global pct

8.0

Film · 2015 · Films · 2010s

Poltergeist

Name: Poltergeist
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Released: 2015

Scored from 374 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

8.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

10.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

0.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

374 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After moving into a new suburban home, the Bowen family begins experiencing unsettling supernatural disturbances that escalate when malevolent spirits abduct their youngest daughter through her bedroom closet. Desperate to recover her, the parents enlist a team of paranormal investigators and a reality-TV ghost hunter to confront the forces holding her in another realm.

Poltergeist (2015) is a film IMDb files under the fantasy, horror and thriller genres.

13,058 other films from the 2010s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 374 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 393 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.