Poltergeist: A Generation's Nightmare

**This movie sent thousands of kids to therapy and parents still regret letting them watch it.**

Poltergeist arrived in 1982 and became every child's worst nightmare. Kids thought their

toys were safe, their TVs were harmless. Then they watched that little girl get sucked into

a television screen by vengeful spirits. Clown dolls came alive. Trees grabbed children

through windows. A man ripped his own face apart in the mirror. Theaters reported

kids vomiting and crying uncontrollably. Parents had to remove TVs from bedrooms because children

refused to sleep near them. Toy stores saw kids terrified of clown dolls for years

afterward. The film was rated PG, so parents brought young children thinking