Poltergeist
FILM 11.15PM, BBC2
Would classic horror Poltergeist be made now? Unless the terrifying premise was about waiting for your energy bill after accidentally leaving the TV on all night? Forty years ago in 1982, this was a box-office hit scaring cinemagoers silly with its tale of a family beset by ghostly goings-on as their youngest daughter starts conversing with the TV and household objects begin to move on their own. Steven Spielberg wrote the screenplay, while horrormeister Tobe Hooper directed. ★★★★ JP