Poltergeist (1982)

Making a movie with two directors is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Poltergeist, from the endless rumors of Steven Spielberg overtaking Tobe Hooper to shadow direct the film, to it’s legend of being truly cursed. Join us and our first guest, Sequoia Simone from the podcasts Fanatical Fics (and Where to Find Them) and But Make It Scary.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Sources:

• Ain’t It Cool News
• AV Club
• Blumhouse
• Den of Geek
• Fangoria
• The Films of Steven Spielberg
• Rue Morgue
• Snopes 1
• Snopes 2
• Spielberg: The Man, the Movies, the Mythology
• Steven Spielberg: A Biography
• Terror From Beyond The Dave

Music:

• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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