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Poltergeist Revisits This Mortal Plane Through TV Series

Poltergeist Revisits This Mortal Plane Through TV Series

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Poltergeist is still a firecracker of a film, and a lot of people make a habit of watching it every Halloween season. Of course with any landmark film comes a wave of imitators, some bearing the actual name. There were sequels that attempted to continue the Poltergeist story, just as there were for The Exorcist and many other scary movies that weren’t so scary the second time around. There was also a remake of the original Poltergeist in 2015, the marketing of which focused entirely on the clown. Now someone’s ambitious enough to attempt making an entire TV series out of the thing. Variety reports that MGM Studios has hired Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey to put together a concept for a Poltergeist TV series. Will the same little girl get sucked into a spectral dimension every week? “Oh no, not again!” Believe it or not, there already WAS a Poltergeist TV series, produced for the Showtime channel in the late 90s. It was called Poltergeist: The Legacy and had

The Flashback Interview: Mark A. Mangini

The Flashback Interview: Mark A. Mangini

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My newest interview subject, Mark A. Mangini, is an accomplished sound designer and editor. He’s helped create the soundscapes for films of all sorts. Ranging from multiple films in the Star Trek franchise to a frequent collaboration with Joe Dante, from Disney Renaissance classics like Beauty And The Beast and Aladdin to Mad Max: Fury Road, which would win him his first Oscar, Mark A. Mangini has created memorable soundscapes for almost half-a-century, with no signs of stopping any time soon. Mark took some time to speak with me this past December, and today I share my epic conversation with this great talent. Say hello to Mark A. Mangini! Mark: Hello? Johnny: Hello, Mark. Johnny Caps from Pop Geeks here. Mark: Hey, Johnny. How ya doin’? Johnny: I’m doing good. First of all, before anything, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to speak to me. Mark: My pleasure. Johnny: Alright. I have my questions ready to go. Mark: Yeah! Good. Johnny: To start off with, as

The Flashback Interview: John Bruno

The Flashback Interview: John Bruno

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My newest interview subject, John Bruno, is an accomplished visual effects artist. He’s helped to create some of the most memorable images of the last few decades of blockbuster cinema in projects ranging from Ghostbusters and the first two Poltergeist films to Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Batman Returns to Avatar and the Twilight films. He’s even won an Oscar, taking home the Best Visual Effects Oscar for The Abyss. I spoke to John Bruno recently about his long and diverse career, and we put this together over the course of two phone calls. I hope you all enjoy getting to know this amazing talent. Say hello to John Bruno! Johnny: I would like to start off with this question: Had you always wanted to be in the entertainment industry, or did you initially have a different career goal in mind? John Bruno: Different. My family is from Central California. Monterey, and when I was growing up, I was lucky. On The Monterey peninsula, Carmel in particular lived many successful

Coming To Shudder: Cursed Films

Coming To Shudder: Cursed Films

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Some of the most memorable horror films of all time have scary stories surrounding their very production. Was it just bad luck, or were the movies….CURSED??? Nah, it was bad luck, there’s no such thing as curses. We’ll see what kind of view the upcoming docu-series CURSED FILMS takes as it examines the misfortune surrounding five classic horror films: The Exorcist, Poltergeist, The Omen, The Crow, and Twilight Zone: The Movie. On hand for interviews are the actors, producers and directors involved with the films, including Linda Blair, Kane Hodder, Richard Donner, Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Berryman, and, just for good measure, Ryan Turek of Blumhouse. Cursed Films is a production of the horror-focused streaming service Shudder, who will be premiering the first three chapters (which cover The Exorcist, Poltergeist and The Omen) at the SXSW film festival. That screening will take place April 2, followed by the docu-series’ rollout on Shudder April 9. The first three episodes will be available that week, followed by the last two (The Crow and

Everyday Paranormal Experiences, Interview #7

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“I used to live out in the sticks, you might say,” Jenny told me apologetically, “I mean, it was a small town.  Still is.  And with them small towns like that, they come chock full of stories, I’m sure you know.” Having grown up mostly in small towns myself, I did know.  She was right, small towns seem to have a story of intrigue attached to nearly every family, building, or landmark.  Wetumka, Oklahoma was no different, and had its share of stories, including one about the haunted old school house just outside of town. “Nearly everyone knows about it,” she explained, “Most folk pass it sometime or another – being that it sits nearby the Wetumka Cemetery.  Now, it isn’t the cemetery that makes the school spooky in itself – fact is the school isn’t hardly that spooky at all.  Neither is the cemetery, now that we’re on the topic.” Jenny describes the town, a small farming community near a few bodies of water and rivers, mostly flat grasslands

Everyday Paranormal Experiences, Interview #1

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The Davenport Poltergeist  Just south of Salt Lake City and resting in the shadows of the Wasatch Mountains, Philip was preparing for his girlfriend (who wished not to be named) to move into his tiny apartment with him.  It was a one bedroom, but for him and his girlfriend, it was big enough.  His girlfriend moved in, as planned, and with her came a lot of clothes and furniture and other space-taking items that Philip had not counted on.  Soon enough the 1 bedroom was no longer suitable – especially since Philip’s girlfriend came with, among many other things, a cat. Though Philip now is a quintessential cat-person and can’t imagine his life without his three cat-boys, cats were not his favorite at the time his girlfriend moved in with him.  It wasn’t long before Philip started to notice how his life had suddenly changed – not for the worse, but definitely for the stranger.  He first chalked up the strangeness to the cat, because cats are strange, and react