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Poltergeist

• Carol Anne Freeling : They're here.
• Steve Freeling : [ shouting in Teague's face ] You son of a bitch! You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you? You son of a bitch, you left the bodies and you only moved the headstones! You only moved the headstones! Why? Why?
• Tangina : This house is clean.
• Tangina : There is no death. There is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness. Carol Anne is not like those she's with. She is a living presence in their spiritual earthbound plane. They are attracted to the one thing about her that is different from themselves - her life force. It is very strong. It gives off its own illumination. It is a light that implies life and memory of love and home and earthly pleasures, something they desperately desire but can't have anymore. Right now, she's the closest thing to that, and that is a terrible distraction from the *real* light that has finally come for them. You understand me?
• [ Diane shakes her head ]
• Tangina : These souls, who for whatever reason are not at rest, are also not aware that they have passed on. They're not part of consciousness as we know it. They linger in a perpetual dream state, a nightmare from which they cannot awake. Inside the spectral light is salvation, a window to the next plane. They must pass through this membrane where friends are waiting to guide them to new destinies. Carol Anne must help them cross over, and she will only hear her mother's voice. Now... hold on to yourselves.
• [ brief pause ]
• Tangina : There's one more thing. A terrible presence is in there with her. So much rage, so much betrayal. I've never sensed anything like it. I don't know what hovers over this house, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you. It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from the spectral light. It *lies* to her, it tells her things only a child could understand. It has been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply *is* another child. To us, it is the Beast.
• [ long pause ]
• Tangina : Now, let's go get your daughter.
• Tangina : Help me tie this around my waist.
• Diane Freeling : What do you think you're doing?
• Tangina : I'm going in after her.
• Diane Freeling : She won't come to you. Let me go.
• Tangina : You've never done this before.
• Diane Freeling : Neither have you.
• Tangina : You're right. You go.
• Tangina : Now clear your minds. It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning. Don't give it any help, it knows too much already.
• Carol Anne Freeling : [ burying the canary, Carol Anne says a prayer ] Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
• Dana Freeling : [ sarcastically ] Oh brother!
• Diane Freeling : [ to Dana ] Stifle it.
• Carol Anne Freeling : If I shall die before I wake...
• Dana Freeling : [ whispers to Diane ] It did.
• Carol Anne Freeling : ...I pray the Lord my soul to take.
• Carol Anne Freeling : [ puts a twizzler in the Tweety's coffin ] For when he's hungry.
• Carol Anne Freeling : [ puts a picture in Tweety's coffin ] For when he's lonely.
• Carol Anne Freeling : [ puts a piece of cloth in Tweety's coffin ] For when it's bedtime.
• [ breaks down in tears in Mom's arms ]
• Dana Freeling : Are you gonna do something about this?
• Diane Freeling : About what?
• Dana Freeling : Your new gray!
• Diane Freeling : Oh! You don't like it? You don't think it's kinda punk?
• Dana Freeling : [ screaming ] What's happening?
• Tangina : Cross over, children. All are welcome. All welcome. Go into the light.
• Steve Freeling : No! No, you said no!
• Tangina : There is peace and serenity in the light.
• Steve Freeling : You said don't go into the light!
• [ first lines ]
• Carol Anne Freeling : Hello? What do you look like? Talk louder, I can't hear you! Hey, hello! Hello, I can't hear you! Five. Yes. Yes. I don't know. I don't know.
• Tangina : Y'all mind hanging back? You're jamming my frequency.
• Dr. Lesh : Would your family welcome a serious investigation of these disturbances by someone who can make firsthand observations?
• Steve Freeling : Look, Dr. Lesh. We don't care about the disturbances, the pounding and the flashing, the screaming, the music. We just want you to find our little girl.
• Diane Freeling : Sweetheart, last night, when you said "They're here'...
• Carol Anne Freeling : Can I take my goldfish to school?
• Diane Freeling : Sweetheart, do you remember last night when you woke up, and you said "They're here'?
• Carol Anne Freeling : Uh huh.
• Diane Freeling : Well, who did you mean?
• Carol Anne Freeling : The TV People.
• Robbie Freeling : She's stoned.
• Dana Freeling : Oh yeah? What do you know about it?
• Robbie Freeling : More than you. Ask Dad.
• Diane Freeling : TV people?
• Carol Anne Freeling : Uh-huh.
• Diane Freeling : Do you see them?
• Carol Anne Freeling : Uh-uh. Do you?
• Diane Freeling : Uh-uh.
• Diane Freeling : Carol Anne - listen to me. Do *not* go into the light. Stop where you are. Turn away from it. Don't even look at it.
• Dr. Lesh : Some people believe that when you die there is a wonderful light. As bright as the sun but it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions you want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it... you become a part of it forever. Now, some people die, but they don't know they're gone.
• Tangina : [ offscreen upstairs ] Why is this door locked, Mr. Freeling?
• [ Steve Freeling closes his eyes, clasps his hands, and appears to be concentrating for several seconds ]
• Diane Freeling : [ quietly ] Answer her, Steven!
• Steve Freeling : [ sotto voce ] I *am*.
• Tangina : [ steps out to the top of the stairs ] I am addressin' the living!
• Steve Freeling : I'm sorry. Sorry. That's the room my son and daughter used to occupy.
• Dr. Lesh : We believe it's the heart of the house.
• Tangina : This house has many hearts.
• [ Tangina steps away from the stairtop. Diane approaches Steven ]
• Diane Freeling : [ quietly ] What is the matter?
• Steve Freeling : [ with laughter ] "What's the matter"?
• Steve Freeling : [ he composes himself, whispers ] I was trying to answer her with my mind and she couldn't hear me.
• Steve Freeling : [ to Dr. Lesh, whispering even softer ] Now, I thought you said this Tangina Barrons was an *extraordinary*...
• Tangina : I *am*!
• Steve Freeling : ...clairvoy...
• Tangina : [ steps out again ] I just don't like trick answers.
• Steve Freeling : You know Teague, he won't take "Go to Hell" for an answer.
• Diane Freeling : What are you going to do?
• Steve Freeling : I'm gonna give him directions.
• Robbie Freeling : I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck, and they're upstairs right now.
• Diane Freeling : You were saying about poltergeists.
• Dr. Lesh : Poltergeists are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area. A house usually.
• Marty : Poltergeist disturbances are of a fairly short duration. Perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for years.
• Diane Freeling : Are you telling me that all of this could just suddenly end at any time?
• Dr. Lesh : Yes, it could. Unless it's a haunting. But hauntings don't usually revolve around living people.
• Diane Freeling : Then we don't have much time, Dr. Lesh, because my daughter is alive somewhere inside this house.
• Steve Freeling : Tomorrow I'm going to call someone.
• Diane Freeling : Like who? I looked in the Yellow Pages. "Furniture Movers" we've got; "Strange Phenomenon", there's no listing.
• Diane Freeling : Ahhh... this is probably going to be seem a little strange. We hear better on this channel. Don't ask me why. Well... ah... I guess I will call her. Carol Anne. Ah... it's mommy, sweetheart. Ah, we want to talk to you. Please answer me, baby. Please answer me. Please talk to me, bunny.
• Marty : Look at the dog.
• Diane Freeling : Are you with us now? Can you... can you say hello to daddy?
• Carol Anne Freeling : Hello, daddy.
• Steve Freeling : Hello, sweet pea.
• Diane Freeling : It's mommy, sweetheart.
• Carol Anne Freeling : Hello, mommy.
• Diane Freeling : Hello, baby. Can you see me? Can you see mommy?
• Carol Anne Freeling : Mommy? Where are you? Where are you?
• Diane Freeling : We're home, baby. We're home. Can you find me? Can you find a way to us, baby?
• Carol Anne Freeling : Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the light, mommy. I'm afraid of the light.
• Tangina : No, no, no... Go down stairs and wait by Ryan and pull. Only when I say so. Only When I say.
• [ Steve opens the window next to the neighbor's house ]
• Steve Freeling : We've got a good game going on here.
• Ben Tuthill : My kids wanna watch Mr. Rogers.
• Steve Freeling : I don't care what you're watching, Ben, just show a little mercy with that thing!
• Ben Tuthill : Move your set.
• [ Ben flicks remote ]
• Steve Freeling : Move yours, Ben.
• [ Steve flicks his remote ]
• Steve Freeling : [ Steve and Ben flick each other off ]
• Carol Anne Freeling : [ her first words after being rescued ] Hi, Daddy.
• Dr. Lesh : Some people believe that when people die, there's a wonderful light, As bright as the sun. But it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions that you ever want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it, you become a part of it forever. And then, some people die but they don't know that they've gone.
• Robbie Freeling : They think they're still alive?
• Dr. Lesh : Yes. Maybe they didn't want to die. Maybe they weren't ready. Maybe they hadn't lived fully yet or they'd lived a long, long time and they still wanted more life. They resist going into that light, however hard the light wants them. They just... hang around. Watch TV, watch their friends grow up feeling unhappy and jealous and those feelings are bad. They hurt. And then, some people just get lost on the way to the light, and they need someone to guide them to it.
• Robbie Freeling : So some people get angry and throw things around - like in my bedroom?
• Dr. Lesh : Yes. Just like in school. Like some kids are nice to you, some kids are mean.
• Robbie Freeling : I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck and they're upstairs right now!
• Diane Freeling : So you better get Brian to bring you home right after dinner because Dad wants us to stay at the Holiday Inn on I-74.
• Dana Freeling : Oh, yeah. I remember that place.
• Diane Freeling : She just moved through me. My God. I felt her. I can smell her. It's her. It's her. Smell my clothes. It's her. She's all over me. It's her. She's on me. It's her. I felt her. It's her. It is. It's... it is... it's my baby. It's my baby. She went through my soul.
• Dr. Lesh : Diane, the determination is to whether your home is haunted is... is not very easy. I... what I meant to say was it might very well be a poltergeist intrusion instead of a classic haunting.
• Steve Freeling : Not much room for a pool is there?
• Mr. Teague : We own all the land. We have already made arrangements for relocating the cemetery.
• Steve Freeling : Oh, you're kidding. Oh, come on. I mean, that's sacrilegious, isn't it?
• Mr. Teague : Oh, don't worry about it. After all, it's not ancient tribal burial ground. It's just... people. Besides, we have done it before.
• Diane Freeling : [ the canary has died ] Oh... Oh shit, Tweety, couldn't you have waited until a school day?
• Robbie Freeling : Hey Mom! When it rots can we dig up the bones?
• Diane Freeling : Look, I'm the one who has had to live with this freaky thing all day. It's like another side of nature, that you and I aren't qualified to understand. When you overreact, it makes what happened much too important.
• Steve Freeling : No one is going into the kitchen until I know what's happening.
• Carol Anne Freeling : Mommy didn't cook any dinner.
• Diane Freeling : We'll go to Pizza Hut, all right?
• Tangina : You can't choose between life and death when we're dealing with what is in between. Now tell her before it's too late.
• Diane Freeling : Run to the light, baby. Mommy is in the light.
• Tangina : Tell her you're waiting for her.
• Diane Freeling : Mommy's waiting for you in the light.
• [ under her breath to Tangina ]
• Diane Freeling : I hate you for that.
• Diane Freeling : You bastard. She's just a baby. Help her. Help her. Can you hear what's happening? Help her.
• Diane Freeling : We were wondering if you had experienced any... disturbances?
• Ben Tuthill : What kind of disturbances?
• Diane Freeling : Oh, you know... dishes or furniture, moving around by themselves.
• Dana Freeling : I'll go check the kitchen!
• Steve Freeling : No! No, I'll do it! I'll check the kitchen, you check your room!
• Steve Freeling : Carol Anne!
• Dana Freeling : Carol Snne!
• Diane Freeling : Carol Anne! Sweetheart!
• Steve Freeling : Diane!
• Diane Freeling : Did you find her?
• Steve Freeling : No, I looked everywhere! This is crazy!
• Diane Freeling : Oh my! My God! She is in the swimming pool, the swimming pool, the swimming pool!
• Dr. Lesh : Well, I'm off. I'm taking these back to the lab along with the tapes. I'm going to have to display these, you know.
• Steve Freeling : Please, not on "60 Minutes".
• Diane Freeling : Or "That's Incredible!".
• Robbie Freeling : [ destroying the clown ] I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!
• Marty : There's been some ionization flux. I'd like to make sure it's not caused by humidity coming from structural leakage, but I'm not goin' up there to find out.
• Ryan : We have got much more than the paranormal episode taking place here.
• Marty : There's measurable physical science in this house that goes far beyond any of the creaking doors or cold spots I've ever experienced.
• Dr. Lesh : The voice source on television, where is it coming from?
• Ryan : The absence of a signal on the channel that is not receiving a broadcast means that it is free to receive a lot of noise from all sorts of things, like short waves.
• Marty : Solar disturbances, car ignition sparkings...
• Ryan : Outer space... or inner space. Yes, what if these people had an area of bi-location in their own living room? No, I mean: if that is the way out then maybe somewhere in this house, there's a way in.
• Mr. Teague : [ while tapping the supernaturally glaring porch light ] You afraid of burglars or you trying to attract every insect in Cuesta Verde?
• Steve Freeling : I was trying to answer her with my mind and she couldn't hear me. Now I thought you said this Tangina Barens was an extraordinary...
• Tangina : [ offscreen ] I *am*.
• Tangina : [ steps out again at the top of the stairs ] I just don't like trick answers.
• Robbie Freeling : The storm is getting closer.
• Ben Tuthill : Mosquito ever suck on you, son?
• Tuthills's Son : I don't know, Dad.
• [ last lines ]
• Robbie Freeling : Faster! Faster!
• Steve Freeling : Don't look back!
• Steve Freeling : Listen to me, Jeff! No, I'm not kidding! I know, right? How can anybody sleep through a 6.5?

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Poltergeist (1982 film)

Poltergeist is a 1982 film about a Southern California family whose home is haunted by a host of ghosts.

• 1 Diane Freeling
• 2 Steve Freeling
• 3 Carol Anne Freeling
• 4 Robbie Freeling
• 6 Tangina Barrons
• 10 External links

Diane Freeling [ edit ]

• Sleepwalking ... 'Nocturnal somnambulism.' You know what? You know what? I will bet you anything it's genetic. I mean, Carol Anne last night, and all last week, you know—and me when I was ten. You know, I once slept-walked four blocks, and I fell asleep in the back of this guy's car. He drove all the way to work before discovering me. Oh God, I woke up, I started screaming. People came running, from everywhere. They called the cops, the cops came, they took this poor dude downtown. My father, Big—he, Big Ed has me examined for like bruises and hickeys, you name it, Oh God, I was so embarrassed. (beat) Oh, shit, Steven—what if we, like, dig the pool, you know—and Carol Anne sleepwalks and she falls into it before there's any water?
• Reach back into our past when you used to have an open mind, remember that? Now try to use that for the next couple of minutes...
• Run to the light, Carol Anne . Run as fast as you can! Mommy is in the light! Mommy is waiting for you in the light!!!!!!!
• You bastard, she's just a baby! Help her, help her. Can't you hear what's happening?! Help her.
• ( To the Beast blocking the way to Carol Anne and Robbie's bedroom ) No, don't touch my babies!
• ( To the Beast while running upstairs to save Carol Anne and Robbie after escaping the pool ) Get away from my babies! Get away!
• It's like, it's like, there's this tickling, you know, right in here. And it starts to pull you. The tickling pulls you. And all of a sudden, it's like there's no air except that you can breathe. And you're getting pulled along and --
• She just moved through me. My God. I felt her. I can smell her. It's her. It's her. Smell my clothes. It's her. She's all over me. It's her. She's on me. It's her. I felt her. It's her. It is. It's...it is...it's my baby. It's my baby. She went through my soul.

Steve Freeling [ edit ]

• A three meter board is like an air pocket, sweetheart. When you dive off, it's like free-falling.
• We keep the room locked off from the rest of the house. Robbie's sleeping with us now—Dana, she spends a lot of time with friends.
• So. What side of the rainbow are we working tonight, Dr. Lesh? Is this your Knott's Berry Farm solution?
• [bodies begin shooting out of his house & yard; to Teague] You son of a bitch! You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you?! You son of a bitch, you left the bodies and you only moved the headstones! YOU ONLY MOVED THE HEADSTONES! WHY?! WHY?!
• Nobody's goin' in the kitchen until I know what's happening.

Carol Anne Freeling [ edit ]

• [to the TV] Hello? What do you look like? Talk louder, I can't hear you!!!! Hey, hello! Hello , I can't hear you! 5. Yes! Yes. I don't know. I don't know.
• Note: ranked #69 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema .
• I can hear you Mommy. Where are you?
• [readying her deceased pet bird for burial in his eternal cigar box] For when he's hungry...for when he's lonely...and when it's nighttime.
• Can I get a goldfish now?
• Can I take my goldfish to school?
• The "TV People".
• Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the Light, mommy. I'm afraid of the Light.
• Mommy, there's somebody here ... Mommy, somebody's coming. Mommy, help me, please! Get away from me. Leave me alone!
• ( First lines of the movie ) Hello? What do you look like? Talk louder, I can't hear you! Hey, hello! Hello, I can't hear you! Five. Yes. Yes. I don't know. I don't know.
• [puts a twizzler in the Tweety's coffin] For when he's hungry.
• I want pepperoni pizza!
• [ Burying the canary, Carol Anne says a prayer ] Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
• Mommy didn't cook any dinner.
• You promised pizza.
• ( While the Beast transforms her closet into a throat-like monster ) No more.

Robbie Freeling [ edit ]

• Is that our house?! Who are all those people?! Where are they coming from?!
• If I got killed, I could visit her and show her how to get back here. You could tie a rope around me and hold it tight. Then somebody could come and get us and we could live somewhere else.
• I got beat up once by three kids ... They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck, and they're upstairs right now!
• The house is coming!
• Mom, when it rots, can we dig it up and see the bones?
• ( While tearing the Clown doll apart repeatedly ) I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU!! YOU'RE A MURDERER!! I HATE YOU!!
• ( Repeatedly while trying to open the bedroom door as the Beast transforms his closet into a throat-like monster ) Mom! Mom! Open the door! Mom!

Dr. Lesh [ edit ]

• Parapsychology isn't something you master in. There are no certificates of graduation. No licenses to practice... I am a professional psychologist who spends most of my time engaged in this ghostly hobby, which makes me I suppose the most irresponsible woman of my age that I know.
• It isn't over. I'm absolutely terrified ... It's all the things that we don't understand. I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it.
• I'm leaving Ryan here with you. Marty won't be coming back. I am coming back. And I'll bring some help. Try not to worry.
• Would your family welcome a serious investigation of these disturbances by someone who can make first-hand observations?
• Mrs. Freeling, the determination as to whether your home is haunted is not very easy. [A heavy teapot slides across the table in front of her] I -- what I meant to say was, it might very well be a poltergeist intrusion instead of a classic haunting.
• There's going to be two more in a couple of seconds. They always come in pairs.
• Poltergeist are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area, a house usually.
• It is—it is a way out, but not for her. Tell her, quickly.
• The voice source on television - where is it coming from?

Tangina Barrons [ edit ]

• This house has many hearts.
• Your daughter is alive and in this house.
• Y'all mind hanging back? You're jammin' the frequencies.
• Now, clear your minds. It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning. Don't give it any help, it knows too much already.
• No, no, no... Go downstairs and wait by Ryan and pull. Only when I say so, only when I say.
• Cross over, children. All are welcome. All welcome. Go into the light...there's peace and serenity in the light.
• [Steven is trying to pull Diane out of the closet] Steven, not yet!
• This house is clean.

Dialogue [ edit ]

Tangina : There is no death. There is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness. Carol Anne is not like those she's with. She's a living presence in their spiritual, earth-bound plane. They're attracted to the one thing about her that's different from themselves. Her life-force - it is very strong. It gives off its own illumination. It is a light that implies life and memory of love and home and earthly pleasures, something they desperately desire but can't have anymore. Right now, she's the closest thing to that, and that is a terrible distraction from the real light that has finally come for them. Do you understand me?

These souls who for whatever reason are not at rest are also not aware that they have passed on. They're not part of consciousness as we know it. They're in a perpetual dream state, a nightmare from which they cannot wake. Inside this spectral light is salvation - a window to the next plane. They must pass through this membrane with friends who are waiting to guide them to new destinies. Carol Anne must help them cross over, and she will only hear her mother's voice. Now, hold onto your selves. There's one more thing - a terrible presence is in there with her. So much rage, so much betrayal. I've never sensed anything like it. I don't know what hovers over this house, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you. It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from the spectral light. It lies to her. It says things only a child can understand. He's been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply is another child. To us, it is the Beast. Now let's go get your daughter.

( Last lines )

Taglines [ edit ]

• From a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to death.
• They're here.
• It knows what scares you.
• Some things have to be believed to be seen.
• The first real ghost story.
• [from trailer] The house looks just like the one next to it, and the one next to that, and the one next to that. A young couple live in it, with their three children... and something more.
• [from trailer] Now Steven Spielberg crosses a frightening new threshold, into a world within our own.
• [from trailer] Its form is revealed. Its focus is clear. And the games are over.
• [from TV spot] Don't adjust the television set. Your reception's fine. But in their new suburban home, the Freeling family has tuned into something beyond our world.
• [from TV spot] All across the country, by 4am, TV screens go blank. The late night show is over. The Freeling home is different. Although nothing is on, something is there.
• [from TV spot] You'll never look at your television set the same way again.

Cast [ edit ]

• Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling
• JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling
• Beatrice Straight - Dr. Lesh
• Dominique Dunne - Dana Freeling
• Oliver Robins - Robbie Freeling
• Heather O'Rourke - Carol Anne Freeling
• Zelda Rubinstein - Tangina Barrons, Clairvoyant
• Martin Casella - Dr. Marty Casey
• James Karen - Mr. Teague

External links [ edit ]

• Poltergeist quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Poltergeist at Rotten Tomatoes
• Poltergeist at Filmsite.org

Poltergeist

Robbie: I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck, and they're upstairs right now.

Tangina: There is no death. It is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness.

Tangina: It lies to her. It tells her things only a child can understand. It's been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply is another child. To us, it is The Beast.

Carol Anne: They're here.

Diane: Sweetheart, last night, when you said "They're here.'...

Carol Anne: Can I take my goldfish to school?

Diane: Sweetheart, do you remember last night when you woke up, and you said "They're here.'?

Carol Anne: Uh huh

Diane: Well, who did you mean?

Carol Anne: The TV People.

Robbie: She's stoned.

Dana: Oh yeah? What do you know about it?

Robbie: More than you. Ask Dad.

Diane: TV people?

Carol Anne: Uh-huh.

Diane: Do you see them?

Carol Anne: Uh-uh. Do you?

Diane: Uh-uh.

Tangina: This house is clean.

Diane: You were saying about poltergeist.

Dr. Lesh: Poltergeists are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area. A house usually.

Marty: Poltergeist disturbances are fairly short duration. Perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for years.

Diane: Are you telling me that all of this could just suddenly end at any time?

Dr. Lesh: Yes, it could. Unless it's a haunting. But hauntings don't usually revolve around living people.

Diane: Then we don't have much time, Dr. Lesh, because my daughter is alive somewhere inside this house.

Steve: Tomorrow I'm going to call someone.

Diane: Like who? I looked in the Yellow Pages. "Furniture Movers" we've got; "Strange Phenomenon", there's no listing.

Tangina: Help me tie this around my waist.

Diane: What do you think you're doing?

Tangina: I'm going in after her.

Diane: She won't come to you. Let me go.

Tangina: You've never done this before.

Diane: Neither have you.

Tangina: You're right. You go.

Diane: DON'T TOUCH MY BABY.

Dana: WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Diane: Bastards. She's just a baby. Help her. Help her. Can you hear what's happening? Help her.

Dr. Lesh: Well, I'm off. Now these tapes, I am going to have to present them you know.

Steve: But please, not on "60 Minutes".

Diane: Or "That's Incredible."

Diane: Carol Anne - listen to me. Do NOT go into the light. Stop where you are. Turn away from it. Don't even look at it.

Diane: We were wondering if you had experienced any... disturbances?

Ben Tuthill: What kind of disturbances?

Diane: Oh, you know... dishes or furniture, moving around by themselves.

Dr. Lesh: Some people believe that when you die there is a wonderful light. As bright as the sun but it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions you want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it... you become a part of it forever. Now, some people die, but they don't know they're gone.

Tangina: Now clear your minds. It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning. Don't give it any help, it knows too much already.

Diane: Oh, Jesus. Don't do that, honey. You don't want to see mommy lying in a cigar box covered with licorice.

Diane: She just moved through me. My God. I felt her. I can smell her. It's her. It's her. Smell my clothes. It's her. She's all over me. It's her. She's on me. It's her. I felt her. It's her. It is. It's... it is... it's my baby. It's my baby. She went through my soul.

Robbie: The storm is getting closer.

Dr. Lesh: Diane, the determination is to whether your home is haunted is... is not very easy. I... what I meant to say was it might very well be a poltergeist intrusion instead of a classic haunting.

Diane: Ahhh... this is probably going to be seem a little strange. We hear better on this channel. Don't ask me why. Well... ah... I guess I will call her. Carol Anne. Ah... i t's mommy, sweetheart. Ah, we want to talk to you. Please answer me baby. Please answer me. Please talk to me, bunny.

Marty: Look at the dog.

Diane: Are you with us now? Can you... can you say hello to daddy?

Carol Anne: Hello, daddy.

Steve: Hello, sweetpea.

Diane: It's mommy, sweetheart.

Carol Anne: Hello, mommy.

Diane: Hello, baby. Can you see me? Can you see mommy?

Carol Anne: Mommy? Where are you? Where are you?

Diane: We're home, baby. We're home. Can you find me? Can you find a way to us, baby?

Carol Anne: Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the Light, mommy. I'm afraid of the Light.

Dr. Lesh: I'm leaving Ryan here with you. Marty won't be coming back. I... I'm coming back. And I'll bring some help. Try not to worry.

Steve: Not much room for pool is there?

Teague: We own all the land. We have already made arrangements to relocating the cemetery.

Steve: Oh, you're kidding. Oh, come on. I mean that's sacrilege, isn't it?

Teague: Oh, don't worry about it. After all, it's not ancient tribal burial ground. It's just... people. Besides we have done it before.

Tangina: Cross over children. All are welcome. All welcome. Go into the Light. There is peace and serenity in the Light.

Tangina: Y'all mind hanging back? You're jamming my frequency.

Diane: Get away from my baby.

Tangina: No. no. no... Go down stairs and wait by Ryan and pull. Only when I say so, Only When I say.

Steve: You son of a b*tch. You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you? You son of a b*tch, you left the bodies and you only moved the head stones. You only moved the head stones. Why? Why?

Steve: You know Teague, he won't take "Go to Hell" for an answer.

Diane: What are you going to do?

Steve: I'm gonna give him directions.

Diane: Smell the mimosa.

Steve: Well you better cut a bouquet and take it with you, because we're not staying.

Ben Tuthill: Mosquito ever suck on you, son?

Pugsley: I don't know, Dad.

Tangina: You can't choose between life and death when we're dealing with what is in between. Now tell her before it's too late.

Diane: Run to the light, baby. Mommy is in the light.

Tangina: Tell her you're waiting for her.

Diane: Mommy's waiting for you in the light.

Diane: I hate you for that.

Robbie: Hey Mom! When it rots can we dig up the bones?

Carol Anne: No more!

Carol Anne: Hello? What do you look like? Talk louder, I can't hear you! Hey, hello! Hello, I can't hear you! Five. Yes. Yes. I don't know. I don't know.

Robbie: Faster! Faster!

Steve: Don't look back!

Diane: Sweetheart, last night, when you said "They're here"?

Diane: Sweetheart, do you remember last night when you woke up, and you said "They're here.'?

Carol Anne: Uh huh.

Diane: Well, who did you mean, who's here?

Carol Anne: The "TV People".

Dana: Ask Dad.

Carol Anne: Ask Dad.

All: Ask Dad. Ask Dad.

Robbie: Ask Dad. Ask Dad. [glass breaks by itself & spills all over Dana's homework] Not my mess.

Dana: Thanks a lot, jerko. I've got class in 20 minutes.

Diane: [looking at rearranged, stacked chairs] "TV people"?

Robbie: I don't like the tree, Dad.

Steve: That's an old tree, it's been around here a long time. I think it was here before my company built the neighborhood.

Robbie: I don't like its arms. [whispering] It knows I live here, doesn't it?

Steve: It knows everything about us, Rob, that's why I built the house next to it, so it could protect us: you and Carol Anne, and Dana and your mom and me ... That's a very wise old tree.

Robbie: It looks at me. It knows I live here.

Steve: Something's funny goin' on here next door. Something, uh --

Diane: We were wondering if maybe you had experienced any disturbances lately? ...Oh you know, like dishes or furniture moving around by themselves.

Mr. Teague: One of your children was born in your house, huh?

Steve: Carol Anne.

Mr. Teague: I understand that she's missed a lot of school. One of Trask's daughters is in the same nursery class ...I didn't see her.

Steve: She's around.

Mr. Teague: Listen, I wonder if you'd mind if I asked you a question? Are you thinking about leaving Cuesta Verde?...How's that spot for a bay window, huh?

Steve: Yeah, well, it's pretty nice if you're living up here, but uh, not so great down there in the valley having to look at a bunch of homes cutting into the hillside.

Mr. Teague: But you don't have to live in the valley anymore.

Steve: What are you saying?

Mr. Teague: We're starting Phase Five right here where we're standing. All of this can be your master bedroom suite. That can be your view. Interested?

Steve: Oh, Mr. Teague, you know, that's a generous offer. I'm just not a developer.

Mr. Teague: You're responsible for 42 percent of sales. That's almost half of everything down there. Almost 70 million dollars worth of dwelling and properties. Now that's a whole generation of security that nobody can put a price-tag on. Now look, I know we should have made you a full partner three years ago. Well, I don't want to lose you now.

Steve: Not much room for a pool, is there?

Mr. Teague: We own all the land. We've already made arrangements for relocating the cemetery.

Steve: Oh you're kidding. Oh come on. That's sacrilegious, isn't it?

Mr. Teague: Oh, don't worry about it. After all, it's not ancient tribal burial ground. It's just people. Besides, we've done it before.

Steve: When?

Mr. Teague: In '76, right down there.

Steve: Cuesta Verde?

Mr. Teague: All three hundred acres. Well, let me tell you, it was quite a deal!

Steve: No, no. But I never heard anything about it, though.

Mr. Teague: That's not the sort of thing one goes around advertising on a billboard or on the side of a bus. What are you worried about? Friends and relatives can visit their loved ones in Broxton Memorial Park - it's only five minutes further, for Christ's sake.

Dr. Casey: I was just about to check out the kids' bedroom, and I don't know, something took a bite out of me!

Robbie: You got bit?

Dr. Casey: Yeah, that or the worst muscle spasm in the world.

Dr. Casey: There's been some ionization flux. I'd like to make sure it's not caused by humidity coming from structural leakage, but I'm not going up there to find out. We have got much more than the paranormal episode taking place here. There's measurable physical science in this house that goes far beyond any of the creaking doors or cold spots I've ever experienced.

Dr. Lesh: The voice source on television - where is it coming from?

Ryan: The absence of a signal on the channel that is not receiving a broadcast means that it is free to receive a lot of noise from all sorts of things - like short wave, solar disturbances, car ignition sparkings -- outer space -- or inner space. Yes, what if these people had an area of bi-location in their own living room? No, I mean: if that is the way out then maybe somewhere in this house, there's a way in.

Robbie: Who are all those people?

Dr. Lesh: They're so alone. So alone.

Robbie: Where are they coming from?

Diane: I don't know.

Dr. Lesh: Would your family welcome a serious investigation of these disturbances by someone who can make first-hand observations?

Steve: Dr. Lesh, we really don't care about the disturbances -- the pounding and the flashing, the screaming ... the music. We just want you to find our little girl.

Ryan: Mr. Freeling, we'll record any psychotronic energy or event.

Dr. Lesh: Yes, Ryan photographed an extraordinary episode on a case in Redlands.

Ryan: That's right. It was a child's toy, a very small Matchbox vehicle. Rolled seven feet across a linoleum surface. The duration of the event was seven hours.

Steve: Seven hours for what?

Ryan: For the vehicle to complete the distance. Of course, this would never register on the naked eye. But I have it recorded on a time-lapse camera. It's fantastic.

Steve: -- Mm-hm --

[opens door to see objects flying around children's room]

Diane: How long have you been investigating haunted houses?

Dr. Lesh: Mrs. Freeling, the determination as to whether your home is haunted is not very easy. [A heavy teapot slides across the table by itself in front of her] I -- what I meant to say was, it might very well be a poltergeist intrusion instead of a classic haunting.

[Light flashes twice]

Diane: There's going to be two more in a couple of seconds. They always come in pairs.

Dr. Lesh: Dr. Casey.

[Casey fails to photograph the light flashes]

Diane: You got to be quicker than that around here.

Steve: There's a difference?

Ryan: It's electrical. You can smell the charge.

Dr. Lesh: Poltergeist are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area, a house usually.

Marty: Poltergeist disturbances are of fairly short duration, perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for -- years.

Dr. Lesh: Yes, it could, unless it's a haunting. But hauntings don't usually revolve around living people.

Dr. Lesh: Some people believe that when you die, your soul goes to heaven.

Robbie: When Grandpa was dying, I looked at him in the hospital bed. And I was watching. But I didn't see anything go up out of him.

Diane: Well, his soul is invisible, Robbie. You couldn't see it.

Robbie: But how come Grandpa isn't there on television with Carol Anne?

Dr. Lesh: Some people believe that when people die, there's a wonderful light -- as bright as the sun. But it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions that you ever want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it, you become a part of it forever. (beat) And then, some people die but they -- don't know that they've gone.

Robbie: They think they're still alive?

Dr. Lesh: Yes. Maybe they didn't want to die. Maybe they weren't ready. Maybe they hadn't lived fully yet or they'd lived a long, long time and they still wanted more life. They resist going into that light, however hard the light wants them. They just -- hang around. Watch TV, watch their friends grow up -- feeling unhappy and jealous and those feelings are bad. They hurt. (beat) And then, some people just get lost on the way to the light, and they need someone to guide them to it.

Robbie: So some people get angry and throw things around - like in my bedroom?

Dr. Lesh: Yes. Just like in school. Like -- some kids are nice to you, some kids are mean.

Robbie: I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck and they're upstairs right now!

Diane: Uhhh ... this is probably going to be seem a little strange. We hear better on this channel, don't ask me why. Well, uh -- I guess I'll call her. Carol Anne? ... it's Mommy, sweetheart. We want to talk to you. Please answer me, baby. Please answer me. Please talk to me, bunny.

Marty: -- look at the dog --

Carol Anne: Hello, Daddy.

Steve: Hello, Sweetpea.

Diane: It's Mommy, sweetheart.

Carol Anne: Hello, Mommy.

Diane: Hello, baby. Can you see me? Can you see Mommy?

Dr. Lesh: Tell her to stay away from the light.

Diane: Maybe it's a way out --

Dr. Lesh: It is -- it is a way out, but not for her. Tell her, quickly.

Diane: Stay away from the light. The light is dangerous. Don't go near it. Don't even look at the light.

Carol Anne: Mommy, there's somebody here ... Mommy, somebody's coming. Mommy, help me, please! Get away from me. Leave me alone!

Diane: She just moved through me. My God, I felt her. I can smell her. It's her...She's all over me... She went through my soul.

Tangina: I'd give my strongest feeling. The point of origin is in the child's closet upstairs.

Diane: Yes, I believe that too.

Tangina: Honey, are you gonna be strong for me and for your daughter? I can do absolutely nothing without your faith in this world and your love for the children.

Diane: I will, believe me I will.

Tangina: And will you do anything I ask, even if it comes contrary to your beliefs as a human being and a Christian?

Diane: Yes, I promise, please.

Tangina: There is no death. There is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness. Carol Anne is not like those she's with. She's a living presence in their spiritual, earth-bound plane. They're attracted to the one thing about her that's different from themselves. Her life-force - it is very strong. It gives off its own illumination. It is a light that implies life and memory of love and home and earthly pleasures, something they desperately desire but can't have anymore. Right now, she's the closest thing to that, and that is a terrible distraction from the real light that has finally come for them. Do you understand me?These souls who for whatever reason are not at rest are also not aware that they have passed on. They're not part of consciousness as we know it. They're in a perpetual dream state, a nightmare from which they cannot wake. Inside this spectral light is salvation - a window to the next plane. They must pass through this membrane with friends who are waiting to guide them to new destinies. Carol Anne must help them cross over, and she will only hear her mother's voice. Now, hold onto your selves. There's one more thing - a terrible presence is in there with her. So much rage, so much betrayal. I've never sensed anything like it. I don't know what hovers over this house, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you. It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from the spectral light. It lies to her. It says things only a child can understand. He's been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply is another child. To us, it is the Beast. Now let's go get your daughter.

Dana: Wh-What's happening? What's happening? WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

Steven: (Drives up to his panicking older daughter) Dana! Get in the car!

Robbie: Daddy! Drive away! Drive away!

Diane: Steven, hurry!

Dana: Daddy!

(Dana dives into the back seat of the car next to Robbie and E. Buzz)

Robbie: The house is coming! Faster! Faster!

Steven: (To Diane who briefly looks back at the house as they drive off) Don't look back!

Diane Freeling: Sleepwalking ... 'Nocturnal somnambulism.' You know what? You know what? I will bet you anything it's genetic. I mean, Carol Anne last night, and all last week, you know—and me when I was ten. You know, I once slept-walked four blocks, and I fell asleep in the back of this guy's car. He drove all the way to work before discovering me. Oh God, I woke up, I started screaming. People came running, from everywhere. They called the cops, the cops came, they took this poor dude downtown. My father, Big—he, Big Ed has me examined for like bruises and hickeys, you name it, Oh God, I was so embarrassed. (beat) Oh, sh*t, Steven—what if we, like, dig the pool, you know—and Carol Anne sleepwalks and she falls into it before there's any water?

Diane Freeling: Reach back into our past when you used to have an open mind, remember that? Now try to use that for the next couple of minutes...

Diane Freeling: Run to the light, Carol Anne. Run as fast as you can! Mommy is in the light! Mommy is waiting for you in the light!!!!!!!

Diane Freeling: (To the Beast blocking the way to Carol Anne and Robbie's bedroom) No, don't touch my babies!

Diane Freeling: It's like, it's like, there's this tickling, you know, right in here. And it starts to pull you. The tickling pulls you. And all of a sudden, it's like there's no air except that you can breathe. And you're getting pulled along and --

Steve Freeling: A three meter board is like an air pocket, sweetheart. When you dive off, it's like free-falling.

Steve Freeling: We keep the room locked off from the rest of the house. Robbie's sleeping with us now—Dana, she spends a lot of time with friends.

Steve Freeling: So. What side of the rainbow are we working tonight, Dr. Lesh? Is this your Knott's Berry Farm solution?

Steve Freeling: Nobody's goin' in the kitchen until I know what's happening.

Carol Anne Freeling: I can hear you Mommy. Where are you?

Carol Anne Freeling: [readying her deceased pet bird for burial in his eternal cigar box] For when he's hungry...for when he's lonely...and when it's nighttime.

Carol Anne Freeling: Can I get a goldfish now?

Carol Anne Freeling: Can I take my goldfish to school?

Carol Anne Freeling: The "TV People".

Carol Anne Freeling: Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the Light, mommy. I'm afraid of the Light.

Carol Anne Freeling: Mommy, there's somebody here ... Mommy, somebody's coming. Mommy, help me, please! Get away from me. Leave me alone!

Carol Anne Freeling: [puts a twizzler in the Tweety's coffin] For when he's hungry.

Carol Anne Freeling: I want pepperoni pizza!

Carol Anne Freeling: Hi, Daddy.

Carol Anne Freeling: [Burying the canary, Carol Anne says a prayer] Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Carol Anne Freeling: Mommy didn't cook any dinner.

Carol Anne Freeling: You promised pizza.

Robbie Freeling: Is that our house?! Who are all those people?! Where are they coming from?!

Robbie Freeling: If I got killed, I could visit her and show her how to get back here. You could tie a rope around me and hold it tight. Then somebody could come and get us and we could live somewhere else.

Robbie Freeling: (While tearing the Clown doll apart repeatedly) I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU!! YOU'RE A MURDERER!! I HATE YOU!!

Robbie Freeling: (Repeatedly while trying to open the bedroom door as the Beast transforms his closet into a throat-like monster) Mom! Mom! Open the door! Mom!

Dr. Lesh: Parapsychology isn't something you master in. There are no certificates of graduation. No licenses to practice... I am a professional psychologist who spends most of my time engaged in this ghostly hobby, which makes me I suppose the most irresponsible woman of my age that I know.

Dr. Lesh: It isn't over. I'm absolutely terrified... It's all the things that we don't understand. I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it.

Dr. Lesh: There's going to be two more in a couple of seconds. They always come in pairs.

Dr. Lesh: It is—it is a way out, but not for her. Tell her, quickly.

Tangina Barrons: This house has many hearts.

Tangina Barrons: Your daughter is alive and in this house.

Tangina Barrons: [Steven is trying to pull Diane out of the closet] Steven, not yet!

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“This house has many hearts.” Zelda Rubinstein - Tangina

“I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it.” Beatrice Straight - Dr. Lesh

“- Dr. Lesh: Poltergeists are usually associated with an individual . Hauntings seem to be connected with an area. A house usually. - Marty: Poltergeist disturbances are of a fairly short duration. Perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for years.” Beatrice Straight - Dr. Lesh Martin Casella - Marty

“- Tangina (Poltergeist): You can't choose between life and death when we're dealing with what is in between. Now tell her before it's too late . - Diane Freeling: Run to the light, baby. Mommy is in the light.” Zelda Rubinstein - Tangina JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling

“Some people believe that when people die, there's a wonderful Light, as bright as the sun. But it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions that you ever want to know are inside that Light. And when you walk to it, you become a part of it forever . And then, some people die but they don't know that they've gone.” Beatrice Straight - Dr. Lesh

“- Ben Tuthill: Mosquito ever suck on you, son? - Tuthills's Son: I don't know, Dad .” Michael McManus - Ben Tuthill

“- Steve Freeling: No. I'll do it. Let me go. - Diane Freeling: You can't go. You're the only one strong enough to hold the rope.” Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling

- Steve Freeling: Tomorrow I'm going to call someone. - Diane Freeling: Like who? I looked in the Yellow Pages. "Furniture Movers" we've got; "Strange Phenomenon", there's no listing. Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling

“You are afraid of burglars or you are trying to attract every insect in Cuesta Verde?” James Karen - Mr. Teague

“- Tangina (Poltergeist): Cross over children. All are welcome. All welcome. Go into the Light. - Steve Freeling: No! No, you said no! - Tangina (Poltergeist): There is peace and serenity in the Light. - Steve Freeling: You said don't go into the Light!” Zelda Rubinstein - Tangina Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling

“- Steve Freeling: Not much room for a pool is there? - Mr. Teague: We own all the land. We have already made arrangements for relocating the cemetery. - Steve Freeling: You're kidding. Come on. I mean, that's sacrilegious, isn't it? - Mr. Teague: Don't worry about it. After all, it's not ancient tribal burial ground. It's just... people. Besides...” (continue) (continue reading) Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling James Karen - Mr. Teague

“- Robbie Freeling: So some people get angry and throw things around - like in my bedroom? - Dr. Lesh: Yes. Just like in school. Like some kids are nice to you, some kids are mean. - Robbie Freeling: I got beat up once by three kids . They took my lunch money . Maybe they got hit by a truck and they're upstairs right now!” Oliver Robins - Robbie Freeling Beatrice Straight - Dr. Lesh

“- Diane Freeling: Mmmmm... smell that mimosa. - Steve Freeling: Well you better cut a bouquet and take it with you, because we're not staying.” JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling

“- Diane Freeling: We were wondering if you had experienced any... disturbances? - Ben Tuthill: What kind of disturbances? - Diane Freeling: You know... dishes or furniture, moving around by themselves.” JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling Michael McManus - Ben Tuthill

“- Dana Freeling: Mom ! I'm going to dinner with Janice and Brian. - Diane Freeling: Is your room all packed up? - Dana Freeling: Everything but the bed!” Dominique Dunne - Dana Freeling JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling

“Maybe they didn't want to die. Maybe they weren't ready. Maybe they hadn't lived fully yet or they'd lived a long, long time and they still wanted more life. They resist going into that light, however hard the light wants them. They just... hang around. Watch TV , watch their friends grow up feeling unhappy and jealous and those feelings are bad ....” (continue) (continue reading) Beatrice Straight - Dr. Lesh

“You son of a bitch! You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you? You son of a bitch, you left the bodies and you only moved the headstones! You only moved the headstones! Why! Why!” Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling

- Steve Freeling: You know Teague, he won't take "Go to Hell" for an answer . - Diane Freeling: What are you going to do? - Steve Freeling: I'm gonna give him directions. Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling

You know we have a saying around here ; "The grass grows greener on every side". Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling

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Poltergeist (1982 film) Quotes

Poltergeist (1982 film) is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . Poltergeist ended in 1970.

It features Frank Marshall; Steven Spielberg as producer, Jerry Goldsmith in charge of musical score, and Matthew F. Leonetti as head of cinematography.

Poltergeist (1982 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Poltergeist (1982 film) is 114 minutes long. Poltergeist (1982 film) is distributed by United Artists.

The cast includes: Heather O'Rourke as Carol Anne, Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina, Dominique Dunne as Dana, Craig T. Nelson as Steve, JoBeth Williams as Diane, Beatrice Straight as Dr. Lesh, Martin Casella as Marty, Oliver Robins as Robbie, Michael McManus as Ben Tuthill, and James Karen as Teague.

Beatrice Straight as Dr. Lesh

• (Beatrice Straight) "1:08:14 Well, I'm off. I'm taking these back to the lab along with the tapes.I'm going to have to display these, you know."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Please, not on 60 Minutes."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Or That's Incredible."
• (Beatrice Straight) "Hmm. Think we'll spend the night downstairs."
• (Beatrice Straight) "Would your family welcome a serious investigation of these disturbances by someone who can make firsthand observations?"
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Look, Dr. Lesh. We don't care about the disturbances, the pounding and the flashing, the screaming, the music. We just want you to find our little girl."
• (Beatrice Straight) "Well, I'm off. Now these tapes, I am going to have to present them you know."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "But please, not on "60 Minutes"."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Or "That's Incredible.""
• (Beatrice Straight) "I'm leaving Ryan here with you. Marty won't be coming back. I -- I'm coming back. And I'll bring some help. Try not to worry."
• (Beatrice Straight) "I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it."
• (Beatrice Straight) "Some people believe that when people die, there's a wonderful light, As bright as the sun. But it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions that you ever want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it, you become a part of it forever. And then, some people die but they don't know that they've gone."
• (Oliver Robins) "They think they're still alive?"
• (Beatrice Straight) "Yes. Maybe they didn't want to die. Maybe they weren't ready. Maybe they hadn't lived fully yet or they'd lived a long, long time and they still wanted more life. They resist going into that light, however hard the light wants them. They just -- hang around. Watch TV, watch their friends grow up feeling unhappy and jealous and those feelings are bad. They hurt. And then, some people just get lost on the way to the light, and they need someone to guide them to it."
• (Oliver Robins) "So some people get angry and throw things around; like in my bedroom?"
• (Beatrice Straight) "Yes. Just like in school. Like some kids are nice to you, some kids are mean."
• (Oliver Robins) "I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck and they're upstairs right now."

Craig T. Nelson as Steve

• (Craig T. Nelson) "Listen to me, Jeff. No, I'm not kidding. I know right, how can anybody sleep through a 6.5."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "You know we have a saying around here; "The grass grows greener on every side.""
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Tomorrow I'm going to call someone."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Like who? I looked in the Yellow Pages. "Furniture Movers" we've got; "Strange Phenomenon", there's no listing."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "You know Teague, he won't take "Go to Hell" for an answer."
• (JoBeth Williams) "What are you going to do?"
• (Craig T. Nelson) "I'm gonna give him directions."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "I was trying to answer her with my mind and she couldn't hear me. Now I thought you said this Tangina Barens was an extraordinary --"
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "I am."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "-- clairvoy --"
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "I just don't like trick answers."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Oh, s***."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "You son of a bitch. You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you? You son of a bitch, you left the bodies and you only moved the headstones. You only moved the headstones. Why. Why."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Get in the car, Dana."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "I hate Pizza Hut. Where's supper? I don't understand, Diane. What the hell's going on around here?"
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Whoever might complain?"
• (James Karen) "Nobody's complained until now."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "I'm outta here. See ya early."
• (Oliver Robins) "I'm outta here."
• (JoBeth Williams) "You I can handle."
• (Oliver Robins) "I got school."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Breakfast first."
• (Oliver Robins) "All right, I'll just flunk."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "We've got a good game going on here."
• (Michael McManus) "My kids wanna watch Mr. Rogers."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "I don't care what you're watching Ben, just show a little mercy with that thing."
• (Michael McManus) "Move your set."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Move yours Ben."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "No. I'll do it. Let me go."
• (JoBeth Williams) "You can't go. You're the only one strong enough to hold the rope."

JoBeth Williams as Diane

• (JoBeth Williams) "Mmmmm -- smell that mimosa."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Well you better cut a bouquet and take it with you, because we're not staying."
• (JoBeth Williams) "God, help me."
• (JoBeth Williams) "TV people?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Uh-huh."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Do you see them?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Uh-uh. Do you?"
• (JoBeth Williams) "Uh-uh."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Jesus, don't do that. You wanna see your mommy lying in a cigar box covered in licorice?"
• (JoBeth Williams) "You were saying about poltergeists."
• (Beatrice Straight) "Poltergeists are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area. A house usually."
• (Martin Casella) "Poltergeist disturbances are of a fairly short duration. Perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for years."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Are you telling me that all of this could just suddenly end at any time?"
• (Beatrice Straight) "Yes, it could. Unless it's a haunting. But hauntings don't usually revolve around living people."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Then we don't have much time, Dr. Lesh, because my daughter is alive somewhere inside this house."
• (JoBeth Williams) "The TV people?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Up there."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Uh uh -- do you?"
• (JoBeth Williams) "Uh uh."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Carol Anne; listen to me. Do NOT go into the light. Stop where you are. Turn away from it. Don't even look at it."
• (JoBeth Williams) "She just moved through me. My God. I felt her. I can smell her. It's her. It's her. Smell my clothes. It's her. She's all over me. It's her. She's on me. It's her. I felt her. It's her. It is. It's -- it is -- it's my baby. It's my baby. She went through my soul."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Ahhh -- this is probably going to be seem a little strange. We hear better on this channel. Don't ask me why. Well -- ah -- I guess I will call her. Carol Anne. Ah -- it's mommy, sweetheart. Ah, we want to talk to you. Please answer me baby. Please answer me. Please talk to me, bunny."
• (Martin Casella) "Look at the dog."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Are you with us now? Can you -- can you say hello to daddy?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Hello, daddy."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Hello, sweet pea."
• (JoBeth Williams) "It's mommy, sweetheart."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Hello, mommy."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Hello, baby. Can you see me? Can you see mommy?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Mommy? Where are you? Where are you?"
• (JoBeth Williams) "We're home, baby. We're home. Can you find me? Can you find a way to us, baby?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the Light, mommy. I'm afraid of the Light."
• (JoBeth Williams) "How is it?"
• (Pool Worker #1) "Great, Mrs. Freeling."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Okay Bluto, give me my cup."
• (Pool Worker #1) "You sure make good coffee."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Sweetheart, last night, when you said "They're here' --"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Can I take my goldfish to school?"
• (JoBeth Williams) "Sweetheart, do you remember last night when you woke up, and you said "They're here'?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Uh huh."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Well, who did you mean?"
• (Heather O'Rourke) "The TV People."
• (Oliver Robins) "She's stoned."
• (Dominique Dunne) "Oh yeah? What do you know about it?"
• (Oliver Robins) "More than you. Ask Dad."
• (JoBeth Williams) "We were wondering if you had experienced any -- disturbances?"
• (Michael McManus) "What kind of disturbances?"
• (JoBeth Williams) "Oh, you know -- dishes or furniture, moving around by themselves."
• (JoBeth Williams) "DON'T TOUCH MY BABY."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Oh, Jesus. Don't do that, honey. You don't want to see mommy lying in a cigar box covered with licorice."

Dominique Dunne as Dana

• (Dominique Dunne) "Are you gonna do something about this?"
• (JoBeth Williams) "About what?"
• (Dominique Dunne) "Your new gray."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Oh. You don't like it. You don't think it's kinda PUNK."
• (Dominique Dunne) "I'll go check the kitchen."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "NO. No, I'll do it. I'll check the kitchen, you check your room."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Carol Anne."
• (Dominique Dunne) "Carol Snne."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Carol Anne. Sweetheart."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "DIANE."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Did you find her?"
• (Craig T. Nelson) "No, I looked everywhere. This is crazy."
• (JoBeth Williams) "OH MY. My God. She is in the swimming pool, the swimming pool, the swimming pool."
• (Dominique Dunne) "Mom. I'm going to dinner with Janice and Brian."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Is your room all packed up?"
• (Dominique Dunne) "Everything but the bed."

Oliver Robins as Robbie

• (Oliver Robins) "Hey Mom. When it rots can we dig up the bones?"
• (Oliver Robins) "Faster. Faster."
• (Craig T. Nelson) "Don't look back."
• (Oliver Robins) "I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck, and they're upstairs right now."
• (Oliver Robins) "The storm is getting closer."

Heather O'Rourke as Carol Anne

• (Heather O'Rourke) "They're here."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep."
• (Dominique Dunne) "Oh brother."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "If I shall die before I wake --"
• (Dominique Dunne) "It did."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "-- I pray the Lord my soul to take."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "That burned."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Sorry, baby, floor needed more wax."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "Hi, Daddy."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "No more."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "I want pepperoni pizza."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "For when he's hungry."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "For when he's lonely."
• (Heather O'Rourke) "For when it's bedtime."

Michael McManus as Ben Tuthill

• (Michael McManus) "Mosquito ever suck on you, son?"
• (Unnamed) "I don't know, Dad."

Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina

• (Zelda Rubinstein) "It lies to her. It tells her things only a child can understand. It has been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply is another child. To us, it is The Beast."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "Cross over children. All are welcome. All welcome. Go into the Light. There is peace and serenity in the Light."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "Now clear your minds. It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning. Don't give it any help, it knows too much already."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "Y'all mind hanging back? You're jamming my frequency."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "You can't choose between life and death when we're dealing with what is in between. Now tell her before it's too late."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Run to the light, baby. Mommy is in the light."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "Tell her you're waiting for her."
• (JoBeth Williams) "Mommy's waiting for you in the light."
• (JoBeth Williams) "I hate you for that."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "No. no. no -- Go down stairs and wait by Ryan and pull. Only when I say so, Only When I say."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "This house has many hearts."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "There is no death. There is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness. Carol Anne is not like those she's with. She is a living presence in their spiritual earthbound plane. They are attracted to the one thing about her that is different from themselves; her life-force. It is very strong. It gives off its own illumination. It is a light that implies life and memory of love and home and earthly pleasures, something they desperately desire but can't have anymore. Right now, she's the closest thing to that, and that is a terrible distraction from the real LIGHT that has finally come for them. You understand me? These souls, who for whatever reason are not at rest, are also not aware that they have passed on. They're not part of consciousness as we know it. They linger in a perpetual dream state, a nightmare from which they can not awake. Inside the spectral light is salvation, a window to the next plane. They must pass through this membrane where friends are waiting to guide them to new destinies. Carol Anne must help them cross over, and she will only hear her mother's voice. Now hold on to yourselves -- There's one more thing. A terrible presence is in there with her. So much rage, so much betrayal, I've never sensed anything like it. I don't know what hovers over this house, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you. It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from the spectral light. It LIES to her, it tells her things only a child could understand. It has been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply IS another child. To us, it is the BEAST. Now, let's go get your daughter."
• (Zelda Rubinstein) "This house is clean."

James Karen as Teague

• (James Karen) "How's that spot for a bay window?"
• (James Karen) "You afraid of burglars or you trying to attract every insect in Cuesta Verde?"

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Speaker: Carol Anne Freeling

They're here.

This line is spoken by Carol Anne, played by Heather O'Rourke, in the movie Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hooper (1982).

Still rating pretty high on the creepy scale, this quote is spoken by young Carol Anne Freeling in the flickering light of a seriously scary TV set. Why is the TV so scary? Because some evil ghost-mist has just poured out of it and zapped into the wall above Carol Anne's sleeping parents' heads. As it turns out, a pack of ticked-off spirits are the "they" in "they're here."

Things get rolling in the movie after this, as the poltergeists soon suck Carol Anne into another dimension through a portal in her closet. It takes a pack of parapsychologists including the diminutive Zelda Rubenstein to get the little girl back. Yikes—this is why we're hiring Zelda the next time we want to reorganize our clothes.

You can watch the scariness here .

Where you've heard it

How about Family Guy ? Unless you live under a rock, you've watched at least a couple episodes of that show, right? Well, in the episode "Petergeist," Peter builds a multiplex in the backyard, disturbing an Indian burial ground. Later, when the Indian spirits start causing trouble, baby Stewie says "They're here" in front of a TV set just like Carol Anne.

And if you've had the good sense to stream The X-Files , you also might've heard the quote in the episode "Shadows" when Mulder theorizes that his and Scully's latest paranormal mystery might've been caused by poltergeists.

Finally, let us not forget the controversial 2008 Direct TV commercial that recreated the scene (controversial because Heather O'Rourke, who played Carol Anne, died at age 12). Wow, Direct TV. Wow.

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If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back here it is, on a scale of 1-10..

Pretentious this quote is not, but you're only going to sound hip using it if you build a time machine and crash a party in the '80s. Good luck with that, Shmoopers.

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Actors : JoBeth Williams (Diane), Craig T. Nelson (Steven), Heather O'Rourke ( Carol Anne ), Zelda Rubinstein ( Tangina Barrons )

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