POLTERGEIST (1982)

POLTERGEIST. Kobe Hooper, dir. Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor, script, from a story by Spielberg. USA: MGM et al. (prod.) / MGM/UA Entertainment Company (US theatrical dist.), 1982.

Ghost home-invasion movie significant here for a television screen as a portal to «the world beyond» of the ghosts, through which, and visually into which, the youngest daughter of the family is kidnapped. Reprised in POLTERGEIST (2015), q.v. for details for relevance for the human/machine/ghost interface.

(Prior to the 2015 reboot, POLTERGEIST more immediately spawned a | series.)