The new “Poltergeist” ad for DirecTV will give you the creeps
Haaaaaaave you seen the new DirecTV ad that features Craig T. Nelson reprising his role as Steve Freeling in “Poltergeist”?
I caught it last night, and…well, is it just me, or did it feel really creepy and exploitative to see the late Heather O’Rourke?
I don’t think it was intended to feel that way (nor, apparently, does O’Rourke’s mother), but at the end of the ad, when Nelson says, “That’s going to come back to haunt me,” all I could think was, “Uh, yeah, and so is Heather…”
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Tags: Craig T. Nelson, DirecTV, Heather O'Rourke, Poltergeist
I thought it was strange to see them use this scene at first, but in the end, I can’t say I blame them. It’s one of the most iconic scenes in movie history, and they can’t help the fact that Heather O’Rourke died young.
Who knows, maybe million plays it gets during the baseball playoffs has numbed me a little.