Steven Spielberg AND Tobe Hooper’S Poltergeist is one of my favorite horror movies of all time and I thought I knew everything there was to know about it. Hell, I did an entire behind-the-scenes podcast for this! Then someone sent me this… the original alternate design of the ghostly beast in the movie.
The images you see here were actually shot for the film which features a wild and sinister looking giant head that radiates pure evil. But it was cut and reshot because Spielberg thought the head “looked too human.”
In the final version of the film, The Beast manifests as a terrifying giant flaming skull and later as a tall, thin skeletal figure with incredibly long arms. I love the look of the Beast in the movie, but I also love the visual look of this crazy human-headed version!
It’s rather strange how much the head evokes the Beast’s true human form, Reverend Henry Kane, played by Julian Beck in the sequel. When making the first film, Spielberg most likely didn’t even take this into account when creating the effect, but it’s really cool to look at!
The photos were captured by Poltergeist fan Matt Knowles and shared on Fan Site. Let us know what you think!
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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