--- description: The remake hits theaters May 22 title: The "Poltergeist" Trailer Will Make You Scared of Your TV image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1d234ec24e9ab6f/698786690b72e33db96de79a/poltergeist.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The _Poltergeist_ Trailer Will Make You Scared of Your TV by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 3:49 PM CUT  \_grd01.086401L - A child’s’ toy takes on terrifying dimensions when apparitions invade a family’s home. \_grd01.086401L - A child’s’ toy takes on terrifying dimensions when apparitions invade a family’s home.20th Century Fox by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 3:49 PM CUT The ghosts are back in an upcoming remake of the 1982 classic _Poltergeist—_and once again, one family’s young daughter is their target. This time around, Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie Dewitt play the terrified parents whose house is overrun by ghosts that have captured their daughter (played by an adorable, vulnerable Kennedi Clements) and communicate with her through their television. The remake hits theaters May 22. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3768944/poltergeist-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3768944/poltergeist-trailer/"},"headline":"The Poltergeist Trailer Will Make You Scared of Your TV","datePublished":"2015-04-02T15:49:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:39:25.733Z","description":"\"They're here\" (again)","url":"https://time.com/3768944/poltergeist-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Trailer","horror","Horror Movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1d234ec24e9ab6f/698786690b72e33db96de79a/poltergeist.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1d234ec24e9ab6f/698786690b72e33db96de79a/poltergeist.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"poltergeist","caption":"poltergeist","creditText":"20th Century Fox","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3768944/poltergeist-trailer/","name":"The Poltergeist Trailer Will Make You Scared of Your TV"}}]}] ```