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Movies · 1982

They're here!

— Carol Anne Freeling · Poltergeist

A small child sits before an unmarked television glowing white in a dim violet room.
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Carol Anne announces a presence the adults around her cannot yet explain. The ordinary words make the intrusion more unsettling: something impossible has arrived inside the familiar safety of home.

  • AFI100 Movie Quotes, number69; selected film wording and same-film synopsis.Reference checked

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