'They're Coming': Watch Iconic 'Poltergeist' Scene Reimagined
The upcoming remake of 1982’s Poltergeist boasts many callbacks to the original. Even doe-eyed child actress Kennedi Clements, though brunette, looks a lot like her late predecessor, Heather O'Rourke, who played Carol Anne Freeling in the classic horror film. Clements even has the same haircut.
Clements isn’t playing the exact same character in the reboot, however; hers is named Madison Bowen. But as the youngest child in the Bowen family, with one older brother, the essential plot remains intact.
She’s seen here in a reimagining of the original film’s most iconic scene: Carol Anne transfixed by a static-filled television screen, connecting with the evil spirits lying in wait on the other side. While Carol Anne memorably announced, “They’re here,” little Madison says in a similarly detached tone, “They’re coming.”
See O'Rourke deliver her famous line in the original Poltergeist trailer (at the 1:42-mark) to compare:
We’ll see just how closely “they” mirror their '80s equivalents when Poltergeist comes out May 22.
