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n. An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
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n. a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
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In folklore and parapsychology, a poltergeist (German for "noisy ghost") is a type of ghost or other supernatural entity which is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed. They are purportedly capable of pinching, biting, hitting, and tripping people. Most accounts of poltergeists describe the movement or levitation of objects such as furniture and cutlery, or noises such as knocking on doors.
They have traditionally been described as troublesome spirits who haunt a particular person instead of a specific location. Such alleged poltergeist manifestations have been reported in many cultures and countries including the United States, India‚ Japan, Brazil, Australia, and most European nations. Early accounts date back to the 1st century.
Poltergeist is an American horror film series distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the 1980s. The original trilogy revolves around the members of the Freeling family, who are stalked and terrorized by a group of ghosts that are attracted to the youngest daughter, Carol Anne. The original film was co-written and produced by Steven Spielberg. The Poltergeist films collected a total of approximately $132 million at the United States box office.
MGM and 20th Century Fox co-financed a " revisionist" reboot of the series, which was released in May 2015.
In computer programming, a poltergeist (or gypsy wagon) is a short-lived, typically stateless object used to perform initialization or to invoke methods in another, more permanent class. It is considered an anti-pattern. The original definition is by Michael Akroyd 1996 - Object World West Conference:
"As a gypsy wagon or a poltergeist appears and disappears mysteriously, so does this short lived object. As a consequence the code is more difficult to maintain and there is unnecessary resource waste. The typical cause for this antipattern is poor object design."A poltergeist can often be identified by its name; they are often called "manager_", "controller_", "start_process", etc.
Sometimes, poltergeist classes are created because the programmer anticipated the need for a more complex architecture. For example, a poltergeist arises if the same method acts as both the client and invoker in a Command pattern, and the programmer anticipates separating the two phases. However, this more complex architecture may actually never materialize.
Poltergeists should not be confused with long-lived, state-bearing objects of a pattern such as Model-view-controller, or tier-separating patterns such as Business-Delegate.
To remove a poltergeist, delete the class and insert its functionality in the invoked class, possibly by inheritance or as a mixin.
Poltergeist is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas. It has been open since 1999 and received a fresh coat of paint in 2009. Although the ride is considered to be manufactured by Premier Rides, the track itself was fabricated by Dynamic Structures and Intermountain Lift, Inc.
Poltergeist is the first demo release by death metal band Deathchain. (It is the third released by the band, as they released two demos under the name Winterwolf). It was released in 2002.
Poltergeist, originally Carrion, is a Swiss power/ thrash metal band that played from 1985 to 1993, and is now active as of 2013. Carrion made a total of two demos and one full-length album under SriLanca Records. Poltergeist made a total of two full-length albums and three demos under Century Media Records. They also made a single and a full-length album under Haunted House Records. It is currently unknown if Poltergeist is signed to a label or working on a new album.
Poltergeist may refer to:
- Poltergeist, a troublesome spirit or ghost that manifests itself by moving and influencing objects
- Poltergeist (album), release by Death metal band Deathchain
- Poltergeist (band), a Swiss thrash metal band that played from the late '80's to early '90's
- Poltergeist (comics), fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Poltergeist (computer science), short-lived, typically stateless object used to perform initialization or to invoke methods in another, more permanent class
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Poltergeist (film series), series of horror films produced in the 1980s
- Poltergeist (1982 film), 1982 horror film
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1986 film
- Poltergeist III, 1988 film
- Poltergeist (2015 film), a remake of the 1982 film
- Poltergeist (roller coaster), steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas
- Poltergeist: The Legacy, Canadian/American horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999
- Regininha Poltergeist, a Brazilian model, performance artist and actress
- "Poltergeist", song by Banks from her album The Altar
Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper. Steven Spielberg wrote and produced, but had a clause in his contract to prevent him from directing another movie while he made E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Therefore, Hooper was selected to direct based on his work on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It is the first and most successful entry in the Poltergeist film series. Set in a California suburb, the plot focuses on a family whose home is invaded by malevolent ghosts that abduct the family's younger daughter.
Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on June 4, 1982, the film was a major critical and commercial success, achieving in being the eighth highest-grossing film of 1982. Years since its release, the film has been recognized as a classic within the horror genre and has gained a cult following. Aside for being nominated for three Academy Awards, the film was ranked as #80 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments (The 'moment' being the clown attack scene) and the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 20th scariest film ever made. The film also appeared at #84 on American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Thrills, a list of America's most heart-pounding movies.
The Poltergeist franchise is believed by some to be cursed due to the premature deaths of several people associated with the film, a notion that was the focus of an E! True Hollywood Story. The film's success helped spawned a franchise consisted of two sequels and a remake of the same name which started production in late 2013, and was released in theaters on May 22, 2015.
Poltergeist is a 2015 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Gil Kenan, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, and produced by Roy Lee & Sam Raimi. A remake of the 1982 film of the same name, the film stars Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris and Jane Adams. It was released on May 22, 2015, by 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While critics gave mixed reviews, the film grossed over $95 million worldwide on a budget of $35 million, making it a moderate box office success.
Usage examples of "poltergeist".
In childhood, rare individuals display supranormal powers-the phychokinetic poltergeist phenomenon, for instance.
The region is now awash in UFOs, poltergeists, faith healers, quack medicines, magic waters and old-time superstition.
Don't laugh, but there've even been a couple of incidents like the poltergeist phenomena they sometimes dramatize on what Herb calls 'the psycho-reality shows'.
The Bogarts' isolated cottage has been plagued with apparitions, strange sounds, and poltergeist activity.
I thumbed through several examples, most of them lurid and melodramatic, appealing to gullible natures, and found stories of ghosts, poltergeists, clairvoyancy, mysterious disappearances.
Watching Poltergeist, Frank was disappointed that the whole family survived: He kept hoping that the little boy would be eaten by some creepazoid in the closet and that his stripped bones would be spit out like watermelon seeds.
He also believed in ghosts, poltergeists, demonic possession, Satanic possession, flying saucers, alien abduction, Roswell, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, the Bermuda Triangle, telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, spontaneous combustion, levitation, reincarnation, out-of-body consciousness and the rapture.
Because of mutual interests in extreme skiing, skydiving, hard-boiled detective fiction, competitive rodeo bronc-busting, ghosts and poltergeists, big-band music, wilderness-survival techniques, and the art of scrimshaw among many other things, the twins are fascinating conversationalists, as much fun to listen to as they are to look at.
It was one of these poltergeist cases, where noises and foolish tricks had gone on for some years, very much like the classical case of John Wesley's family at Epworth in 1726, or the case of the Fox family at Hydesville near Rochester in 1848, which was the starting-point of modern spiritualism.
Like their counterparts in the Anglers' Rest, these jolly imbibers are never too surprised by anything they hear: even if it is the story of a young man who has fallen in love with a dryad, a building haunted by a poltergeist that smells, or—in the case of "The Better Mousetrap"—an unfortunate soul who has recruited a dragon to get rid of a plague of mice.
Nearly Headless Nick was always happy to point new Gryffindors in the right direction, but Peeves the Poltergeist was worth two locked doors and a trick staircase if you met him when you were late for class.
Harry looked up and saw, floating twenty feet above them, Peeves the Poltergeist, a little man in a bell-covered hat and orange bow tie, his wide, malicious face contorted with concentration as he took aim again.
Indeed, a week after Fred and George's departure Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves, who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier, and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, 'It unscrews the other way.
My body and home are always infested -- whether by cockroaches and tapeworms, or by Martians and poltergeists.