Ghosts & Hauntings

You can now stay at the house from the 1982 movie 'Poltergeist'

By T.K. Randall
August 6, 2025

Image: AI-generated (Bing AI / Dall-E 3) Directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist told the terrifying tale of a family who became besieged by a malicious haunting that culminated in their youngest daughter being pulled through a portal to the 'other side'.

Starring the late Heather O'Rourke, the film remains firmly entrenched in the minds of anyone who grew up watching it back in the 80s and is still considered a classic to this day.

There have even been references to a 'curse' involving many of the people who starred or worked on the film, adding to its reputation as one of the most unsettling movies ever made.

Last year we reported that the original house in Simi Valley, California that was used during the movie's exterior shots was up for sale for an eye-watering $1,174,999.

Since then, the house has been snapped up and now its new owners have not only restored it to its former glory but have also made it available to guests who want to spend the night there.Impressively, the interior has also been updated to look almost exactly as it does in the movie.

There's even a swimming pool outside (though presumably there are no skeletons in it).

Did you know that in the movie, some of the skeletons that JoBeth Williams encounters when she falls in the pool were actual real bodies and not props ?

No wonder the film has such a creepy reputation.

You can check out the house's website - here.

Source: Gizmodo

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