And so it is Poltergeist's turn through the remake machine, and this version is a relatively disappointingly vapid re-run of the original's main beats, competently made for the Insidious generation and sadly lacking real emotion or, crucially, scares. Even reliable performances from Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt as the world-weary parents and some acceptable child acting fails to create the sense of the ordinary family in peril sticking together that drove the original - in fact, the little girl's disappearance over to the other side comes across as more like a bothersome inconvenience. There is some good camerawork, but the oddly awkward music score often feels misplaced, and the use of 3D rarely springs to life. This one had real potential, but yet again the end result feels like a compromise for a broad audience.
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