Poltergeist (2015) - Jumpscare Guide
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Plot
A young family move into a new home in suburban Illinois where evil forces haunting the house take youngest daughter Maddie captive.
Total Jumpscares: 21
Jumpscare Timeline
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Jumpscare Details
Griffin reaches for a cupboard; Eric's hand suddenly appears on the adjacent knob, startling him.
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Griffin yanks open a hidden wardrobe panel, sending a dusty, grinning toy clown and debris crashing to the floor.
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A mangy squirrel bursts from a dark wall cavity at Griffin and Eric.
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A toy keyboard abruptly blares to life.
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A ghostly hand bursts from the TV screen, snatching Maddie's.
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Griffin's comic books: eerily, impossibly stacked into a perfect triangle.
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Sudden, crashing thunder.
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Lightning rips through the darkness, illuminating a rigid corpse standing inches from Kendra.
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A grotesque hand bursts from the muck, snatching Kendra.
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The clown slams onto the floor, materializing inches from Griffin.
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The squirrel violently crashes against the cage bars.
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Griffin's torchlight reveals a toy clown, which instantly animates and lunges.
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As Griffin flees down the stairs, a gnarled branch violently bursts forth, snatching him.
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A sudden, unseen hand bursts from the darkness, violently yanking Madison out of sight.
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A chair suddenly slams into the wall.
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Amy's sudden grip on Eric's shoulder makes him leap.
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Drilling into the closet, Boyd's hand is abruptly yanked through the opening.
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Violently, an unseen force repeatedly snatches Boyd's hand into the dark hole.
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Eric reaches for what he believes is Maddie, but the figure abruptly turns, revealing a horrifying ghost.
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A spectral figure abruptly manifests behind Maddie, slamming into the camera.
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Maddie is violently yanked up the stairs.
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