Poltergeist (1982) · 54 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Poltergeist (1982): in 11 of its 54 quotes
Most scenes with: Tangina Barrons (8), Diane Freeling (5), Steve Freeling (5)
It isn't over. I'm absolutely terrified... It's all the things that we don't understand. I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it.
Dr. Lesh Parapsychology isn't something you master in. There are no certificates of graduation. No licenses to practice... I am a professional psychologist who spent most of my time engaged in this ghostly hobby, which makes me I suppose the most irresponsible woman of my age that I know.
Dr. Lesh I'm leaving Ryan here with you. Marty won't be coming back. I ... I'm coming back. And I'll bring some help. Try not to worry.
Dr. Casey There's been some ionization flux. I'd like to make sure it's not caused by humidity coming from structural leakage, but I'm not goin' up there to find out. We have got much more than the paranormal episode taking place here. There's measurable physical science in this house that goes far beyond any of the creaking doors or cold spots I've ever experienced.
Dr. Lesh The voice source on television - where is it coming from?
The absence of a signal on the channel that is not receiving a broadcast means that it is free to receive a lot of noise from all sorts of things - like short wave, solar disturbances, car ignition sparkings -- outer space -- or inner space. Yes, what if these people had an area of bi-location in their own living room? No, I mean: if that is the way out then maybe somewhere in this house, there's a way in.
Who are all those people?
Dr. Lesh They're so alone. So alone.
Where are they coming from?
I don't know.
Dr. Lesh Well, I'm off. Now these tapes, I am going to have to present them you know.
Oh please, not on 60 Minutes.
Or That's Incredible.
Dr. Lesh Would your family welcome a serious investigation of these disturbances by someone who can make first-hand observations?
Dr. Lesh, we really don't care about the disturbances -- the pounding and the flashing, the screaming ... the music. We just want you to find our little girl.
Mr. Freeling, we'll record any psychotronic energy or event.
Dr. Lesh Yes, Ryan photographed an extraordinary episode on a case in Redlands.
That's right. It was a child's toy, a very small Matchbox vehicle. Rolled seven feet across a linoleum surface. The duration of the event was seven hours.
Seven hours for what?
For the vehicle to complete the distance. Of course, this would never register on the naked eye. But I have it recorded on a time-lapse camera. It's fantastic.
-- mm-hm --
[Opens door to see objects flying around children's room]
How long have you been investigating haunted houses?
Dr. Lesh Mrs. Freeling, the determination as to whether your home is haunted is not very easy. [A heavy teapot slides across the table in front of her] I -- what I meant to say was, it might very well be a poltergeist intrusion instead of a classic haunting.
There's going to be two more in a couple of seconds. They always come in pairs.
Dr. Lesh Dr. Casey.
There's a difference?
It's electrical. You can smell the charge.
Dr. Lesh Poltergeist are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area, a house usually.
Poltergeist disturbances are of fairly short duration, perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for -- years.
Are you telling me that all of this could just suddenly end at any time?
Dr. Lesh Yes, it could, unless it's a haunting. But hauntings don't usually revolve around living people.
Then we don't have much time, Dr. Lesh, because my daughter is alive somewhere inside this house.
Dr. Lesh Some people believe that when you die, your soul goes to heaven.
When Grandpa was dying, I looked at him in the hospital bed. And I was watching. But I didn't see anything go up out of him.
Well, his soul is invisible, Robbie. You couldn't see it.
But how come Grandpa isn't there on television with Carol Anne?
Dr. Lesh Some people believe that when people die, there's a wonderful light -- as bright as the sun. But it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions that you ever want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it, you become a part of it forever. (beat) And then, some people die but they -- don't know that they've gone.
They think they're still alive?
Dr. Lesh Yes. Maybe they didn't want to die. Maybe they weren't ready. Maybe they hadn't lived fully yet or they'd lived a long, long time and they still wanted more life. They resist going into that light, however hard the light wants them. They just -- hang around. Watch TV, watch their friends grow up -- feeling unhappy and jealous and those feelings are bad. They hurt. (beat) And then, some people just get lost on the way to the light, and they need someone to guide them to it.
So some people get angry and throw things around - like in my bedroom?
Dr. Lesh Yes. Just like in school. Like -- some kids are nice to you, some kids are mean.
I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch money. Maybe they got hit by a truck and they're upstairs right now!
Uhhh ... this is probably going to be seem a little strange. We hear better on this channel, don't ask me why. Well, uh -- I guess I'll call her. Carol Anne? ... it's Mommy, sweetheart. We want to talk to you. Please answer me, baby. Please answer me. Please talk to me, bunny.
-- look at the dog --
Are you with us now? Can you... can you say hello to daddy?
Hello, Daddy.
Hello, Sweetpea.
It's Mommy, sweetheart.
Hello, Mommy.
Hello, baby. Can you see me? Can you see Mommy?
Mommy? Where are you? Where are you?
We're home, baby. We're home. Can you find me? Can you find a way to us, baby?
Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the Light, mommy. I'm afraid of the Light.
Dr. Lesh Tell her to stay away from the light.
Maybe it's a way out --
Dr. Lesh It is -- it is a way out, but not for her. Tell her, quickly.
Stay away from the light. The light is dangerous. Don't go near it. Don't even look at the light.
Mommy, there's somebody here ... Mommy, somebody's coming. Mommy, help me, please! Get away from me. Leave me alone!
She just moved through me. My God, I felt her. I can smell her. It's her...She's all over me... She went through my soul.
