In this point in time, is it really more terrifying the fact of being dragged into a purgatory mid-dimension world that is "rent and debt free" with spirits running around looking for the light than the haunting never-ending consumerism and hunger for the idyllic American dream that has been shattered and has thrown us into the current Recession?

Poltergeist with it's strong brand identity tailored with the worst of our phobias, creepy clowns, is, in my belief, a study of a family under siege from current economic circumstances more than the nature of the supernatural horrors of a house haunted by ghosts. In a way it is the supernatural that ends up bringing the family together and the closeness that they so needed. The script which is open to interpretation introduces the concept that today's family units are much more vulnerable and open to distractions and disconnections than ever before.

Director Gil Kenan contemporize this classic concept of a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces. In this case a suburban home is a downgrade to their ideal conditions, a must do move to make ends meet after the dad, Eric Bowen (Sam Rockwell) losses his job.  The new house is in a foreclosure-hit neighborhood but estate agent neglects to tell him that the house is built on top of an old cemetery.

"The biggest difference is connected to the biggest similarity, and it's the location of the film — the suburbs," Kenan said. "But even though the suburbs as a backdrop to the film is identical, the 30 years that have elapsed since the original, have completely changed the definition of what it means to live in one of these neighborhoods. We can't expect, any longer, that a cookie-cutter row of houses is the ideal. It's no longer the dream of a young family starting out. And so we had to be inspired by the setting as a place that our characters were reluctant to move into at the beginning of the film. And that created a really interesting, dramatic setting for our characters," the director shared at a recent press conference.

Even though it caters to younger audiences, a teen summer must-seen flick, it's ideas are pinned on smarter topics, as a masterpiece from a Pulitzer Prize-winner writer as it is David Lindsay-Abaire. The movie starts warm, in a way enamoring you with an inviting ambience and subtle gems to build you up to a horror kind of movie conclusion, a work of art from cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe.

Visually it delivers beautifully as Javier Aguirresarobe's photography is solid and right on point taking you through the whole journey, from peaches and cream to nightmare town, leaving you in awe at points with claustrophobic interior shots and a world that seems naturalistic at first but ends up mixed with this mid dimension that now thanks to technology you can access and see. Even though the works of CGI, I personally enjoyed the purgatory as it reminded me of Dante's inferno with seas of lost souls.

When the terrifying apparitions escalate, the movie start going darker and the tensions starts building up, financial tension, family tension and paranormal object possessions, the movie becomes more violent but never becoming too violent to lose it's PG-13 rating. The youngest daughter Maddy (Kennedi Clements) is the only one excited to move to the new home as she feels she has new invisible friends to talk to and play with but these new friends hold her captive and the family must come together to rescue her before she disappears forever. Griffin (Kyle Catlett) the anxiety prone middle child that is terrified about everything is the one that give us a lesson in courage, he sucked it up and embarks into the other world head-on to rescue his little sister. A role taken from the mother Amy Bowen (Rosemarie DeWitt), which in the original it was the maternal strength that made her go into the other world to save her daughter. As any teen movie would play, this one plays to encourage kids into overcoming their fears and growing up strong.

Gil Kenan who knows what appeals to kids of all ages these days told us why he wanted to make this movie, "The first one is, it's a great story. And great stories deserve to be told, even if they've been told well in the past, it's material that is rich and relevant to the generation that's telling the story, and a lot has happened in the 30 years since the original came out. The second part is: I am a true fan of 'Poltergeist' (1982), and I felt like I could honor the vision and the franchise that made the original as popular as it was. And I wanted to protect it. I know that the reasons that brought me to the table on this film are the ones that will hopefully make the film work for audiences of today."

This new "Poltergeist" movie is set for release on May 22, two months earlier than previously planned.