Poltergeist: 10 Big Differences Between Original And Remake
3. The Closet
In both versions, the daughter character is taken into the spirit world through a portal in her closet, but the scene of her being taken is a little different in this one.
In the original, Carol Anne is physically sucked into the portal. She tries to grab on to her bed but can’t hold on any longer, and she flies across the room from her bed into the closet. We don’t really see much else except for the glowing light coming from that part of the room.
The new version foreshadows Maddy's closet quite a bit, with that being where she talks to the spirits early on in the movie. Here, though, she isn’t sucked into the portal. Instead, she willingly walks into the closet and is surrounded by spirits who eventually grab her and close the doors behind her.
Once again, we’re seeing more of the other side and more from the daughter’s perspective, whereas in the original, we don’t really see much other than a glowing white light.
This change makes sense, and the scene of Maddy being taken is actually far more creepy in this version.