Poltergeist

Although this film was directed by Tobe Hooper (of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame) it very much has Stephen Spielberg's distinctive fingerprints on it. He wrote the story, co-wrote the screenplay and produced it, and it follows similar beats to his other films of this era of focussing on a typical suburban American family with 2.4 kids and a dog, facing an otherworldly threat. In case though, rather than aliens (friendly or not), the menace is coming from inside the house with (not really a spoiler if you've seen the title of the film and the poster) poltergeists coming out of the TV.

It really doesn't take long for the film to get going and amp up the peril with a mix of animated and practical special effects that mostly hold up. It's billed as a horror movie, but it doesn't really rely on jump scares but rather more leaning into the action and humour of the situation (scary clown dolls notwithstanding). I think I first watched this on a VHS from the video rental shop, so seeing it again on a bigger and sharper screen shows some of the cracks but it's still mostly enjoyable.