Steven Spielberg worked on this film and E.T. - L'extra-terrestre (1982) literally back to back. Principal photography on Poltergeist ended in August of 1981, then Spielberg took a few weeks off and began work on E.T., while Tobe Hooper spent 10 weeks in the editing room completing his initial cut. Spielberg did supervise the visual effects for both films simultaneously (which were produced at Industrial Light & Magic under the supervision of Richard Edlund and Dennis Muren). Once post production work on "Poltergeist" began in early 1982, Spielberg was in total control. He was responsible for the final edit of the film (Spielberg's usual editor Michael Kahn edited this film while Carol Littleton edited E.T), the final sound mixes and loops, the supervision of the visual effects, and the selection of Jerry Goldsmith as the composer of the score. Poltergeist and E.T. opened to theaters nationwide only a week between each other during the summer of 1982, Poltergeist on June 4th and E.T. one week later on June 11th. Spielberg later said: "If E.T. was a whisper, Poltergeist was a scream."

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