Forgoing for the moment that a Poltergeist remake is already a bad idea, the track record of the chosen writers isn’t inspiring a lot of confidence.

Admittedly, the co-writers of the original were not really of note at the time (except for that Spielberg guy). But you imagine that you’d want to turn to someone with the credentials to turn in a screenplay as strong as, if not better than, the source material. Frank Darabont comes to mind. Sam Raimi. Peter Jackson.

Or, if you can’t afford to go A-list, how about Steven Moffat, who has written some creepy-as-hell eps of Doctor Who, many involving children?

Or you can go with the folks who wrote Boogeyman. Your call.

In this, the last of my “good old days of summer” posts, I recall the wonderful summer of 1982. I was a newly minted high school graduate enjoying one last respite, and my friend Gordon had a job as an usher at the fourplex downtown. That meant the movies were free! Here’s what I saw and what I thought at the time. I was so right…and I was so wrong.

• May 20, Conan the Barbarian, “P.U.”
• May 29, Rocky III, “Great!”
• June 20, Poltergeist, “Really scary and fun.”
• June 28, Blade Runner, “Slow. Uninteresting characters.”
• July 3, Annie, “Sappy but lavish.”
• July 6, E.T., “Perfect. Funny, sad, the best!”
• July 7, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, “Good but still lacking. Try again.”
• July 18, The Road Warrior, “Great car wrecks.”
• July 22, Summer Lovers, “Good sights and A+ music.”
• July 27, Popeye, “The worst. Robin Williams is ugly and songs are barf. Yuk. Ptooey.”
• August 4, Tron, “The visuals are awesome but the plot is shaky.”
• August 5, Young Doctors in Love, “Great to see all those stars.”