Poltergeist III (Gary Sherman, 1988) [RePoPo]

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Poltergeist III (Gary Sherman, 1988) [RePoPo]

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Type..................: Movie

Container file........: MKV

Audio Languages.......: English

Subtitles Ripped......: Spanish, English

Subtitles in Subpack..: French, Spanish, English

Aspect Ratio..........: 1.85:1

Original Aspect Ratio.: 1.85:1

Color.................: Color

Source................: NTSC ANAMORPHIC DVD

Genre.................: Horror

IMDb Rating...........: 3.7

Movie Information.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095889/
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Plot Synopsis by Mark Deming



Evil spirits follow a young girl from the suburbs to the city in the second

follow-up to the blockbuster horror film Poltergeist. Carol Anne Freeling

(Heather O'Rourke) is now 12 years old and living with Patricia and Bruce

Gardner (Nancy Allen and Tom Skerritt), her aunt and uncle, in a high-rise

apartment building in downtown Chicago. Carol Anne attends a school for gifted

children, where the staff psychologist Dr. Seaton (Richard Fine) attributes her

past troubles with noisy ghosts to mass delusions and hypnotic suggestions.

However, Carol Anne isn't so sure that the explanation is that simple,

especially since she still sees threatening apparitions in the mirrors of her

apartment. Particularly troubling is the ghost of the wicked Reverend Kane

(Nathan Davis), who is eager for Carol Anne to join him and his followers in the

unknown world on the other side of the light. Sadly, Heather O'Rourke died due

to surgical complications resulting from an intestinal blockage several months

before Poltergeist III was released.



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Some Reviews

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As reviews on this movie are indeed very negative, I've picked some not-so-

negative coommentaries from people on IMDB.



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J_MALICE FROM LOUISVILLE, KY



Going in a different direction from the previous two movies in the series, this

one took a few chances. The high-rise, mirrors, a new Kane(sad what happened to

Julian Beck), etc. I loved this movie for those reasons. Not saying I didn't

enjoy the other two because those were excellent, but it seemed like there

wasn't anything in there to make them considered a horror movie except for the

presence of ghosts with a little bit of suspense. "Poltergeist III" contained

murder, suspense, tricky camera angles and most of all, the best acting I have

ever seen from Heather O'Rourke. She was so adorable in her red pajamas and I

truly believe she carried the movie with up to par performances by Skeritt,

Allen, Rubenstein, Fire, Flynn Boyle and Wentz. Her presence on screen while

watching this movie is so magnificent and very believable. When I was little,

she was my first crush and I loved her, I only found out on 6-4-2005 that she

passed away and it crushed me. I say this is the best of the series and I know I

am the minority, but hey, to each his own. I realize the first movie is pretty

much legendary for her famous line "They're Here", but I feel the acting here is

better. The way they made the concept of the mirrors work is amazing and I

thought it was a great attempt a something new. I gave this movie a 9/10 because

of how much I enjoyed Heather O'Rourke's performance. Check it out.



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drhackenstine from United States



Strange little sequel filled with annoying characters and some horrible dialog.

Poltergeist 3 is not really all that bad, it just suffers greatly from those two

flaws. Story does wisely by switching the setting from the suburbs to the big

city. The character Carol Anne now resides with her aunt and uncle and snobby

cousin in Chicago, where they live in a high rise. Soon, ghosts start popping up

again. This movie has some of the stupidest lines in it, it's often hard not to

grin. O'Rourke did a good acting job in the first two films. Here, not so good.

I think that may be the fault of whoever wrote the go-nowhere script. A lot of

the characters lines in this seem forced or overacted. Especially the character

of Dr. Seaton. The special effects are impressive though. The makers used a lot

of mirror tricks that really pull the movie through it's stupider moments.

However, the chopped off head of Kane scene was atrocious. I guess this movie

suffered because of severe budget cuts.A lot of scenes in this movie feel a bit

lame(the kid who busts up through the ice and runs into the window, the "break

the mirror" scene,the kid who flips off the security camera, etc., etc.). Nancy

Allen, who plays the aunt, does not look happy to be involved in this. Weaker

entry in the series, but it is watchable. Seems a bit rushed. Features annoying

teenagers you would find in a Friday The 13th movie. A guy rips off Lara Flynn

Boyle's cheek. And whats with that growling window pane in the end? Ya gotta see

it if you saw the first two. Two stars.



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nick-ccr from United States



Okay, now its Poltergeist III. The only two returning actresses are Heather

O'Rourke and Zelda Rubenstein. Its about Carol Anne who moved to her aunt

(played by Nancy Allen) and uncle's (played by Tom Skerrit) high rise apartment

building. Her aunt and uncle's daughter (played by Lara Flynn Boyle) lives there

too. Carol Anne finds out that Reverend Kane (from the 2nd movie) has returned

to make her lead him into the light, and the more she doesn't, the more friends

of hers will get killed.



The acting is terrible mostly but Heather O'Rourke does an excellent job in her

last performance and Lara Flynn Boyle also does very good. Tom Skerrit didn't do

too good in this one and neither did Nancy Allen. Reverend Kane doesn't even

look like himself. The special effects were very good and the use of mirrors was

also really cool. The part where the kids were sneaking around was the most

intense part of the movie because the movie is not intense. Richard Fire was

atrocious as Dr. Seaton and him denying everything just goes way too far. The

movie is entertaining and fun. The ending was somewhat abrupt because Heather

O'Rourke was dead before filming finished. An average sequel and an okay way to

end the story.





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