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Poltergeist III (1988)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
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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

PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.

Horror

Directed By: Gary A. Sherman , Gary Sherman

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Tom Skerritt
Bruce Gardner
Nancy Allen
Patricia Gardner
Heather O'Rourke
Carol Anne Freeling
Zelda Rubinstein
Tangina Barrons
Lara Flynn Boyle
Donna Gardner
Richard Fire
Dr. Seaton
Kip Wentz
Scott
Nathan Davis
Kane
Jane Alderman
Scott's Mother
Mindy Suzanne Bell
Observer
Joey Garfield
Jeff
Stacy Gilchrist
Melissa
Paul Graham
Martin
Roy Hytower
Nathan
Phil Locker
Bill
Rober May
Burt
Maureen Mueller
Gallery Woman
Chris Murphy
Dusty
Maureen Steindler
Old Woman
Meg Weldon
Sandy
Alan Wilder
Observer
Conrad Allan
Young Boy
Jerry Birn
Elevator Man
Christy Davis
Catherine Gatz
Marcie
Mary Hogan
Laura Koppel
Lynn Koppel
Laurie V. Logan
Elevator Woman
Paty Lombard
Helen
Chris Montana
E.J. Murray
Mary
Sherry Narens
Mrs. Seaton
John Rusk
Gallery Man
Sam Sanders
Security Guard
Brent Shaphren
Observer
Harold Taulbee
Meg Thalken
Deborah
Dean Tokuno
Takamitsu
Wendy Wolfman
Mark Zweigler
Shelley Andreas
Kipley Wentz

Critic Reviews for Poltergeist III

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (12) | DVD (3)

...falls right in line with its entirely underwhelming predecessor...

February 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

I recall two emotions from seeing this: sadness at seeing Heather O'Rourke (who died during filming); and intense discomfort from the 12-pack of beer my friend and I chugged in the parking lot before going to see this

October 28, 2005 Comment

Pete Vonder Haar

Film Threat

Horrible. Rotten. Don't waste your time.

May 6, 2005 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

unnecessary sequel

July 11, 2004 Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

it has it's moments but to few of them

January 7, 2004 Full Review Source: sbs.is

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Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

Okay follow-up. The mirror stuff is cool.

July 14, 2003 Comment

Fred Topel

About.com

Sans the suspense of the first two movies, but still a worthy addition the ghoul series

September 17, 2002 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

One of the worst horror sequels ever made, and I've seen them all.

October 10, 2001 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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Son of a fucking bitch. I meant to watch Exorcist 3 not Poltergeist 3. I just sat through this entire piece of suck ass. I didn't realize until it was over that I had mixed up the movie titles. Fuck me. 2 hours of my life WASTED. FUCK YOU POLTERGEIST 3!

October 12, 2011

J P

Super Reviewer

Yuck. Despite some marginally creepy moments, this flick is poo. It's also unsettling because I know poor Heather O'Rourke died making this turd.

June 18, 2011

Summer W.

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