Released in the summer of 1988, Poltergeist III was the last and least effective of the original films. Young Heather O’Rourke passed away before the movie was completed, casting a pall over the entire production. After her death, the ending
Lacking the effective scares of its predecessor, Poltergeist II: The Other Side attempts to provide additional backstory for some of the events that occurred in the first film. While Poltergeist II brought back most of the original cast (save for
As needless a sequel as one could envision, Poltergeist II: The Other Side has a few genuine scares, and plenty of slime and gore, but for each memorable moment there is a scene of laughable absurdity. Poltergeist II is a