April 2021 – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Poltergeist III (1988) | Gary Sherman

April 26, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

Heather O’Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein are the only players from the first two films to cross over into the light of Poltergeist III. Here, O’Rourke’s character, Carol Anne, seemingly dumped by her parents for reasons unknown, is taken care of by her Aunt Patricia (Nancy Allen), Uncle Bruce (Tom Skerritt), and teenage step-cousin, Donna (Lara Flynn […]

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) | Brian Gibson

April 13, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Poltergeist II: The Other Side seeks to give more back story to the events of the first film, why the youngest child in the Freeling family had been wanted by the spirits, and the nature of the cult from which the spirits culminated, headed by Reverend Henry Kane (Julian Beck). Kane manifests himself in human form […]

Poltergeist (1982) | Tobe Hooper

April 2, 2021April 8, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In the film, a family of five known as the Freelings lives in idyllic suburbia – or so they think. Strange things begin to occur in the house shortly after their cherubic 5-year-old daughter (Heather O’Rourke) begins receiving communication from someone she refers to as the “TV people” through the static on their television set. […]