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Poltergeist III. Poltergeist III is a 1988 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Gary Sherman, and starring Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein with the latter two reprising their roles from the previous films. The third and final entry in the original Poltergeist film series, it follows young ...
May 21, 2015 · Ultimately, Poltergeist 3‘s obsession with mirrors and the nauseating repetition of character names make it a slightly amusing watch but a much better drinking game. Through revisiting the franchise this week, I can’t help but agree that the series does indeed have an evil spirit attached to it: an entity, it seems, that was hell-bent on ensuring that the franchise didn’t have a very ...
May 26, 2015 · News of a new sequel hit the net in 2005, when it was revealed that Clint Morris had been hired to write a film titled Poltergeist: Kayeri. It was to be a direct sequel to the second film, mostly disregarding the events of the third. The plan for Kayeri was for Craig T. Nelson to reprise the role of Steve Freeling, a character so haunted by the ...
Poltergeist III is underrated af. Honestly, it comes down to one of two things: either not enough money or the actors were ready to do something else. Not every actor wants to play the same roll over and over. Craig T. Nelson was approached to play Steve Freeling again, but he declined. "Two was enough" he says.
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Poltergeist 3 is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by Gary Sherman from a screenplay by himself and Brian Taggert. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Lara Flynn Boyle, Heather O'Rourke, and Zelda Rubinstein. It is a sequel to Poltergeist 2: The Other Side (1986) and the third installment in the Poltergeist franchise.
The Freeling family has sent Carol Anne away from her native California to live with Diane's wealthy sister Pat and her husband Bruce Gardner in Chicago. Carol Anne has been told she is living with her aunt and uncle temporarily to attend a unique school for gifted children with emotional problems, though Pat thinks it is because Steven and Diane just wanted Carol Anne out of their house. Pat and Bruce are unaware of the events that the Freeling family had endured in the previous two films, only noting that Steven was involved in a bad land deal. Along with Donna, Bruce's daughter from his previous marriage, they live in the John Hancock Center of which Bruce is the manager.
Carol Anne has been made to discuss her experiences by her teacher/psychiatrist, Dr. Seaton. Seaton believes her to be delusional; however, the constant discussion has enabled the evil spirit of Rev. Henry Kane to locate Carol Anne and bring him back from the limbo he was sent during his previous encounter with her. Kane drains the high rise of heat and begins appearing in mirrors. Not believing in ghosts, Dr. Seaton has come to the conclusion that Carol Anne is a manipulative child with the ability to perform mass hypnosis, making people believe they were attacked by ghosts. Also during this period, Tangina Barrons realizes that Kane has found Carol Anne and travels cross-country to protect her.
That night, Kane takes possession of reflections in mirrors, causing the reflections of people to act independently of their physical counterparts. When Carol Anne is left alone that night, Kane attempts to use the mirrors in her room to capture her, but she escapes with the help of Tangina, who telepathically tells Carol Anne to break the mirror. Donna and boyfriend Scott sneak into the security office while the guard is away, intending to make sure he sees only a videotape of the swimming pool and not see the swimming pool while their friends are there. On one of the monitors, they see a frightened Carol Anne running through the high rise's parking lot and go to rescue her. Yet before they can, all three are taken to the Other Side through a puddle by Kane and his people. By this point Tangina and Dr. Seaton are both at the high rise, along with Pat and Bruce. Dr. Seaton stubbornly assumes that Carol Anne has staged the entire thing, while Tangina tries to get her back.
Scott is seemingly released from the Other Side through the pool (which appears frozen, at first) and is taken to his home with his parents. Tangina is killed by Kane disguised as Carol Anne; and Donna later reappears by bursting out of Tangina's corpse. As Dr. Seaton attempts to calm Donna, Bruce sees Carol Anne's reflection in the mirror and chases after her while Pat follows. Dr. Seaton is not far behind, and he believes he sees Carol Anne in the elevator. However, after Dr. Seaton approaches the elevator doors, Donna appears behind him and pushes him to his death down the empty elevator shaft. At this point it is revealed that what came back was not Donna, but a ghost under Kane's control, which then vanishes back into the mirror with a ghost imposter of Scott at its side.
•Tom Skerritt as Bruce Gardner
•Nancy Allen as Trish Wilson/Patricia "Pat" Wilson-Gardner
•Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Gardner
•Heather O'Rourke as Carol Anne Freeling
•Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina Barrons
•Richard Fire as Dr. Seaton
The movie is very, very bad but fun. The best scene is where evil Carol Anne grabs Tangina through the mirror, while screaming her name. Tangina immediately turns rotten, falls over dead and insects pile out. I don’t remember anything about this movie beyond the cast and setting.
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Jun 12, 2023 · Poltergeist III was written by Gary Sherman and Brian Taggert and released by MGM on June 10th, 1988. Pophorror celebrates this classic, though it did not receive the rave reviews its predecessors had. In fact, the film only earned about $14 million against a $9.5 million dollar budget. Currently, Poltergeist III sits with a lonely 1 Star on ...
