Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
- monster
- poltergeist
- halloween
- undead
- family secrets
- sequel
- alternate dimension
- shaman
- super power
- phoenix
- arizona
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Craig T. Nelson
Steve Freeling
JoBeth Williams
Diane Freeling
Heather O'Rourke
Carol Anne Freeling
Oliver Robins
Robbie Freeling
- Zelda Rubinstein — Tangina Barrons
- Will Sampson — Taylor
- Julian Beck — Kane
- Geraldine Fitzgerald — Gramma-Jess
- John P. Whitecloud — Old Indian
- Noble Craig — Vomit Creature
- Susan Peretz — Daughter
- Helen Boll — Mother
- Syd Beard — Kane's People
- David Beaman — Kane's People
- Jaclyn Bernstein — Young Diane
- Directed
- Brian Gibson
- Written
- Mark Victor, Michael Grais
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 783 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1982Poltergeist
Where it starts.
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986 · You’re here
Poltergeist III
1988
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
