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Release Date: 26 August, 2003 Retail Price: $14.94 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.95! Cast: Complete Cast (13 total) |
Poltergeist II/Poltergeist III Reviews
BOTH ARE GREAT FLICKS AND THEY ARE MUST IN ANY COLLECTION!!!!!!!!
Poltergeist 2 is another great movie and the story is awesome too!!!!! After the Freeling family moves away from their first house they decide to live with the mother's mom and again more ghosts terrorizes the family!!!!!! This movie gets five stars and the casting is great!!!!!! Poltergeist 3 Carol Anne is now living with her aunt and uncle in Chicago and she is also attending a school for her seeing ghosts well needless to say Kane is back to get Carol Anne and to have her lead him into the light!!!!!! This is also a five star horror flick and this is the last movie for the talented Heather O' Rouke which passed away while filming this movie!!!!!!! GO OUT AND GET THESE TWO GREAT HORROR FLICKS FOR YOUR DVD COLLECTION NOW!!!!!!
Inferior Sequels Still Manage To Highly Entertain...
You all can remember the splendid movie POLTERGEIST, where poor Carol Anne is kidnapped by angry ghouls and the family is terrorized by supernatural happenings. It was a brilliant film: great acting, solid script, astounding visuals, and a great ending. The film was very well crafted, and was a blockbuster in its own right and deservedly so. The sequels can't come close to the power possessed by the first, but they are still entertaining in their own merits.
POLTERGEIST II: The Other Side (3.5 stars) - This story picks up somewhat where the first one left off, with the Freelings all still in one piece (minus Dominique Dunne, who was tragically killed by her obsessive boyfriend) and looking to acquire a new home. The film opens with an interesting indian ritual, which happens to set off some events (Will Sampson is a treat to watch...it was regrettable that he died after this film was made) soon to follow. After the Freelings finally find a place to stay, it's not long before they figure out the spirits have once again found Carol Anne and, this time, we get to meet one. Seems Reverend Kane (played brilliantly by the very creepy Julian Beck. Nathan Davis kind of paled a bit compared to Beck, who is perfect for the role) and his friends want Carol Anne for some tidings of their own (namely leading them into the light, brought to the forefront in part three). The happenings in this film aren't as scary, but the worm that Craig T. Nelson vomits up after ingesting it is quite creepy (this will make you think twice about swallowing a worm of any kind - well, except for gummi worms). The ending of the film wasn't as strong as the first, but albeit it was an okay way to end a movie that while still very entertaining (thank you cast and Julian Beck) lacked some of the power the previous installment held. POLTERGEIST II is still worth a view.
POLTERGEIST III (3.25 stars) - This film takes us into a different arena for the supernatural showdown, namely the John Hancock tower of Chicago. POLTERGEIST III has a very effective score thanks to Joe Renzetti, and some fairly decent special effects thanks to Gary Sherman, but the film lacks the power of the first and somewhat the second. But tossing the mild script and a few throw-away cast members, and you've still got an entertaining horror film. While Carol Anne is staying with her aunt and uncle (Tom Skerritt and Nancy Allen, just fine in their roles), Carol Anne soon knows that she is being pursued by Kane and his compadres, once again needing her to lead them "into the light". The Kane this time around (played fairly well by Nathan Davis) didn't creep me out as much, but it'll give you some shivers here and there. The supernatural happenings occur in spurts, with the glass cracking between the elevators on every floor; the hand coming out of the crack-pot psychiatrist's table and throwing the mug at the mirror; Carol Anne's "evil" self trying to hold her in the mirror. Once Carol Anne's niece gets into some trouble with her little crush (Kip Wentz, while admirable, didn't cut it. I never really bought his performance 100%), they are pulled through a puddle and then, one at a time, they are released in different ways which weren't creepy at all, but a little hokey. The movie steers itself into near oblivion with the meat freezer scene, but comes back to swing with the bedroom scene, and to some degree, the ice car chase scene (you'll know when you see it). Tangina's presence in the film felt awkward, and I'm not sure it made sense to put her in, but with what we have it's a fair performance. The fact that she leads Kane to the light also felt a little "forced", but still it was somewhat satisfying. The ending of the film was changed due to the tragic and untimely death of Heather O'Rourke, who passed away on Feb. 1, 1988. The ending has creepy bolts of lightning strike the tower with Kane's laughter heard all around. This wasn't supposed to be the ending of the film, and I was a little disappointed...but it still works despite being less effective than the endings of the first two films. POLTERGEIST III still retains some power and entertains as a whole...just don't expect a repeat of the first film.
This double feature set is worth the price of admission if you're a POLTERGEIST fanatic. Although both inferior to the original, the sequels still manage to entertain. MGM did not do the DVD feature justice by slapping a meek theatrical trailer as the only extras to both films, and they should have given us a lot more than we are left with here. But taken for what it is, entertain yourselves with these entertaining little horror ditties. Just don't expect the power the first film grasped...just good old-fashioned pocorn watchings.
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