Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) / Poltergeist III (1988) (Collector's Edition)

[malakaheso]

Poltergeist II is a creepy film with some legitimately great scenes, but it has tonal problems and you can tell the ending was rushed. III, on the other hand, doesn't have much going for other than some cool mirror shots. The acting is really bad.


I don't know what they will do for III because the cast and crew aren't particularly fond of talking about the film for obvious reasons. Director Sherman was a pallbearer at O'Rourke's funeral and gets very prickly whenever talk of the 'original ending' or reshoots is mentioned. He denies that a new ending was shot because of her death. I even read a story from an 'insider' about how the original cut actually featured more scenes with her but was trimmed. He believed it was due to her terrible performance rather than the studio cutting down her scenes for PR reasons. i.e not wanting to be seen as exploiting a tragedy for commercial gain