Poltergeist II: The Other Side is a 1986 horror film. A sequel to Poltergeist, it features the return of the original's family and once again sees a spirit trying to harm their daughter, Carol-Anne. It was a box office disappointment, but was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects.
This sequel explains in much greater detail the reason why Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) was targeted in the first film. As it turns out, the Freelings' hou...
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side is a 1986 horror film. A sequel to Poltergeist, it features the return of the original's family and once again sees a spirit trying to harm their daughter, Carol-Anne. It was a box office disappointment, but was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects.
This sequel explains in much greater detail the reason why Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) was targeted in the first film. As it turns out, the Freelings' house in the first movie was built over a massive underground cavern that was the final resting place of a Satanic utopian cult that died there in the early 1800s. This cavern was below the desecrated graveyard that wasn't relocated in the first film. The cult was led by Reverend Henry Kane (Julian Beck), a power-hungry zealot anxious to control the souls of his followers in both life and death.
Kane told his followers that the end of the world was coming, and they dutifully followed him into the cavern. However, the day he predicted it would all...
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