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The final film of Heather O'Rourke.
JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson and Oliver Robins do not appear in this film. <
> Heather O'Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein do return as this poltergeist story goes off into a different direction. <
> Carol Anne (now 12) is staying with her aunt Pat (Nancy Allen) and uncle Bruce (Tom Skerritt) in Chicago for a while. They live in a penthouse above the Galleria in this skyscraper tower (actually is the John Hancock Tower). <
> Carol Anne is enrolled in a school for gifted children. She has a cynical psychiatrist, Dr. Seaton (Richard Fire) that does not believe in her psychic ability, but is trying to bring her fears of 1982 and 1986 back to surface. Carol Anne has her psychiatrist all figured out and is cautious. <
> The unusual phenomenon has already begun inside the tower and the evil preacher (Nathan Davis) is after Carol Anne again. <
> Not the best Poltergeist film and there is a reason for it, but it does have some great "mirror" effects. <
> Before this film was released, we all heard the sad news that Heather O'Rourke had unexpectedly died. The film was on a four-month hiatus. O'Rourke had a blocked intestine and it had burst. She died February 1, 1988. <
> So much money was put into the film that it was decided they had to finish it by re-writing the ending and using a stand-in to play "Carol Anne". The story of the movie became totally different all together due to the death of Heather O'Rouke and not being able to finish scenes with her. <
> Nice added touch of writing was the mention of Will Sampson's character, "Taylor", having given "Tagina" the amulet. Will Sampson passed away June 3, 1987. <
> Also in the cast: Lara Flynn Boyle, Kip Wentz, Joey Garfield, Catherine gatz. <
> Due to the death of Heather O'Rourke, they never made another Poltewrgeist movie, however their was the Showtime tv series, POLTERGEIST: THE LEGACY (1996-1999). <
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> Idea: Now that nearly 25 years have past, perhaps they could make Poltergeist movies again with "Carol Anne" as an adult.

Third Time Is Mediocre
Since POLTERGEIST was a masterpiece, and POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE was merely serviceable, what does that make POLTERGEIST III then? Unfortunately, the answer is, in a word, Mediocre. <
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>Heather O'Rourke, who died shortly after this film was released, returns as the clairvoyant Carol Anne Freleng, who is still haunted by the Cuesta Verde spirits, including the Reverend Kane (Nathan Davis, taking over for Julian Beck, who had the role in POLTERGEIST II). This time, she is at the mercy of the evil Kane in a high-rise where she now lives with her aunt (Nancy Allen), uncle (Tom Skerritt), and their daughter (Lara Flynn Boyle). Once again, she has to rely on her own resources and those of the one and only Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein, making her appearance here one of the film's few real pleasures). <
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>With this third film, if not in the second, the POLTERGEIST story degenerated into tired and tiresome Hollywood exploitation. Minus the genius of co-producer/co-writer Steven Spielberg, Carol Anne's story really has no place to go. Both O'Rourke and Rubinstein are, not surprisingly, quite good given the mediocre screenplay handed them by Brian Taggert and director Gary Sherman (RAW MEAT). Sadly, however, the film lacks the warm family structure that Jobeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson provided her; and in their place are Skerritt, Allen, and Boyle, who, though extremely capable actors, play truly unsympathetic characters who regard Carol Anne as an abberation in their lives. Without the sympathetic family, plus Jerry Goldsmith's music scoring genius, POLTERGEIST III is a film with almost nothing left in the tank.