Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

amesmonde The Freeling family have sent Carol Anne to auntie Pat (not the one from Eastenders) who lives in a luxurious skyscraper, unaware that the evil spirit in limbo, Rev. Henry Kane, has come to get little Carol Anne and take her back to the spirit world.From the director of the unrated horror gem Dead and Buried - Gary Sherman, comes Poltergeist III. Made in a time when sequels usually weren't very good, Sherman's offering is unfairly written off by critics, which is a shame given that it's tragically the late Heather O'Rourke's final performance. That's not to say Poltergeist III is perfect by any stretch, there are some lapse in story logic and lose ends, what did happen to Donna's boyfriend, Scott (Kipley Wentz), why did Pat have a change of heart? At one point Tom Skerritt's Bruce Gardner casually is talking about the buildings issues after witnessing a supernatural occurrence. There's many issues that hamper Sherman's and Brian Taggert screenplay. Whether it's the editing, script changes or a lack of enthusiasm after O'Rourke's untimely death, who knows, but what works are the practical special effects which prevents Sherman's offering dating too much. There are very few optical effects, to Sherman's credit it's all pulled off with cleverly executed old school camera tricks, lighting, reverse shots, body doubles and literally smoke and mirrors. Refreshingly there's not a TV in sight.Along with O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein are the only original cast to return. The first act is the most effective with Lara Flynn Boyle (in her prime) and cast giving some good performances. Then in the second act there's cliché partying teenage subplot which reduces Boyle efforts as Donna redundant, although she is quite menacing and scary when she bursts out of Tangina's body or when Boyle later has part of her face pealed off. Co-star Nancy Allen is emotional as the auntie but her character is never fleshed out. Acting veteran Tom Skerritt is on his usual fine form when he's not spending his time smooching, hugging or snogging Allen's character's hands or kissing Boyle. Nevertheless, there is a great setup where they go over to the other-side and are trapped by snow covered cars and a shock moment when they get attacked in a lift. The closing act wastes both Skerritt and Allen as they spend most of their time running around the building with the rest of the cast being put on the bench never to be substituted until seconds of the end. The cityscape and location is captured wonderfully which gives it an air of realism making it feel uneasy in contrast to the fantasy horror elements. Joe Renzetti's music is fitting, the creepy make up effects are outstanding and will get hairs standing on end. There's plenty of jump scares, mainly the eerie reflections or zombie-like hands popping up with the sound design to complement the on screen shenanigans. The lapses in logic aside there's many spine chilling set ups scattered throughout and I'd be a very rich man if I had a fiver every time some said Carol-Anne. Overall, it's not perfect and of its day but there's plenty of horror segments that are worth checking out. If it didn't have a real life tragedy surrounding it maybe it would have gained something of a cult following.

OllieSuave-007 This is an OK second sequel to Poltergeist, where Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt Patricia and Uncle Bruce to hide from Reverend Kane. However, his ghost was able to follow her to her relatives' apartment in the tall Chicago skyscraper and begins another spree of terror. The Poltergeist trilogy has lost some steam by the time this third outing was made, as I thought it lacks the thrills and suspense as the first two movies. The character development, I thought, weren't as strong as well, as it appears the lead actors, Tom Skerritt and Nancy Allen, didn't give a very heartfelt performance in their roles and didn't appear to have a strong relationship with Carol Anne. There are still some creepy scenes and the special effects were decent. Again, like the first two movies, this sequel doesn't rely on gore and violence to make it entertaining, but rather relies on the ghost's presence and the powers they are able to unleash. The screenplay and story by Steve Feke, Gary Sherman and Brian Taggert were OK-written, a plot that is easy to follow, but not an extremely riveting story overall. The direction by Gary Sherman was OK and the acting was pretty great for the most part, most notably the performances of Heather O'Rourke as Carol Anne and Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina.Overall, it's not great, it's not bad, but is a somewhat average movie to close out the Poltergeist trilogy.Grade C+

MaximumMadness I recently have been going through a "ghost kick." I've been watching tons of ghost and haunted-house films. Everything I can get my hands on- from classics like "The Haunting" and "The Changeling", to foreign films like "Ringu" and "Ju-On", to modern films like the "Paranormal Activity" trilogy and "Insidious." So, naturally, when I saw "Poltergeist II" and "III" on Netflix, I started them up, intending to watch them back-to-back. I actually like "Poltergeist II"- it's silly, but is a fun sequel overall. I hadn't seen the third film, however, in years, and I wish it had stayed this way."Poltergeist III" is scary. Not because of effective jumps, a creepy atmosphere, or top-notch writing like the original. But because it is so bad. Just foul, awful. Tedious.This time around, Carol-Anne (Heather O'Rourke) has been sent to live with her relatives in Chicago, supposedly because she's been accepted into a school for gifted youngsters. The real reason is that the actors for the first two films probably read the script and refused to be involved.She is staying with her aunt Pat (Nancy Allen), her uncle Bruce (Tom Skerrit) and her cousin Donna (Laura Flynn Boyle). Bruce owns the high-rise building where they stay, and Pat apparently works in an art gallery in the same building.Carol-Anne has been tormented by memories from the first two films. At her new school, a doctor named Seaton (Richard Fire) believes that she isn't haunted by ghosts, but rather is a manipulator who can cause mass-hallucinations by using hypnosis... uh... yeah, the movie actually goes there. It insults the audience by suggesting that Carol-Anne may be a manipulative hypnotist. Of course, we know it's actually the vengeful spirit of Henry Kane who is haunting her. But the fact that the movie stoops this low by even suggesting this as a possible explanation is just pitiful.Blah, blah, blah- you know the drill. Kane catches up with Carol-Anne, and torments her, nobody believes her at first, and so on. Eventually, the family must come together (with the help of Tangina, again played by Zelda Rubinstein) to stop Kane once and for all.This movie... sucks.The plot is all over the place. The first two films at least had a logic to them. This movie starts up by adding new rules and layers to the "haunting" that make no sense. Kane just sort of hangs around inside of mirrors the whole time. I'm not kidding. Mirrors were never used like this in the first two films. But in literally EVERY SINGLE SCENE, there's a lame scare where Kane will appear in a mirror (mirrors line the halls of the building), and it actually becomes funny within 10 minutes, because you KNOW it's going to continue. They try to change it up later on, by doing other gags where the mirrors don't reflect things properly, but it's still the EXACT SAME "SCARE"... It happens at least 50 times in the movie, I'm not kidding. It gets old really fast. They sort-of try to explain it (I guess the mirrors reflect the spiritual world, or some such nonsense), but it doesn't mean anything.Also, whereas the first two films used special effects effectively, and had all sorts of monsters and creatures and skeletons, this film has none. Remember the giant skull from the first film? The "Vomit Creature" from the second? They are tossed out the window so Kane can randomly appear in a mirror and cackle before vanishing in every single scene. It's so uncreative that it hurts to watch.I also must say, the "rules" for this film have no consistency. Somehow, Kane can now "clone" people in the Mirror/Spirit world, so half the movie, you're not seeing the characters, but rather evil reflections of them that don't do anything in particular, just act evil at random. Like everything else, it makes no sense.The film is a mess. There is also a recurring "scare" where Carol-Anne will hear Kane calling her, but like the mirror gag, it becomes funny when we realize it never, ever stops. I was able to predict when it was coming and say it along with him in the movie, it was so blatant and over-used.The acting was pretty bad. O'Rourke tries, but can't work with the material, and seems more like a brat than an innocent little girl. Nancy Allan starts off nice, but her dialog makes her come off as a nasty, self-centered jerk even though she's one of our "heroes", and Tom Skerritt... he just seems creepy and unsettling, even though he's meant to be a nice guy. The actors simply have no good dialog or development to feed off of, and all suffer for it.The film is abysmal. I'm only giving it a 2 to honor the late Heather O'Rourke. But it's actually, easily a 1 out of 10. Avoid this, please, for your sake!

Paul Celano (chelano) I admit that this might of not been as good as the others, but it had a certain charm to it. It was a whole movie in itself. It really didn't need the back story that much. It does help to know it though. One small complaint I have is from Heather O'Rourke. In the first and second she was this cute little girl and she was tiny. So it actually made her a bit creepier at parts; even when she talked. For some reason since she is more grown up in their film, they made her talk really smart and snotty. Like she knew the whole world. But also since she was older, they could do a lot more with her in the film. The rest of the cast was pretty good. Tom Skerritt and Nancy Allen were great. Lara Flynn was OK at the time. Some of the side characters were bad actors though. Nathan Davis played an amazing Kane. He was really creepy. Now this film was great until the end. The ending was rushed to bring the film out. That is because they couldn't film the original ending since Heather O'Rourke died in real life. That had to use a double that didn't show her face and change the ending. But other than that, it really was a great film for a horror type season.