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They're here! Join BP, Coop and Justin as we analyse the iconic original Poltergeist movie. Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. It stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, and Beatrice Straight, and was produced by Spielberg and Frank Marshall. Plot Poltergeist focuses on a suburban family whose home is invaded by malevolent ghosts that abduct their youngest daughter. Chapters 00:00 What is Poltergeist? 00:54 Title Sequence 1:32 Introducing Poltergeist 1:59 Overall Thoughts 5:19 Favourite Parts 14:31 What We Disliked 20:11 Poltergeist (2015) – The Remake 31:08 Trivia 36:13 Ratings 40:51 Thank You 41:19 End Scene SHOP OUR STORE ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://completeguidetohorror.threadless.com/collections/new/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop our Store!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tip us $5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Release and Critical Reception Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through MGM/UA Entertainment Co. on June 4, 1982, Poltergeist was a major critical and commercial success, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 1982. In the years since its release, the film has been recognized as a horror classic. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, named by the Chicago Film Critics Association as the 20th-scariest film ever made. Steven Spielberg involvement Accounts differ as to the level of Spielberg's involvement, but it is clear that he was frequently on set during filming and exerted significant creative control. For that reason, some have said that Spielberg should be considered the film's co-director or even main director, though both Spielberg and Hooper have disputed this. Sequels and Remake The film was followed by Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), Poltergeist III (1988), as well as a 2015 remake, but none had the critical success of the original. The Poltergeist Curse The Poltergeist franchise is believed by some to be cursed due to the premature deaths of several people associated with the film (including Heather O'Rourke and Dominique Dunne), a notion that was the focus of an E! True Hollywood Story. Poltergeist was also featured on Season 1, episode 3 of Cursed Films. Popular Culture "Bad Dream House", the first segment of "Treehouse of Horror", the first episode of the annual The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials, is partly a parody of Poltergeist. Spice Girls pays homage to the film in their 1997 music video for the song "Too Much". The Family Guy episode "Petergeist", Peter Griffin discovers an Indian burial ground when he attempts to build a multiplex in a backyard. When he takes an Indian chief's skull, a poltergeist invades the Griffins' home. The episode used some of the same musical cues heard in the film and recreates several of its scenes. American Dad! also parodied the film with the season 10 episode "Poltergasm", in which the Smith house has become haunted by Francine's unsatisfied sex drive, and Roger plays Ruby Zeldastein, a parody of Tangina. The 2001 comedy horror film Scary Movie 2 parodies the movie's clown doll attack in Robbie's bedroom, as well as Diane's levitation. #poltergeist #theotherside #ghost #haunt #movie #horror #1982 #80shorror #carolanne #jobethwilliams #reverendkane #tangina #clown #familyguy #drawntogether #podcast #completeguidetohorror #stevenspielberg #screamqueens

After my longest break yet, I pop back up just in time to want to go back into hiding, being Election Day and all. In the meantime, here are my ramblings on two horror movie marathons I attended in October: 1. "They're Here" at Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles, where I watched the following haunted house-themed films in 16mm: Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Something Evil (1972); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); The Others (2001); The Entity (1982); and House (1985) 2. "Camp Frida: British Invasion" at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, where I watched the following UK-based horror movies: Ghostwatch (1992); The Legend of Hell House (1973); The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971); Theatre of Blood (1973); Dracula (1958); and Xtro (1982) Click here for the blog version of this episode.

We take one final road trip with Venom: The Last Dance and also talk Broken City, The Apprentice, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. and Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel. Follow the show on X: @thecinemaspeak Follow the show on Instagram: cinemaspeakpodcast Subscribe on Youtube: Cinema Speak Intro: 0:00 - 7:44 Review - Venom: The Last Dance: 7:44 - 50:04 Movie Roulette - Broken City: 50:04 - 1:14:52 Micro-Reviews - Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th (2009), Godzilla Tokyo SOS, Godzilla Final Wars, Godzilla (2014), Shin Godzilla, Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel, Smile 2, Poltergeist, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Godzilla: The Series, The Apprentice, One Piece: 1:14:52 - 2:28:49 This week in new releases/Outro: 2:28:49 - 2:32:47 Spoiler Discussion - Venom: The Last Dance: 2:32:47 - 2:39:53

Nat, Cody, and Robert are joined by Angela Fabbrini to take a look at three movies that didn't really set up sequels, but they made them anyways, with PSYCHO II, HOWLING II: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF, and POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE. Second time's the charm? Time tracks: PSYCHO II Discussion: 0:00 HOWLING II: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF Discussion 41:48 POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE Discussion 1:11:02 Surprise Guest and HOWLING III: THE MARSUPIALS Q&A: 1:37:40 Final Thoughts: 1:52:28

Grab your blankets and snacks as your host Lindsay is joined by playwright Jan Rosenberg as we discuss Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). Join us as we discuss our comfort movies, how studio interference more often than not ruins a movie and the infamous Poltergeist franchise curse. Email - ghoulfriendspodcastt@gmail.com Twitter - @GhoulfriendPod You can find Jan here - https://www.janrosenberg.com/

Don't take off those glasses, maniacs! 2000s Month continues with the supernatural horror flick Thir13en Ghosts from 2001. Tune in as we break down the movie and discuss other topics such as Matthew Lillard's penchant for spittle, the nu-metal music video editing style of the film and Lance explains what a "french fry loomster" is. Drop that Caramello and check out our Patreon! This month we lean into our 2000s theme and talk all about movies from the turn of the century, including the films of Tom Green, The Cell, Training Day and more. For as little as $2 a month you can get in on the action as well with bonus episodes, Discord privileges, livestreams, exclusive merchandise and more! Want more talk of ghosts? Check out our previous episodes on Bad Dreams (episode 35), Ghosthouse (episode 138), Witchtrap (episode 144), Lady In White (episode 162), Blood Beat (episode 169), Ghostkeeper (episode 173), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (episode 185), Witchboard (episode 194), Poltergeist (episode 277), The Fog (episode 296), Poltergeist III (episode 298), House III: The Horror Show (episode 302), and Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (episode 338).

There's no denying the impact the 80's & 90's have had on the horror genre, but which decade gave us the better Horror Movies at the Box Office? Join us as we take the best horror movies at the box office from each decade and have them face off. On this episode we are talking about the second installment of one of our favorite franchises, Poltergeist II: The Other Side!Poltergeist II | 1986 | Jam it in your Box Office Season! | Ep. 9 |NEW SLOPPY HORROR MERCH IS FINALLY HERE!!!

WARNING: FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. UNDER 17 REQUIRES ADULT SUPERVISION. God is in his holy temple, y'all! This week the girls are discussing the iconic film that is Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). Another PG-13 episode that we somehow make R. Stay tuned, and stay naaassttyyyyy!instagram: @queensofnc17music: @tobaxxo

Icky and the Wizard of Weird made the move to a new home in their residential toxic waste dump, but supernatural forces continue to haunt them to this day, which is coincidentally the narrative for today's film, 1986's Poltergeist II: The Other Side.    Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com To download and stream past Weird Cinema/Wrestling episodes, visit https://weirdcinema.podbean.com/   #poltergeist #poltergeist2 #jobethwilliams #heatherorourke  #spooky #scary #clowns  #grandforksbestsource  #GFBS

Salty Sequel Month moves forward with POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (1986)! Set one year after the events of the first movie, the Freeling Fam have relocated to Arizona to get on with their lives, but of course, the ghosts of Cueste Verde aren't finished with li'l Carole Anne just yet so they've followed them there in the form of the scary-ass Reverend Kane. Join us as we talk cursed movies, Zoloft, our favorite final girls, the new GHOSTBUSTERS (you can skip it), Stanley's go-to-sequels. and whether or not this particular follow-up to the beloved 1982 classic is worth watching or not. Stay tuned for next weeks review of HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II! 

In this conversation, the hosts discuss the 1986 film Poltergeist II and share their thoughts and experiences related to the movie. They also touch on various topics such as hood rat snacks, video games, and alleged Hollywood stories. The conversation includes discussions about the plot of the movie, the curse associated with the Poltergeist series, and the use of real cadaver corpses in the film. The hosts express their opinions and share personal anecdotes throughout the conversation. In this part of the conversation, the hosts discuss their favorite scenes and moments from the Poltergeist movies. They talk about the iconic worm in the tequila scene, the scary old man character, and the memorable scenes involving maggots and face peeling. They also mention the deleted scenes from Poltergeist 2 and the disappointment of the sequel not living up to the first movie. The hosts share their personal experiences and reactions to the films, including their fears and the impact certain scenes had on them. They also briefly mention the changes in the Church's Chicken brand. In this final part of the conversation, the hosts discuss their ratings for Poltergeist II: The Other Side. They each give their individual ratings, with COB giving it a 9, Deb giving it a 7, and Josh giving it a 5. They also discuss other movie sequels and their ratings. The hosts then receive a voicemail from a listener named Chuck, who shares his thoughts on the movie. The hosts playfully respond to Chuck's voicemail and end the podcast with their usual sign-off. https://www.facebook.com/castofthepod https://twitter.com/CastofthePod https://www.instagram.com/castofthepod/ https://www.youtube.com/@castofthepod https://www.reddit.com/r/CastOfThePod/ https://www.instagram.com/cobweb411/ Call the hotline 786-763-2278 https://www.twitch.tv/castofthepod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cast-of-the-pod/id1525172143 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and more Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Interesting Question 04:00 Podcast Information and Topic Introduction 08:19 Discussion of Poltergeist II and the Original Film 09:16 Plot Summary of Poltergeist II 11:53 Explanation of Carol Anne's Powers 12:59 Use of Real Cadaver Corpses in the Film 20:49 Return to Poltergeist II Discussion 24:09 Host's Personal Experiences and Opinions 25:19 Favorite Scenes and Moments 26:28 The Worm in the Tequila and Face Peeling Scenes 28:18 The Scary Old Man Character 29:12 Deleted Scenes and Disappointment 33:54 Personal Experiences and Reactions 37:49 The Hosts' Opinions on the Movie 50:37 Ratings for Poltergeist II: The Other Side 57:21 Comparing Movie Sequels 01:12:47 Listener Voicemail: Chuck's Thoughts on the Movie 01:17:03 Playful Response to Chuck's Voicemail --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/castofthepod/message

In this week's episode, we're headed back to one of Allen's favorite years, 1986, with the Stuart Gordon film "From Beyond." Special topics for your consideration include: a whole lot of questions and very few answers. I mean really and truly, very few.  1986, baby! We've covered so many films from this year and here are a few of my favorites-- Episode 35- "Neon Maniacs," Episode 103- "The Fly," Episode 174- "Chopping Mall," Episode 199- "Terrorvision (THE LIVE SHOW)," Episode 213: "Poltergeist II: The Other Side," and Episode 375- "Rawhead Rex." The regular lineup of links! You can support us at patreon.com/werewolfambulance and listen to all of our action movie episodes! This month is the DMX/Jet Li 'movie' "Cradle 2 the Grave."  leave us a message at 412-407-7025 hang out with some cool listeners at https://discord.gg/DutFjx3cBD  buy merch at www.teepublic.com/user/werewolfambulance the best place to reach us is at werewolfambulance@gmail.com we're on Reddit at r/werewolfambulance sorta on Twitter @werebulance sorta on Instagram @werewolfambulance www.werewolfambulance.com if you feel you really must lodge a complaint with us, please do it on Facebook at facebook.com/werewolfambulance because we are probably not gonna see that, ever.   If you liked this, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen! It helps others find us and allows us to continue to grow.

Mitch welcomes first time guest of the show, Zach Tennent of the Formatted to Fit Your Screen Podcast to discuss THE HAUNTED MANSION (2003) and HAUNTED MANSION (2023).    Other titles discussed include: THE FOG (1980), BARBIE (2023), DIRTY WORK (1998), POLTERGEIST (1982), POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (1986), POLTERGEIST III (1988), POLTERGEIST (2015), NEVER SLEEP AGAIN (2010), TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM (2007), FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH (2011), DEATH WISH 3 (1985) and TALK TO ME (2023)

Guest curator Louis Fowler returns for a series on films created by and/or featuring indigenous peoples. This week it's Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Andy reviews Roh for Straight-to-Video Russian Roulette.   Brought to you ad-free by the Legion of Demons at patreon.com/notlp. Join the Legion to get more stuff at patreon.com/notlp! Our Beelzebub tier producers are:   Alise Kombrinck Ernest Perez Jeremy, Cassie & Gamora Burmeister Jeff L Iona Goodwin Branan & Emily Intravia-Whitehead Bill Chandler Blayne Turner Monica Martinson Paul Gauthier Brian Krause Alyssa Boehm Dave Siebert Joe Juvland “Monster Movies (with My Friends)” was written and performed by Kelley Kombrinck. It was recorded and mixed by Freddy Morris. Night of the Living Podcast's chief contributors are:  Andy Hung Kelley Kombrinck  Amy Morris Freddy Morris The podcast is produced and engineered by Amy & Freddy Morris.  Night of the Living Podcast Social Media:      facebook.com/notlp twitter.com/notlp instagram.com/nightofthelivingpodcast youtube.com/notlpcrew Connect with other listeners in the Facebook Group or on Reddit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/notlp https://www.reddit.com/r/NOTLPodcast

Episode Notes Join us as we dive into the mind of Actor Oliver Robins. He'll take us on his journey as a young boy acting in Hollywood to being the only surviving child actor from the movie franchise "Poltergeist" ow you can show your support by purchasing FB stars. Send stars to the stars fb.com/stars This episode is sponsored by Deadly Grounds Coffee "Its good to get a little Deadly" https://deadlygroundscoffee.com ————————————————— https://www.stilltoking.com/ Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awhL5FyW_j4 Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaUai58ua6o Buy awesome Merchandise! https://www.stilltoking.com/toking-with-the-dead-train https://teespring.com/stores/still-toking-with Sponsorship Opportunities https://www.stilltoking.com/become-a-sponsor or email us at bartlett52108@gmail.com thetokingdead@gmail.com ————————————— Follow our guest https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732319/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Robins https://www.facebook.com/realoliverrobins/ https://www.instagram.com/oliverrobinsonig/?hl=en https://twitter.com/oliguyontwit?lang=en https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10085-oliver-robins... ————————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 https://thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/ ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening Dead Dork Radio https://live365.com/station/Dead-Dork-Radio-a68071 Check out Green Matters: https://www.facebook.com/GreenMattersMiddleboro/ More about our guest Robins's first film roles were in the 1982 CBS TV movie Million Dollar Infield as Aaron Miller and the 1982 ABC TV-movie Don't Go to Sleep as Kevin. He is best known for his portrayal of Robbie Freeling in the 1982 feature film Poltergeist and its 1986 sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side. His other feature film role was in the 1982 comedy Airplane II: The Sequel as Jimmy Wilson. He made one television guest appearance in the 1986 Twilight Zone episode "Monsters!". Robins left the acting business after 1986. As an adult, he returned to show business as a writer and director. In 2000, he wrote and directed his first film, Dumped, which was released directly to video, and also wrote and directed Roomies in 2004. He wrote the 1999 movie Eating L.A.. Following the deaths of Dominique Dunne and Heather O'Rourke, Robins became the only surviving Poltergeist child actor, as well as the longest-lived.

Don't touch that lamp, maniacs! This week we're wrapping up our analysis of the 80s Amityville sequels with Amityville: The Evil Escapes, and this time it's not the house that's haunted... it's the lamp! Join us as we discuss this goofy made-for-television movie and other topics such as Pizza Hut's Book-It program, houses that fart through electrical cords, and our new son Peanut Head. Also, Lance implores our listeners to come up with Neon Brainiacs bingo cards! Our new t-shirt is up for pre-order until January 1st! You can check out the design on our Instagram and send us a DM or email for ordering instructions. Want to hear us talk about some other bizarre sequels? Check out our episodes on Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (episode 82), The Hills Have Eyes Part II (episode 83), Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (episode 99), Return Of The Living Dead Part II (episode 116), Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out (episode 119), Psycho II (episode 149), Return Of The Killer Tomatoes (episode 158), Slumber Party Massacre II (episode 178), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (episode 185).

We're ready to pump you up, maniacs! This week we're talking about the exercise-sploitation slasher(?)/ghost(?)/corporate espionage(?) flick Death Spa from 1988! Tune in as we try to determine how many types of movies this film actually is and discuss other topics such as asking Ken Foree to sit on a grown man, a character who looks like a version of Jim Henson you don't want to meet in a bar, and all the wonderful things a computer ghost is capable of. Want to hear about more wacky ghost movies? Check out our previous episodes on Bad Dreams (episode 35), Ghosthouse (episode 138), Witchtrap (episode 144), Blood Beat (episode 169), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (episode 185).

Uncle Ben and Hollywood Steve review Poltergeist II: The Other Side. We recount some tales from the meetup, talk scary teeth, and check back in with the Freeling family. Te-kill-ya! If you want to help decide which movies we cover in the future, go become a $5 patron! Patreon.com/deadandlovely Movie discussion begins at 01:00:11 Music by intergalactic rock star Ben Eller!

Episode 322: The Crew's ducking flying chainsaws while watching Brian Gibson's Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Spielberg and Hooper didn't return for this sequel, instead the reins are given to the co-writers of the first film (who also produced this entry) and director Brian Gibson. The addition of Reverend Caine is most welcomed as the Beast in human form. Most of the actors and crew return, but they can't save this script and it's confusingly quick ending. The Crew discusses… If you like our music intro, head over to Soundcloud and hear more amazing music from aquariusweapon. Aquariusweapon can also be found on YouTube. Contact: moviecrewpod@gmail.com

It's the most wonderful time of the year! In this week's episode, we're kicking off SPOOKY SEASON with something we haven't seen in awhile-- a good old-fashioned creepy ghost story with the 1980 film "The Changeling." Special topics for your consideration include: accepting our own mortality (or at least looking better than George C. Scott, bless his heart), making piano-man money, the kinds of things that only happen to you when your friends are rich, CLAIRE NORMAN!!, and some real deep rhythmic pounding. Oh yeah. We have not covered nearly as many ghost stories as we should have, and many of the ones we have discussed are bad! Here are some of the worst: Episode 14- "Ghost Ship," Episode 69- "Thirteen Ghosts," Episode 203- "Grave Encounters," Episode 213- "Poltergeist II: The Other Side," and Episode 311- "Girl on the Third Floor." Hey, give us a call and leave us a voicemail! You can call 412-407-7025 and let us hear your sweet sweet voices. Otherwise, find us online: Support us at patreon.com/werewolfambulance where you can hear us discuss an action movie each month. We just reviewed "Con Air" for September and LOOOOOL. Buy merch for yourself or those you love at www.teepublic.com/user/werewolfambulance on Reddit at r/werewolfambulance on Facebook at facebook.com/werewolfambulance on Twitter @werebulance on Instagram @werewolfambulance. werewolfambulance@gmail.com If you liked this, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen! It helps others find us and allows us to continue to grow.   Intro song is by Alex Van Luvie Outro song is A. Wallis- "EMT" Seriously, we have the best listeners, hands down.

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim watch Poltergeist II: The Other Side. A year after the events of the original film, the Freeling family find themselves under attack by unseen forces once again. Does the sequel live up to the original? Listen now to hear what the guys thought.

Music - Ambient Background Music - Cicada 3301 - CO.AG Music The story behind the screams - The Seaford Poltergeist - Poltergeist 1982Movie Plot - The Freelings are a typical suburban family. Husband Steve sells real estate in their ever-expanding subdivision and Diane is a stay-at-home mom caring for their three kids, Dana, Robbie, and little Carol Anne. Strange things begin to happen in the house, however: cupboard doors open on their own, furniture rearranges itself and chairs go sliding across the kitchen floor. It's a bit of whimsy at first but soon becomes deadly severe when Carol Anne vanishes into a nether world where, oddly, she can only be communicated with through the white noise on their television. A team of paranormal investigators moves into the house. Still, the forces that kidnapped are evil and powerful requiring the services of Tangina, a woman who has dealt with this situation before.Real-life Story The Seaford ‘poltergeist' was an episode of unexplained disturbances reported by a family in Seaford, Long Island, New York, in 1958. The incidents, which were widely publicized, included bottles losing their tops and spilling contents, and household objects and furniture moving with no apparent cause. Investigating parapsychologists attributed the cause to psychokinesis centering on a 12-year-old boy, while skeptics offered explanations in terms of trickery.Crazy Movie Trivia Two of the film's cast members were subsequently murdered: (1) Dominique Dunne (Dana Freeling) was strangled by her former boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney in the driveway of her West Hollywood home on October 30, 1982, and, having been declared brain dead, died five days later at the age of 22 and (2) Lou Perryman (Pugsley) was killed with an ax by a 26-year-old man named Seth Christopher Tatum in Austin, Texas on April 1, 2009. He was 67 years old at the time of his death.JoBeth Williams had a supernatural experience during the making of the film. Whenever she came home from filming, the pictures on the walls of her house were crooked. Every time she fixed them they would hang crooked again. Zelda Rubinstein also had an experience when a vision of her dog came to her and said goodbye to her. Hours later, her mother called her and told Rubinstein that her dog had passed away that very day. Julian Beck (Kane in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)) died in 1985 after a long battle with stomach cancer; Will Sampson (Taylor in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)) died of complications from a heart-lung transplant; and Heather O'Rourke (Carol Anne in all three movies) died in 1988 at age 12 from cardiac arrest caused by septic shock from a bowel obstruction caused by intestinal stenosis after being misdiagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 1987.Leave a rate/review if you enjoyed this episode. Make sure to reach out on social media @firstclasshorror with feedback, suggestions for future episodes or just say hi!Thanks! Stay spooky!!-Aran

 We're joined by our friend (and fellow horror enthusiast) Isaac to discuss the 80s horror classic Poltergeist! We discuss his horror origin story, whether Marty is the worst house guest ever and if the sequels are worth seeing (yes, but only Poltergeist II: The Other Side).NOTE: There are spoilers in this episode. Follow us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressPlayScream Website: https://pressplayandscream.buzzsprout.com/ 

Mike and Tom discuss the 1986 sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side with Matthew Aldrich, screenwriter and co-writer of Coco. You'll hear repeated questions as to why the character of Taylor is in this movie, how it came to pass that everyone considers this a cursed movie when the producers actually hired an actor with stomach cancer, and what happens when we go to the other side. The answer is disappointment.

Siegel was teaching junior high in his hometown of Minneapolis before turning his back on dispensing education, in favor of receiving it as one of the 1,700 students to pratfall through the doors of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College between 1968 and 1997, earning a spot in their touring show.There he was fortunate enough to study under the late, great Verne Langdon who “besides teaching us clown makeup and helping develop our characters. He taught us basic prosthetics – he had recently been on the original Planet of the Apes [1968] with John Chambers. I learned how to take the casting of my nose, do sculptures and molds and make my own rubber clown nose. Verne liked my work. And I enjoyed doing it. And we stayed in touch."Mark Siegel's full IMDb profile reads: Lucy (digital artist)Captain America: The Winter Soldier (digital artist: Industrial Light & Magic)Noah (digital artist: ILM)Star Trek Into Darkness (digital artist: Industrial Light & Magic)Cowboys & Aliens (digital artist: ILM)Transformers: Dark of the Moon (digital models and simulations: Industrial Light & Magic)Rango (digital modeler: ILM)I Am Number Four (digital artist: ILM)Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (digital modeler and simulator: ILM)Evan Almighty (digital artist: ILM)Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (digital modeler: ILM)Eragon (digital artist: ILM)Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (digital modeler: ILM)The Island (digital artist)War of the Worlds (digital artist)Son of the Mask (lead modeler)Van Helsing (digital modeler)Planet of the Apes (model maker: ILM)A.I. Artificial Intelligence (model maker: ILM)Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (concept sculptor)Space Cowboys (model maker)Galaxy Quest (model maker: ILM)Men in Black (model maker: saucer crash miniature and blue screen unit)DragonHeart (creature maker) / (puppeteer)The Meteor Man (action property performer)Fire in the Sky (sculptor)Memoirs of an Invisible Man (action property performer)Death Becomes Her (model maker: ILM)Naked Lunch (creature maker)Back to the Future Part III (model maker)Joe Versus the Volcano (chief model maker)Back to the Future Part II (model maker: ILM)Look Who's Talking (project supervisor: San Francisco, Magic Vista Studios, Inc.)Ghostbusters II (sculptor: ILM)The Blob (creature maker) / (puppeteer)Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (creature maker) / (puppeteer)Big Trouble in Little China (creature maker) / (puppeteer)Poltergeist II: The Other Side (creature crew: Boss Film Corporation)The Goonies (creature maker - uncredited) / (puppeteer - uncredited)Dune (creature maker - uncredited) / (puppeteer - uncredited)Ghostbusters (creature maker - uncredited) / (puppeteer - uncredited)Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (model and creature maker: ILM - special version)Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (model and creature maker: ILM - 1997 special version)Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

HOSTS:KurtSteveTaylor Tremble is a unique horror movie podcast that explores the different sub-genres of horror to find the best that horror has to offer. On this episode, the crew dives into Poltergeist II: The Other Side. You can send emails to us at mailbag@threeangrynerds.com. Do it, we love your emails. You can also join us... Read More

HOSTS:KurtSteveTaylor Tremble is a unique horror movie podcast that explores the different sub-genres of horror to find the best that horror has to offer. On this episode, the crew dives into Poltergeist II: The Other Side. You can send emails to us at mailbag@threeangrynerds.com. Do it, we love your emails. You can also join us... Read More

Richard Edlund is a four-time Academy Award visual effects winner for Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. He is VFX Supervisor, Producer and Cinematographer. Richard was also nominated for Poltergeist, 2010, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Die Hard and Alien 3. He's won three Academy Technical Awards, the British Academy Award for Poltergeist and Return of the Jedi. He earned an Emmy for creating the visual effects for the original television miniseries Battlestar Galactica and another nomination for Mike Nichols' Angels in America. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with their John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation in recognition of his contributions to the Academy. And the ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) presented him with their esteemed Presidents Award in 2008. He has also received top accolades from the Visual Effects Society, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, and numerous other organizations. In 1975, Richard was one of the first visual effects artists to join fellow VFX enthusiast, John Dykstra for a startup he called Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). This team of filmmakers began their work on a movie called Star Wars. When the new technology and Star Wars franchise clicked, Richard moved to Marin County to supervise visual effects for the next two episodes of Star Wars, as well as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist.  In 1984, he took over the equipment amassed by Doug Trumbull's Entertainment Effects Group and retooled the 65mm visual effects company, renaming it Boss Film Studios. Boss Films became a star in the visual effects world, when company simultaneously produced the comedic visual effects for Ghostbusters, created a hybrid technology integrating NASA's digital images of Jupiter into a key sequence in 2010. Boss's pioneering VFX technology went on to create stunning imagery for over 40 features, including Die Hard, Ghost, Poltergeist 2, Alien3, Species, Multiplicity, Air Force One. Masters of the Universe, Cliffhanger, Batman Returns, The Last Action Hero, Waterworld, Heat, Starship Troopers and a slew of other high profile projects, including pioneering Bud Light Superbowl spots. The company achieved ten Academy Award nominations over a fourteen-year period. Richard is a twenty-two year Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, founding member of the AMPAS visual effects branch and is chair of the Branch Executive Committee, also chairman of the Academy's Science and Technology Council. He also serves as a board member of the VES and on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Cinematographers.  Richard is a frequent lecturer at industry organizations and universities across the world including USC and Chapman film schools. His 1977 Oscar for Star Wars is currently on display at the newly opened Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. In this Episode, legendary Oscar-winning VFX Supervisor, Producer and Cinematographer Richard Edlund talks about his work on some of the most influential films and their groundbreaking VFX sequences: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ghostbusters and Die Hard. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/335/.

Richard Edlund is a four-time Academy Award visual effects winner for Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. He is VFX Supervisor, Producer and Cinematographer. Richard was also nominated for Poltergeist, 2010, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Die Hard and Alien 3. He's won three Academy Technical Awards, the British Academy Award for Poltergeist and Return of the Jedi. He earned an Emmy for creating the visual effects for the original television miniseries Battlestar Galactica and another nomination for Mike Nichols' Angels in America. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with their John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation in recognition of his contributions to the Academy. And the ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) presented him with their esteemed Presidents Award in 2008. He has also received top accolades from the Visual Effects Society, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, and numerous other organizations. In 1975, Richard was one of the first visual effects artists to join fellow VFX enthusiast, John Dykstra for a startup he called Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). This team of filmmakers began their work on a movie called Star Wars. When the new technology and Star Wars franchise clicked, Richard moved to Marin County to supervise visual effects for the next two episodes of Star Wars, as well as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist.  In 1984, he took over the equipment amassed by Doug Trumbull's Entertainment Effects Group and retooled the 65mm visual effects company, renaming it Boss Film Studios. Boss Films became a star in the visual effects world, when company simultaneously produced the comedic visual effects for Ghostbusters, created a hybrid technology integrating NASA's digital images of Jupiter into a key sequence in 2010. Boss's pioneering VFX technology went on to create stunning imagery for over 40 features, including Die Hard, Ghost, Poltergeist 2, Alien3, Species, Multiplicity, Air Force One. Masters of the Universe, Cliffhanger, Batman Returns, The Last Action Hero, Waterworld, Heat, Starship Troopers and a slew of other high profile projects, including pioneering Bud Light Superbowl spots. The company achieved ten Academy Award nominations over a fourteen-year period. Richard is a twenty-two year Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, founding member of the AMPAS visual effects branch and is chair of the Branch Executive Committee, also chairman of the Academy's Science and Technology Council. He also serves as a board member of the VES and on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Cinematographers.  Richard is a frequent lecturer at industry organizations and universities across the world including USC and Chapman film schools. His 1977 Oscar for Star Wars is currently on display at the newly opened Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. In this Episode, legendary Oscar-winning VFX Supervisor, Producer and Cinematographer Richard Edlund talks about being one of the first artists to join ILM -- to work on the 1977 film Star Wars -- his work on Return of the Jedi and Ghostbusters, as well as gives some insight on being a pioneer in the visual effects industry. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/329/.

 In a world, where the midnight train podcast is at the top of the podcast game, one thing has the power to destroy everything they have worked for. This week their world will come crumbling down as everything they've achieved will be tested and possibly destroyed due to the madness that is (dun dun duuuuuuuunnnnn) cursed Movies!!! Tonight on the midnight train we are combining two of our favorite things…. This podcast and lots and lots of beer…YEAH! Oh wait, we do that every week… Oh, that's right, it's this podcast and….moooovies!! But… In true midnight train fashion, we can't just talk about movies…. We're gonna talk about cursed movies!!! That's right we are going to look at movies that for one reason or another have led to tragedy during and after the movies were made! Everything is on the table from health issues like cancer, accidental deaths while filming, people going crazy after filming, and just about everything else you can think of. Should be a fun and creepy ride discussing all these movies with you passengers and, in case you're wondering, yes we're still going to have a movies list at the end.    Ok so let's get into this and see what we have as far as cursed movies!   We're gonna start it with a big one since we just covered the subject matter of the film! The first cursed movie on our list is the exorcist. The filming of THE EXORCIST was done over nine months. The main set, a reproduction of the Georgetown home, was built in a warehouse in New York. During the filming, several curious incidents and accidents took place on the set and plagued those involved with the production. In addition, the budget of the film rose from $5 million to more than twice that amount. Obviously, any film production that lasts for more than a month or so will see its share of accidents and mishaps, but THE EXORCIST seems to have been particularly affected by unforeseeable calamities. Coincidence? Perhaps, but it left the cast and crew rightfully shaken.    The first incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. one Sunday morning when a fire broke out on the set. There was only one security guard at the Ceco 54th Street Studios when the McNeil house set caught fire and burned. The fire was the result of a bad electrical circuit, but it shut down filming for six weeks while the set was reconstructed from scratch. Ironically, as soon as the new set was ready, the sprinkler system broke down, causing an additional two-week delay.    Few of the actors in the film escaped personal troubles during the shoot. Just as Max Von Sydow (who played Father Merrin) touched down in New York to film his first scenes, he received a phone call saying that his brother died unexpectedly in Sweden. Von Sydow himself later became very ill during the filming. Irish actor Jack MacGowran (who played Burke Dennings) died only one week after his character was killed by the demon in the movie. Jason Miller (who played Father Karras) was stunned when his young son, Jordan, was struck down on an empty beach by a motorcyclist who appeared out of nowhere. The boy ALMOST died. THAT'S GOOD NEWS! Ellen Burstyn (who played Chris McNeill) wrenched her back badly during one scene when she was slapped by the possessed girl. The stunt went badly awry and she was laid up in bed for several weeks afterward, causing more delays in the filming. They had a rig attached to her where a guy offscreen would pull a rope that was tied to her to get that “smacked hard as shit and launched across the room” look the director wanted. Apparently, the director didn't like the first take or two and told the guy with the rope to yoke the living piss out of her. He got his shot. She screwed up her back.    In New York, one of the carpenters accidentally cut off his thumb on the set and one of the lighting technicians lost a toe. This was all over the news at the time due to the mixup at the hospital where they put the wrong appendages on the wrong patients. Yep, they switched the toe for the thumb. And if you believed that, well… I'm not sorry even a little bit. Anyway, The exorcist's location trip to Iraq was delayed from the spring, which is relatively cool, to July, the hottest part of the summer, when the temperature rose to 130 degrees and higher. Out of the eighteen-man crew that was sent there, Friedkin lost the services of nine of them, at one time or another, due to dysentery (which is super shitty) or sunstroke. To make matters worse, the bronze statue of the neo-Assyrian winged demon Pazazu, which was packed in a ten-foot crate, got lost in an air shipment from Los Angeles and ended up in Hong Kong, which caused another two-week delay.    "I don't know if it was a jinx, really," actress Ellen Burstyn later said. "But there were some really strange goings-on during the making of the film. We were dealing with some really heavy material and you don't fool around with that kind of material without it manifesting in some way. There were many deaths in the film. Linda's grandfather died, the assistant cameraman's wife had a baby that died, the man who refrigerated the set died, the janitor who took care of the building was shot and killed … I think overall there were nine deaths during the course of the film, which is an incredible amount… it was scary." Unholy shit, batman!   Things got so bad that William Friedkin took some drastic measures. Father Thomas Bermingham, S.J., from the Jesuit community at Fordham University, had been hired as a technical advisor for the film, along with Father John Nicola, who, while not a Jesuit, had been taught by Jesuit theologians at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. Friedkin came to Bermingham and asked him to exorcise the set. The priest was unable to perform an actual exorcism, but he did give a solemn blessing in a ceremony that was attended by everyone then on the set, from Max Von Sydow to the technicians and grips. "Nothing else happened on the set after the blessing,” Bermingham stated, "but around that time, there was a fire in the Jesuit residence set in Georgetown." And while nothing else tragic occurred on the set, strange events and odd coincidences were reported during the post-production work on the film. "There were strange images and visions that showed up on film that were never planned," Friedkin later claimed. "There are double exposures in the little girl's face at the end of one reel that are unbelievable."   As we talked about in previous episodes, The film opened on December 26, 1973, to massive crowds. Within weeks of the first public screenings of the film, stories started to make the rounds that audience members were fainting and vomiting in the theaters. There were also reports of disturbing nightmares and reportedly, several theater ushers had to be placed under a doctor's care, or quit their jobs, after experiencing successive showings of the movie. In numerous cities that were checked after THE EXORCIST had run for several weeks, reporters found that every major hospital had been forced to deal with patients who reported, after seeing the film, severe cases of vomiting and hallucinations. There were also reports of people being carried out of theaters in stretchers. What do you think, passengers? Mere publicity stunts, or was this the real thing?    The info for this cursed movie came from a great article on americanhauntingsink.com check them out!   Next up we're gonna dive into a sweet little movie about a tree, a child's toy, and REAL SKELETONS IN THE SWIMMING POOL! Yep, you guessed it, poltergeist! The curse of Poltergeist spawned many theories about why the movie and its sequels were cursed with so much tragedy, with one suggesting the use of real-life human bones in the original film caused the hauntings.   Actress JoBeth Williams - who played the mother, Diane Freeling - is seen dropping into a pool of skeletons in one spooky scene and she later reveals the bones were real. She told TVLand: "In my innocence and naiveté, I assumed that these were not real skeletons.   "I assumed that they were prop skeletons made out of plastic or rubber . . . I found out, as did the crew, that they were using real skeletons, because it's far too expensive to make fake skeletons out of rubber."   Just four months after the film's release, tragedy struck with actress Dominique Dunne, who played the family's eldest daughter Dana, who became the victim of a grisly murder. On the day before Halloween in 1982, the actress, 22, was strangled by her ex-boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney outside their home in West Hollywood. She survived the attack but was left in a coma. She never regained consciousness and died five days later. Sweeney was later convicted of voluntary manslaughter and spent three and half years of a six-year sentence behind bars for the killing. He changed his name to John Maura so if you want to let him know what a twat he is, I mean… we can't stop you.   In the years after the film's release movie bosses plowed ahead with plans for a sequel and Poltergeist II: The Other Side hit cinemas in 1986. Among the cast was Will Sampson, best known for playing Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opposite Jack Nicholson. The actor - cast as shaman Taylor in the movie - was concerned about the use of real skeletons in the first film and offered to perform a real-life exorcism. He's believed to have conducted the ceremony alone and in the middle of the night, but the cast reportedly felt relieved afterward. However, less than a year after the film's release - the curse had claimed another victim. Sampson had long-term health problems as he suffered from a degenerative condition called scleroderma, which affected his heart and lungs. He underwent a heart and lung transplant in the summer of 1987 but died of post-operative kidney failure on June 3.    Ok, this one is sad and you've probably heard of it. The most famous victim of the Poltergeist curse was Heather O'Rourke. She appeared as Carol Anne in the first two films as well as the third installment, Poltergeist III, which hit cinemas in 1988. She died just four months before the movie's release at only 12 years of age. In January 1988, Heather fell ill with what appeared to be flu-like symptoms. She collapsed at home the following day and was rushed to the hospital. She suffered a cardiac arrest but doctors were able to revive her and they diagnosed her with intestinal stenosis - a partial obstruction of the intestine. She underwent surgery, but went into cardiac arrest again in recovery and doctors were unable to save her. She passed away in February 1988, just weeks after her 12th birthday, and it was later reported she died from congenital stenosis and septic shock. Absolutely heartbreaking.   Character actor Lou Perryman became the second cast member to fall victim to murder. He played Pugsley in the original movie and suffered a brutal end in 1992 when he was hacked to death with an ax aged 67. A convict recently released from prison, Seth Christopher Tatum, confessed he had killed Perryman at his home after coming off his medication and going on a drinking binge. Tatum pleaded guilty to his murder in 2011 and was sentenced to life in prison.   Actor Richard Lawson played one of the parapsychologists, Ryan, in the original film (not the guy who ate the chicken with the maggots… you're welcome) and he came close to becoming another victim of the curse in 1992. He was involved in a terrifying plane crash in 1992 when the USAir Flight 405 crashed into New York City's Flushing Bay on route to guess where? Cleveland friggin Ohio. The crash claimed the lives of 27 of the 51 passengers, but Lawson was among the survivors. He put his lucky escape down to a last-minute seat change that saved his life. Lawson went on to be part of showbiz royalty when he married Beyonce's mother, Tina Knowles in 2015.   Info for this movie was taken from mirror.co.uk.    Next up how about… Hmm…. Oh, I know… The omen! The 2976 version of course. Obviously, Moody is a time traveler and saw the upcoming remake, 955 friggin years in the future! No! It was 1976! Of all the world's cursed film productions, The Omen is considered to have one of the worst movie curses of all time. The 1976 film tells the story of a man who accidentally adopts Damien the Antichrist as his son and the movie remains one of horror's most successful franchises. But what was so odious about the set that led producers to believe the devil was punishing them for making the movie? Is The Omen really cursed? The Omen film set haunting includes death, injury, and lots of lightning bolts: after all, the creator himself warned the cast and crew that Satan wasn't going to like what they were doing. Here's what happened behind the scenes of The Omen movie and why, despite its several sequels and a 2006 remake, it remains one of history's movies that indeed may have angered Satan himself!   In June 1975, Gregory Peck's son, Jonathan Peck, killed himself with a bullet to the head, two months before filming was to start. Several strange events then surrounded the production.   For protection on the set of "The Omen," Bernhard wore a Coptic cross. In an interview, Bernhard spoke about the production's eerie events, which included the death of an animal trainer.   Precisely one day after they shot the sequence involving the baboons at the animal center, Bernhard said that a tiger seized the animal trainer by the head, causing his death immediately. Whhhaat the fuuuuuck?   One of the most haunting stories surrounding The Omen didn't happen during the shoot, but during the production of the World War II epic A Bridge Too Far. John Richardson, who did special effects on The Omen, was involved in a head-on collision that beheaded his girlfriend, eerily mirroring the decapitation scene with David Warner. Supposedly, after the crash, Richardson saw a street sign that said, "Ommen, 66.6 km." This accident occurred after The Omen had wrapped production, but many of course linked it to the evil aura of the film.   Several planes were also set ablaze, including the plane carrying Peck and screenwriter David Seltzer. Meanwhile, Bernhard said they had to land in Nova Scotia after flying back from England. He added:   "We had the film on board... Dick [Donner] and I were very, very nervous." IRA bombs ripped through a hotel, in which executive producer Mace Neufeld and his wife stayed, and another in which prominent executives and stars, including Peck, were to have dinner.   Once word got back to Fox about all the terrible incidents that plagued production, the studio saw it as a great way to drum up a ton of publicity and add to the film's ominous aura. They also put a great tagline into the film's ad campaign:                        You have been warned. If something frightening happens to you today, think about it. It may be The Omen.   As Donner recalled in The Omen: Curse or Coincidence, "If we had been making a comedy, you would have recalled all the funny, great, ridiculous, silly moments that happened in that film. if you were doing a love story, you'd remember all the times somebody left their wife, fell in love... You're doing The Omen, anything that happens on that film, you don't tell about the jokes, you don't talk about the love stories, you don't even think about them. You think about things that coincidentally could have been something to do with The Omen. We had lots of them."   Creepy stuff right there my friends.   Next up we have one of my personal all-time favorites, the crow! The Crow began filming in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1993. Cursed Films revealed that before production got underway, a mysterious caller left a voicemail message warning the crew not to shoot the movie because bad things would happen. Eerily, two on-set electricians were involved in an accident in which their truck hit a live wire. One of the men experienced second and third-degree burns and lost both ears.   Disaster also struck the entire production when a hurricane destroyed the movie set. That is when the “curse of The Crow” rumors began circulating in Hollywood. The star of The Crow, Brandon Lee, was the son of martial arts legend, Bruce Lee. The elder Lee died during the production of his final film. Some fans speculated that the Chinese mafia had placed a hit on the actor for betraying martial arts secrets. Others suspected that he had been struck by an insidious death blow at an earlier time.   The most popular theory about The Dragon's death is that he was a victim of the Lee Family Curse. His older brother had died, and Lee's parents believed there was a demon targeting the males in the Lee family.   Like his father, Brandon Lee died before he finished filming The Crow. In a fluke accident, the performer was shot while completing an action sequence, as described in Cursed Films. The crew used what are called ‘dummy rounds,' for the scene, but there was something in the barrel of the gun that acted as a lethal projectile, killing Lee.    To complete the final photography for The Crow, the man who had been working as Lee's stunt double wore a mask in his image.   Crazy stuff!   How about some of our patented quick hitters!    The Conqueror" is a whitewashed 1956 film with John Wayne as Genghis Khan. The film was shot at a location downwind from a nuclear testing site, causing dozens of crew members to eventually die of cancer. so maybe not so much a curse as a poor choice of locations.   Apocalypse Now"   The horror! Francis Ford Coppola was tempting fate when he decided to film "Apocalypse Now" during monsoon season. Big mistake. The monsoon destroyed multiple sets, Martin Sheen suffered a heart attack during filming, and Coppola was so stressed that he suffered a seizure, according to The Independent. "Apocalypse Now" (1979) turned out to be a masterpiece anyway, but the documentary "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" about its making is just as engrossing.    "Fitzcarraldo"    Dysentery. Injuries. Fights among the crew. Nothing seemed to go right during the filming of 1982's "Fitzcarraldo." The story concerns hauling a boat over a hill, which the crew literally accomplished, but not without the same nightmarish difficulty as is depicted in the film. And in the end, director Werner Herzog looked as mad and overly driven as its hero. Check out the documentary "Burden of Dreams" for more.   The Superman Curse    Comic book movie fans may know about the "Superman Curse," which is said to afflict multiple actors involved in Superman films. Christopher Reeve was paralyzed following a horse accident. And Margot Kidder, who played Lois opposite Reeve, suffered from bipolar disorder, according to TCM. Also, the original Superman, George Reeves, supposedly committed suicide. His death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a controversial subject; the official finding was suicide, but some believe that he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting.   "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"    Bad luck ran amok in Middle Earth during the filming of 2002's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." DVD interviews revealed that multiple actors and stuntmen suffered injuries while shooting the film's elaborate fight sequences. The worst was Viggo Mortensen, who broke his toe and chipped his tooth while filming.   The Exorcism of Emily rose   Dexter star Jennifer Carpenter reported that during the making of The Exorcism of Emily Rose — in which she played a big-screen version of German woman Anneliese Michel, whose poor health and subsequent death was blamed on a failed exorcism — her radio would mysteriously turn on and off. From an interview with Dread Central:   Q: A common question when making a film like this; did anything weird happen during filming?   JC: I thought about that when it happened, and two or three times when I was going to sleep my radio came on by itself. The only time it scared me was once because it was really loud and it was Pearl Jam's “Alive” (laughs). Laura's TV came on a couple of times.   Q: At 3:00 a.m.?   JC: Mine wasn't 3:00 a.m. I was born at 3:00 a.m. but it hasn't happened to me. I did check.   We'll totally do an episode on Analiese one of these days   Psycho Myra Jones (aka Myra Davis) was the uncredited body double/stand-in for Psycho star Janet Leigh during the making of Hitchcock's 1960 film. A handyman named Kenneth Dean Hunt, who was supposedly a Hitchcock “obsessive,” murdered her.   The Conjuring   Real-life ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren, who aided the real-life Amityville Horror case, investigated the haunting of the Perron family home — a farmhouse plagued by generations of death, disaster, and a possessed doll. The case inspired James Wan's supernatural film, which left some audiences in the Philippines with such a fright there were priests available at screenings to bless viewers and provide counseling. On and off-set paranormal incidents — including strange claw marks on star Vera Farmiga's computer, Wan's tormented dog growling at invisible intruders, a strange wind (that apparently put Carolyn Perron in the hospital), and fire — were reported.   The Innkeepers   Filmed at the reportedly haunted hotel the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington, Connecticut, The Innkeepers director Ti West was skeptical about the strange occurrences during the making of his movie. Still, creepy stories from the set became the focus in the press. From an interview with West:   I'm a skeptic so I don't really buy it. But I've definitely seen doors close by themselves; I've seen a TV turn off and on by itself; lights would always burn out in my room. Everyone on the crew has very vivid dreams every night, which is really strange.   The one story that is the most intriguing to me — In the film, the most haunted room is the Honeymoon Suite. That's where the ghost stuff started in the hotel. The only reason I picked the room that I picked to shoot in, was because it was big enough to do a dolly shot. No more thought went into it other than pure technical reasons. So when we're finishing the movie, I find out that the most haunted room in real life is the room I picked to be the haunted room in the movie. It could be a coincidence. It's weird that it happened that way. . . . [Star] Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the room with her. Everyone has stories, but I was too busy saying, “Let's shoot this! We have 17 days!   Atuk"    "Atuk" is a movie so cursed that it never got made. The project, based on a 1963 Mordecai Richler novel about an Eskimo in New York, had four different men attached to play the lead while in development hell through the 1970s and '80s: John Belushi, Sam Kinison, John Candy, and Chris Farley. All four died shortly after entering negotiations to be in the film. Holy shit!    Ok how about twilight zone the movie. The 1983 film 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' directed by John Landis and Steven Spielberg gained publicity pre-release because of the deaths of lead actor Vic Morrow and two child extras during the filming of the helicopter crash scene. The children were illegally hired to play the role in this scene, as Landis would go on to reveal in the subsequent trial. It was also prohibited to make children work after a certain hour in the evening. However, Landis insisted that the scene would have to entail a late-night setting to seem more authentic. This was the last scene in the film. It also included explosions as a helicopter flew over the village while Morrow would run across the street to save the Vietnamese children from the explosion. Testing for the scene sparked concerns when the helicopter seemed to vigorously rock at the explosion but despite this, Landis' need to capture the explosion took priority. He reportedly said, "You think that was big? You ain't seen nothing yet." At the controls of this helicopter was a Vietnam War veteran named Dorcey Wingo, who had just joined the movie business. When the cameras began filming, the pyrotechnic fireball that had been fired as part of the explosion hit the helicopter, engulfing it in flames. The helicopter then crashed into the river where the actors were standing — Morrow, 6-year-old Renee Chen, and 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le. Almost a hundred people were present when the tragedy occurred. The helicopter skidded right onto Renee, crushing her to death and when it toppled over, the main blade sliced through Morrow and Myca.   Rosemary's baby is next up on the list. Over the years, the myth surrounding Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby has only grown in stature. The film is based on the 1967 novel of the same name by American novelist Ira Levin. He came up with the idea for the book in 1965, drawing inspiration from his wife who was pregnant at the time, his New York apartment, and the anxiety of being a parent.   The struggling writer imagined a world where there was no God and the devil was allowed to reign freely. This is evident in the iconic ending where Rosemary finds out that her husband sold her womb to Satan and that her child is the Antichrist. Levin was catapulted into the highest echelons of the literary world due to the success of his novel and a year later, a European auteur who was looking for his own Hollywood break decided to direct the film adaptation of his novel.   However, not everyone was pleased with Levin's attacks on religion. He faced severe backlash from the Catholic Church for his “blasphemy” and his wife left him the year the film was released. He was never the same man again, growing increasingly paranoid over the years. Levin repeatedly had to make public statements denouncing Satanism and told Dick Cavett that he had become “terrified” as he grew older. 30 years after the release of the film, Levin came up with a sequel titled Son of Rosemary but it tanked.   William Castle was the man who first recognized the potential of Levin's work and secured the rights to make a film adaptation. Best known for his work on B-grade horror films, Castle wanted to direct it initially but Paramount Pictures executive Robert Evans agreed to go ahead with the project only if Castle worked as a producer. In April of 1969, Castle was hospitalized because of severe kidney stones. He was already under a lot of stress due to the sheer volume of hate mail he received, a terrible consequence of being attached to Rosemary's Baby. In his autobiography, he claimed that he began to hallucinate scenes from the film during his surgery and even shouted, “Rosemary, for God's sake drop that knife!” Although Castle recovered, he never reached that level of success again.   Producer Robert Evans was not exempt from this alleged curse either. He had risen to the top with major hits like Rosemary's Baby and The Godfather. However, he was convicted of cocaine trafficking in 1980 and got a suspended prison sentence. As a part of his plea bargain, Evans had to make an anti-drug commercial. Three years later, the producer would get caught up in the high-profile murder of Roy Radin which has come to be known as the “Cotton Club murder”. Despite two witnesses testifying that Evans was involved in the case, he was later cleared of the charges. In 1993, he told The New York Times, “I had 10 years of a horrific life, Kafkaesque. There were nights I cried myself to sleep.”   This is arguably the most renowned story that is related to Rosemary's Baby. In autumn of 1968, composer Krzysztof Komeda, who worked on the film, fell off a rocky escarpment while partying and went into a four-month coma. Coincidentally, this affliction is exactly what the witches in Levin's book subject Rosemary's suspicious friend to. Komeda never came out of the coma and died in Poland the following year.   John Lennon was assassinated outside The Dakota in 1980, the famous building where they filmed Rosemary's Baby. Producer Robert Evans claimed that the whole time he was on set at the apartment building he felt a “distinctly eerie feeling”. Lennon was gunned down by alleged “fan” Mark David Chapman who was influenced by Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye and the loneliness of protagonist Holden Caulfield. However, the fleeting association with the film has led fans of the film to link Lennon's assassination with the “curse” of the film. It can be said that the primary reason why the myth of the curse came about was the brutal murder of Polanski's wife, actress Sharon Tate. Polanski even wanted to cast Tate as Rosemary but Evans was adamant about Mia Farrow's involvement. A year after the film's release, Tate and her friends were stabbed to death by followers of cult leader Charles Manson. Tate was eight-and-a-half months pregnant at the time of her demise. The members of the Manson Family delivered around 100 stab wounds to the four victims and wrote “Helter Skelter” on the wall in blood.   After his wife and unborn son were killed, Polanski indulged in substance abuse to cope with things but he ended up exemplifying human depravity. While guest editing the French edition of Vogue in 1977, the director preyed upon a 13-year old girl and persuaded her to participate in multiple photoshoots. During the second shoot at Jack Nicholson's house, he incapacitated the minor with champagne and half a Quaalude before sexually violating her multiple times.   Although he was arrested for the felony and spent 42 days in jail, Polanski became a fugitive and fled to France to avoid facing charges. Since then, he has lived the life of a criminal and has avoided traveling to countries where he can be extradited back to the US.   Ok, let's round things out with the wizard of oz. Despite its commercial success, The Wizard of Oz is seen by some as cursed. There were so many serious accidents onset that those Oscar-nominated special effects almost cost cast members their lives, from the two actors playing winged monkeys crashing to the ground when the wires that hoisted them up in the air broke, to the Wicked Witch of the West's stunt double Betty Danko injuring her left leg when the broomstick exploded.   Buddy Ebsen was originally cast in the role of the Tin Woodman, a.k.a. the Tin Man, but he was essentially poisoned by the makeup, which was made of pure aluminum dust. Nine days after filming started he was hospitalized, sitting under an oxygen tent. When he was not getting better fast enough, the filmmakers hired Jack Haley to be the Tin Man instead. This time, instead of applying the aluminum powder, the makeup artists mixed it into a paste and painted it on him. He did develop an infection in his right eye that needed medical attention, but it ended up being treatable.   Margaret Hamilton — who played the Wicked Witch of the West and was the one tipped who Harmetz off to the turmoil on set more than three decades later for her 1977 book — got burns, and the makeup artists had to rush to remove her copper makeup so that it wouldn't seep through her wounds and become toxic. Unlike Ebsen, she didn't get fired because they could live without her on the set for several more weeks.   An actor playing one of the Wicked Witch of the West's soldiers accidentally jumped on top of Dorothy's Toto, Carl Spitz, the dog trainer on set, told Harmetz. The dog (a female Cairn terrier named Terry) sprained its foot, and Spitz had to get a canine double. Terry did recover and returned to the set a few weeks later.   In a memoir by Judy Garland's third husband, Sid Luft, published posthumously in 2017, he writes that, after bar-hopping in Culver City, the actors who played the munchkins “would make Judy's life miserable by putting their hands under her dress.” Harmetz says it's true that the actors would go drinking near the Culver City hotel where they stayed, but she says their interactions with Garland did not rise to the level of what Luft described. “Nobody on the movie ever saw her or heard of a munchkin assaulting her,” said one worker on the film. Garland did say the drinking was annoying in an interview with talk-show host Jack Paar, but experts on Garland's life say that her rant about being scarred by the rowdy behavior on set may have been a deflection from the real damage she suffered during that time, at the hands of the studio. Garland was only 16 when she made The Wizard of Oz, and her struggles with depression and disordered eating started at an early age and continued for the rest of her life. She claimed that the studio executives gave her uppers and sleeping pills so she could keep up with the demanding pace of show business. She struggled with drug addiction and attempted suicide several times before she died of an accidental overdose on June 22, 1969, at just 47 years old.   The film went through four different producers by the time it was through.   Richard Thorpe, the first director, insisted that Judy Garland wear a blonde wig and thick makeup to depict Dorothy. When Buddy Epsen got sick from his Tin Man makeup and filming shut down for two weeks, the studio fired Thorpe and replaced him with George Cukor of My Fair Lady fame. Cukor encouraged Garland to wear natural makeup and play Dorothy less cartoonish and more natural. Cukor later left the film to work on Gone with the Wind instead and Viktor Fleming took his place. However, Cukor came back a few weeks later after getting fired from Gone With the Wind by Clark Gable (supposedly he was fired when Gable found out he was homosexual).   Director King Vidor was responsible for most of the sepia sequences and also helped Mervyn LeRoy with editing in post-production.   Not only did the public think former kindergarten teacher Margaret Hamilton was really evil following the first airing of The Wizard of Oz — she also suffered physically for the role. Hamilton received second and third-degree burns all over her body when the green copper makeup she was wearing got too hot during the fire scene. Her stunt double spent months in the hospital after a prop broom exploded — they were using a double because Hamilton got injured on an earlier take.   Stage makeup and prosthetics in 1939 were nowhere near what they are today. Ray Bolger's Scarecrow makeup left deeply embedded marks in his skin that didn't disappear for more than a year after the movie wrapped up filming. Luckily, this would never happen today.   How bout that hanging munchkin… Well, sorry folks. That seems to be fake. In a scene where Dorothy, the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), and the Tin Man (Jack Haley) are skipping down the Yellow Brick Road, singing “we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz,” some think the dark, moving figure hanging from a tree in the background is an actor who hanged himself on set. More likely, it's one of the exotic birds that the filmmakers borrowed from the Los Angeles Zoo to create a wilderness setting. The rumor has been circulating since around 1989, the time of the 50th anniversary of the film's release. Alright, there you have it… Cursed movies!!!  Obscure 90s horror movies you need to see   https://www.ranker.com/list/obscure-1990s-horror-movies/christopher-myers

Boo! It's still spooky season over at Prickly Pear Primas, and we have a topic for you! We're diving deep into the Poltergeist franchise. We're talking, legacy, controversy, and curses so get out your EMF detector and let's go! FIlms discussed: Poltergeist (1987), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), and Poltergeist III (1988).CW: death, early deathPodcast Hosted by primas (cousins) Savanah and Rian.Instagram: @pricklypearprimasFacebook: Prickly Pear PrimasEmail: pricklypearprimas@gmail.com (email us for collabs!) Podcasts available through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify!Song: “sailor moon” by jj Animation and Editing Associate - Carina Miranda @poui_ace

They're here! And they're watching “Poltergeist” from the combined minds of Cuddly Uncle Steven and Scary Uncle Tobe. A film that teaches us too much TV is bad for your children; that it was perfectly fine in the 80s to hire a group of creepy sexual predators to build your swimming pool; and that, even if you're actually eaten by a tree, you'll never be the favourite child. Along the way we discuss “Poltergeist II: The Other Side”, “Poltergeist III”, “Society”and Lee rips “Halloween Kills” a new one. Watch (or re-watch) to avoid spoilers, and join us. APOLOGIES FOR ANY SOUND QUALITY ISSUES - THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED REMOTELY VIA THE STATIC IN-BETWEEN TV STATIONS.

Happy Halloweenies, to all our little bunniculas. This week we are having a hauntingly good time with Emmy and Oscar-nominee JoBeth Williams. You Might Know Her From The Big Chill, Kramer vs. Kramer, American Dreamer, Wyatt Earp, Frasier, Stir Crazy, Jungle 2 Jungle, Dexter, Poltergeist, and Poltergeist II: The Other Side. We talked to JoBeth about the Poltergeist films with shocking reveals about the props, Zelda Rubinstein, and the grueling stunts that left her bloody. We also dug into her theatre beginnings with Raúl Juliá at Williamstown, her nude scene in her film debut, Kramer vs. Kramer, stealing from Little Edie in Me, Myself, and I, headlining the ‘80s rom-com American Dreamer on location in Paris, and the incestuous dating history of The Big Chill cast. This one was a true candy cornucopia of tricks and treats. Follow us on social media @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Anne's nephew playing in a local band with 19 and 31 year olds: Lauren Stokes Band Nirvana's cover of the Vaselines' “Molly's Lips”  Saved by the Bell: Zack Attack, Hot Sundae, The Five Aces  Leanna Creel (aka Tori from SBTB) was also in Parent Trap 3 Jojo Siwa dancing to Grease with her dance partner Jenna on Dancing with the Stars Anne Heche (YMKHF Ep #82 ) where she talks about getting voted off DWTS Lori Loughlin's daughter was saved over Mel C?!? We both love Tom Bergeron Anne learned about Jojo Siwa from Lemon's Snatch Game on Drag Race Canada Jojo Siwa's candy mansion Miriam Margoyles is someone we need to get on the show Jobeth did Threepenny Opera, Ah, Wilderness!, and musical Juno and the Paycock! at Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1974 1984's American Dreamer, an underrated classic where Jobeth plays a housewife turned novelist Me, Myself, and I with George Segal  Acted opposite a number of funny men: Gene WIlder, Richard Pryor, Billy Crystal, Alan King Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin is the gold standard Kramer vs Kramer nude scene is so funny 3 weeks of rehearsal The Big Chill Briefly dated Kevin Kline prior to The Big Chill (who also dated Patti Lupone and Glenn Close) Larry Kasdan wrote Karen for Jobeth Worked with Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp Diane Freeling in the classic Poltergeist Julian Beck was old man in Poltergeist II. He co-founded The Living Theatre Zelda Rubinstein had TALL boyfriends Sam Rockwell called Jobeth before starting on the Poltergeist reboot  On Hope, was a short film Jobeth directed (written by Lynn Mamet) and got nominated for an Oscar (with Veronica Cartwright, Annette O'Toole, Mercedes Ruehl Was SAG Foundation President and is involved in crafting the SAG Awards  Stop or My Mom Will Shoot opposite Sly Stallone and Estelle Getty Killed Craig T Nelson, Fucked TIm Allen, married Ed O Neill Turned down The Natural and Murphy Brown Didn't get Fatal Attraction (director saw her as the wife role that eventually went to Anne Archer, a scientologist) Jobeth's husband is a director, John Pasquin  Sidney Poitier directed her on Stir Crazy and Richard Pryor was struggling with drugs at the time Gloria Vane was an extravagant, expensive sitcom set in the 30s where Jobeth played a spoiled movie star Starred in the Blake Edwards movie, Switch is a wild ride where she kills a man who comes back from the dead as a woman (Ellen Barkin). She gets seduced by Lorraine Bracco Does play a lesbian with Penelope Ann Miller in Little City (1999) Anne Archer is Tommy Davis who is a henchman for Scientology (sadly not David Miscavige) WHERE IS SHELLY MISCAVIGE

The guys are wrapping up SEQUEL SEPTEMBER II: THE RESURRECTION, by discussing 1986's POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE. Andy and Bryan gushed about the original POLTERGEIST several episodes back, and had some interesting things to say about the sequel. All episodes & platforms, Patreon, Merch store, and Socials: https://linktr.ee/deadinscpodcast Contact us via email at: deadinsc@gmail.com Part of the Slash 'n Cast Podcast Network: https://www.slashncast.network/ Slash 'n Cast Twitter: https://twitter.com/sncnetwork Logo designed by Lunchbauks: https://twitter.com/thelunchbauks Intro created by David Rice featuring Roger L. Jackson Intro music courtesy of RED LINE CHEMISTRY, used with their consent. Find their music on Spotify, iTunes, and Amazon!

For every Star Wars, there's a hundred middling films and outright flops. Plus, hear about movie so unlucky, they may actually have been cursed, in a sample of the Your Brain On Facts audiobook. Read the full script.   Support the show. It's been quite a while since we got a review for the YBOF book.  Can you take a sec and let us know what you thought? Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email.  Music by David Fesliyan and Kevin McLeod   Making a movie is a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive propositions.  While some projects come together naturally, others seem to have tragedy, misfortune, and just plain bad luck heaped upon them.  Horror films are fertile ground for apparent curses and it a movie would be hard-pressed to seem more cursed than 1976's The Omen, the tale of an American diplomat who adopts a baby boy, ostensibly the Antichrist, and people around him begin dying.  Even Robert Munger, who came up with the concept for the film, began to feel uneasy during pre-production, telling producer Harvey Bernhard, “The devil's greatest single weapon is to be invisible, and you're going to take off his cloak of invisibility to millions of people.”  Releasing the movie on June 6, 1976, or as close as they could get to 666, probably did not help matters.   Gregory Peck has only recently agreed to take the role of the ambassador when his son shot and killed himself, leaving no suicide note.   Undeterred, or perhaps therapeutically focusing on his work, Peck flew to England to begin filming.  While flying through a storm over the Atlantic, Peck's plane was struck by lightning, causing an engine to catch fire and nearly causing them to crash into the ocean.  The film's other producer, Mace Neufeld, also had his plane struck by lightning.  Even after those long odds, that was not the end of their aerial adversity.  One of the first shots planned for the film was an aerial shot of London, to be shot from a rented plane. At the last minute, the rental company instead gave the original plane to a group of Japanese businessmen.  The curse did not seem to get that update, because that plane crashed, killing everyone on board.   One scene called for Peck to be attacked by “devil dogs,” in the form of a pack of Rottweilers.  The dogs were supposed to attack a heavily padded stuntman.  For reasons unknown, the dogs began to attack the stuntman in earnest, biting through the padding and ignoring their trainer's orders to stop.  Another animal-based scene saw the big cat wrangler mauled to death by a tiger.   As if being in a plane struck by lightning was not harrowing enough, the Hilton hotel Neufeld was staying at exploded.  Luckily, Neufeld was not there at the time.  Not to be deterred, the curse turned its sights to the restaurant were the producers and other film executives were going and it blew up, too.  Neufeld missed the explosion by minutes.  The actual perpetrator would turn out to be the Irish Republican Army and it was only Neufeld's dodgy luck that he was meant to be in both places.   Special effects consultant John Richardson created The Omen's unforgettable death scenes, including one in which a man is beheaded by a sheet of glass sailing off the top of a car.  Two weeks before the film was released, Richardson and his assistant, Liz Moore, were involved in a head-on collision.  Moore was killed, cut in half by the other vehicle's wheel.  Richardson opened his eyes after the collision a kilometer marker reading “Ommen 6,66,”  The closest town was Ommen, Netherlands, and the accident happened at kilometer 66.6.    The highest-grossing horror movie of all time (when adjusted for inflation) and the only horror movie to ever be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture is 1973's The Exorcist.  In it, a young girl named Reagan, played by Linda Blair, is possessed by a demon and forced to commit horrible acts as two priests fight to save her.  The trouble started before filming even began, when the set caught fire, destroying everything except Regan's room.  The malefactor had talons, and black, beady eyes, and was a harbinger of disease--a pigeon had somehow gotten into a circuit box, which caused a short that caused the fire.  Reverend Thomas Bermingham, the technical advisor, was asked to exorcise the set, but he refused.   Both Blair and Ellen Burstyn, who played her mother, were badly injured during the shoot.  One scene has the demon violently throwing Reagan around on her bed.  The rig to do this broke during one take, injuring Blair's back.  Another scene called for the demon to throw Burstyn across the room and into a wall, which the crew achieved with a wire rig.  Director William Friedkin was unhappy with the first take and told the crewman operating the rig to use more force.  He did not warn Burstyn.  Her cry of alarm and pain in the film is genuine.  Colliding with the wall at speed injured her lower spine, leaving her in permanent pain.     They were comparatively lucky.  Actors Jack MacGowran and Vasiliki Maliaros, whose characters die in the movie, both died while it was in post-production.  At least four other people, including a night watchmen, died during filming.  Max Von Sydow's brother died on Sydow's first day on set.  Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who provided the voice of the demon Pazuzu, had to face her son murdering his wife and children before committing suicide.   Many believed that the physical copies of the film were cursed and that showing it was an open invitation to evil.  A church across the street from an Italian theater was struck by lightning during a showing.  One movie-goer was so frightened they passed out in the theater and broke their jaw falling into the seat in front of them.  They sued the filmmakers, claiming that subliminal messages in the film had caused them to faint.  Warner Brothers settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.  Not everything bad can be blamed on demons, though.  Regular old people sent thirteen year old Blair so many death threats that the studio had to provide her with bodyguards for six months after the movie came out.   Speaking of demonic possession, the 2012 movie The Possession centers on a young girl who falls under the control of a malevolent spirit that lives inside a cursed antique box. The story is based on an account of an allegedly haunted dybbuk box.  Even though director Sam Raimi would not let the dybbuk box's owner bring it anywhere near the set, strange and frightening things happened on set.  Lights exploded directly over people's heads, strange smells and cold air blew in from nowhere, and immediately after filming wrapped, all of the props were destroyed in a fire for which the first department could not determine the cause. Sometimes a movie's bad karma takes time to manifest and the misfortunes only crop up after the film had been released.   Horror classic Rosemary's Baby, released in the summer of 1968, was based on the premise that God is dead, but the Devil is alive and returning to earth with the aid of a cult.  The film's composer, 37 year old Krzysztof Komeda, fell off a rock ledge at a party that fall.  He lingered in a coma for four months before finally dying.  His death was quite similar to the way the witches rid themselves of a suspicious friend of the titular Rosemary.  The producer, William Castle, already suffering considerable stress from the amount of hate mail he had received about the film, was incapacitated with severe kidney stones.  While delirious in the hospital, he cried out, “Rosemary, for God's sake, drop the knife!”  Castle recovered his health, but never made a successful movie again.  Director Roman Polanski suffered no physical harm after the film.  The same could not be said for his heavily-pregnant wife, Sharon Tate.  She and four friends were brutally murdered by members of the cult known as the Manson Family, while Rosemary's Baby was still in theaters.  In his autobiography, Polanksi recalled he had had a “grotesque thought” the last time he saw his wife: “You will never see her again.” Conspiracy theorists and other non-traditional thinkers believe these events were set in motion by an elaborate Satanic plot, at the behest of the Beatles. Their White Album was written at an Indian meditation retreat, which the movie's star, Mia Farrow, attended.  The song title Helter Skelter was written in blood on a wall at the Tate murder, albeit misspelled.  A decade later, John Lennon was shot and killed across the street from the Dakota, where Rosemary's Baby had been filmed. 1982's Poltergeist tells the story of a family that is tormented by vengeful spirits because their new house was built over a graveyard with the bodies left in the ground.  When it came time for the prop department to source skeletons for the infamous scene with JoBeth Williams in the muddy pool, contrary to what one might expect, it was actually cheaper to buy real human skeletons than realistic plastic ones.  (They only told Williams about that afterwards.)  In a case of ‘life imitating art,' specifically with regards to disrespectful treatment of dead bodies, the cast seemed to be plagued by bad fortune.  The curse extended not only the original film, but to its sequels as well.  Shortly after Poltergeist was released, Dominique Dunne, who played the older sister, was strangled to death by her abusive ex-boyfriend, ending her career before it began. Heather O'Rourke, the adorable blonde girl who uttered the iconic line “They're heeere,” died during bowel obstruction surgery after suffering cardiac arrest and septic shock due to being misdiagnosed by her doctor.  She was only twelve years old.  Julian Beck of Poltergeist II: The Other Side died of stomach cancer before the film was released.  Will Sampson, also known for playing Chief in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, died the following year from complications of a heart-lung transplant.     Bonus fact: Some fans claim Poltergeist foretold O'Rourke's death.  There was a poster in the 1982 movie for Super Bowl XXII in 1988.  Heather O'Rourke was hospitalized the day of Super Bowl XXII and died the following day.  The game was played in San Diego, the city in which O'Rourke passed away.   Choosing the right location to shoot a film is a pivotal decision.  You have to take into account things like lighting conditions, availability of utilities, and proximity to noisy things such as airports.  What you should not have to consider is the radiation level, but you should not ignore it either.  The producers of the film 1956 movie The Conqueror chose an area of Utah desert a hundred miles away from the Nevada Test Site.  (They also chose to cast John Wayne as Genghis Khan.)   Throughout the 1950's, approximately 100 nuclear bombs of varying intensities were detonated at the Nevada Test Site.  The mushroom clouds could reach tens of thousands of feet high; desert winds would carry radioactive particles all the way to Utah.  The area in which The Conqueror filmed was likely blanketed in this dust.   The Conqueror, co-starring Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and Pedro Armendáriz, was a moderate box office success, but a critical failure and soon found itself on ‘worst films of all time' lists.  The true legacy of the film had yet to be revealed.  Of the 220 people who worked on the production, 92 developed some form of cancer, with 46 dying of it, including Wayne, Hayward, Moorehead, and Armendáriz.  The director, Dick Powell, died of lymphoma in 1963.  Wayne developed lung cancer and then the stomach cancer that would ultimately kill him in 1979.  Wayne would remain convinced that his chain-smoking was to blame for the cancers, even as friends tried to convince him it was from exposure to radiation.  Wayne's sons, who visited the set during filming and actually played with Geiger counters among the contaminated rocks, both developed tumors.  Susan Hayward died from brain cancer in 1975 at 57.   The authorities in 1954 had declared the area to be safe from radioactive fallout, even though abnormal levels of radiation were detected.  However, modern research has shown that the soil in some areas near the filming site would have remained radioactive for sixty years.  Howard Hughes, producer of The Conqueror, came to realize in the early 1970's that people who have been involved with the production were dying.   As the person who approved the filming location, Hughes felt culpable and paid $12 million to buy all existing copies of the film.  Though the link between the location and the cancers that cannot be definitely proven, experts argue that the preponderance of cases goes beyond mere coincidence.   MIDROLL   My grandmother had a lovely cross-stitched sampler above her fireplace with a quote that I really took to heart and have carried with me through my life, “Everything happens for a reason.  Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions.”  … I wish my grandma had a sense of humor like that.  Every movie that fails does so for a reason.  Several, usually, a veritable swarm of failure bees, ready to sting the audience right in the brain and the studio right in its wallet.  And sometimes, that sting is fatal.  For the studio, I mean.  I don't know of any cases where someone died because the movie they were watching was so bad it killed them.  At least that gives Tommy Wiseau something to reach for.   Like we saw with the banking crisis, there is no such thing as ‘too big to fail' in Hollywood, either.  Take Eddie Murphy, for example.  He was already established for his roles in 48 Hrs and Trading places before 1984's Beverly Hills Cop.  [sfx axel f]  I'll risk the copyright strike, I don't care.  If Hollywood were a lady, she was throwing her panties at Murphy until around, let's call it 1995's Vampire in Brooklyn.  Since then, for every Shrek, there are three Norberts, or one Pluto Nash.  Did you see this fart bomb of a movie when it came out in 2002?  Yeah, neither did anyone else.  His first foray into live-action family comedies stank like a pair of armored trousers after the Hundred Years war.  The sci-fi comedy (and we use the term loosely) didn't receive one breath of praise, with everyone lambasting the script, humour, acting and visual effects.  And they dragged poor Rasario Dawson into it.  Its 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes says it all, though the audience gave it 19%.  One of the biggest box-office flops ever, the movie had a $100 million production budget but earned only $7.1 million at theaters worldwide, meaning it lost a whopping $92.9 million.   Sometimes the likely cause for a movie's failure is staring us all right in the face, but it feels like no one talked about, even though we *alllll talked about it, the casting of Johnny Depp in the ‘are you sure there's nothing else in the bottom of this barrel' elephant in the room, 2013's The Lone Ranger.  Depp was joined by fellow Pirates of the Caribbean alums Gore Verbinski, Jerry Bruckheimer and the House of Mouse must have felt confident this wonder trio could bring home the gold.  Yeah, no.  The production ran into trouble, costs escalated and the whole thing was nearly shut down before it was completed.  When it finally hit cinema screens, The Lone Ranger was slammed by critics and shunned by audiences. [sfx it stinks]  But it did still manage to garner two Oscar nominations, for 'Visual Effects' and 'Makeup and Hairstyling.'  Must have been a light year.  The Lone Ranger lost almost Pluto Nash's production budget, being in the red by $98 million.   If you look at film losses as the ratio of budget to loss, you've got to tip your hat to  2016's Monster Trucks.  Paramount hoped to launch a franchise, because there is literally no other way to run a movie studio, but kids can be as fickle with their entertainment options as they are with the sides on their dinner plate.  The $125m CGI romp's opening barely scraped over $10 million at the box office, meaning a loss of $115 million.  If it needed to be said, this section is about films with wide releases and big ad budgets.  Projects from smaller producers have a riskier time with it.  When my (GRRM doc, five tickets at Byrd).   If you look up the lowest-grossing film of all time, you'll find a film that was mentioned in the scam health retreat episode To Your Health (Spa) (ep. 101), but it happened on purpose, from a certain point of view.  2006's Zyzzyx Road was shown once a day, at noon, for six days at Highland Park Village Theater in Dallas, Texas, in a movie theater rented by the producers for $1,000.  The filmmakers wanted a limited release.  They didn't want to release the film domestically until it underwent foreign distribution, buuut they had to do the domestic release to fulfill the U.S. release obligation required by the Screen Actors Guild for low-budget films.  Low-budget is actually quantified as those with budgets less than $2.5 million that are not meant to be direct-to-video.  That strategy made Zyzzyx Road the lowest-grossing film in history; officially, it earned a whopping box office tally of $30, from six patrons.  Unofficially, its opening weekend netted $20, after the leading man refunded two tickets to the movie's makeup artist and the friend she brought. Lots of films fail, happens every day, but some films fail so spectacularly, they take the whole studio down with them, sometimes nearly and sometimes very actually..  Students of movie history with a penchant for disasters know all about 1963's Cleopatra, starring disserviacably diva-ish Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The period epic had such a disjointed production that actors sometimes didn't know which scenes were being shot until they arrived on set that day.  With a budget swelling uncontrollably to $44 million, the largest at the time, equivalent to $392mil today, the movie faced a real uphill battle to break even, let alone turn a profit.  Movie tickets cost $.85 then and there was no home video market, so 20th Century Fox would have needed to have sold 56 million tickets to stay in the black.  Quick google, the population of the US was 190 million at the time, so...yeah, ain't gonna happen, Cap'n.  They were pretty much screwed.  Cleopatra holds the unique distinction of being the highest-grossing film that year that lost money.  Although the studio didn't fold, Fox was forced to sell off 300 acres of its lot and postpone other productions to avoid permanently closing its doors.  Cleopatra did eventually recoup its budget with foreign distribution, but 1964's historical epic The Fall of the Roman Empire wasn't so lucky.  Samuel Bronston Productions spent a fortune re-creating the 92,000-square meter Roman Forum that once served as the heart of the ancient city, in turn building Hollywood's largest ever outdoor set.  It had Sophia Loren in it, for gods sake.  Do you know what she looked like in 1964?!  Sadly, Fall of the Roman Empire only managed to earn back a quarter of its $19 million budget.  Just three months after its release, Bronston's own empire fell, into bankruptcy.   Speaking of big decisions at Fox, one of the people who greenlit Star Wars was Alan Ladd Jr, who left to form his own studio, Ladd Company.  For my British listeners, feel free to pause and imagine an all-lad movie studio, oi-oi, we'll wait.  The Ladd Company pursued ambitious projects like The Right Stuff, based on Tom Wolfe's book about the early days of the space program.  That was a big hit, wasn't it?  I never saw it, but it has good name recognition.  While critics sang its praises and it won four Oscars, The Right Stuff failed to find an audience at the box office.  The same thing happened with Twice Upon a Time, an animated feature executive produced by George Lucas, which did *not have good name recognition and when I do a Google image search, it doesn't look even 1% familiar.  Even though they still had Police Academy in the chute, the Ladd Company was forced to sell its assets to Warner Bros.   Speaking of name recognition, even films that are iconic these days bombed big time when they came out.  Try to imagine TV in December without every single channel running Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life at least twice.  Trivia fans, which should be every one here, already know that IAWL did not do well on release --a release in January, it's worth mentioning, which may have been part of the problem-- before lapsing into the public domain and being shown by every tv station needing content on the cheap.  Hell, there was a local station where I grew up in north-east PA that used a jingle of the phrase “IAWL” as their tagline.  The same thing ‘why would you even do that' release date misstep happened with Hocus Pocus, actually.  It was released originally in July, well before social media made loving Halloween a major personality trait, then Disney sat on the movie for over a year before putting it out on home video the next September.  Back to 1946, It's a Wonderful Life's disappointing performance was devastating for Capra, who had actually opened his own production studio, Liberty Films.  Capra and fellow filmmakers George Stevens and William Wyler were trying to free themselves from meddling from studio executives' meddling, but their professional freedom was short-lived.  With no track record, Liberty Films needed the film to get them to live up to Capra's usual standards of success.  It didn't, as we've established, and Capra was forced to sell Liberty to Paramount and work for someone else.   If you've been saying, I haven't heard of half of these people, how about Francis Ford Coppola?  Coppola shapes the landscape of 1970s cinema.  Ever hear of The Godfather, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now?  Yeah, thought so.  The '80s, however, not so much.  His first movie of the decade, One From the Heart, spent the majority of its high budget on pioneering visual techniques and a faithful recreation of Nevada's McCarran International Airport.  He's a details guy.  But fans of his earlier, dark, gritty, hyper-masculine work were left completely baffled when they sat down for a Coppola movie and found themselves in a candy-colored Vegas musical rom-com.   The film failed to pull in even a million dollars against its budget of $27mil.  Coppola's own studio, Zoetrope, never recovered from the financial loss.   Speaking of film legends who stumble headlong into bankruptcy, we present  for the consideration of several readers, Don Bluth.  Bluth left his job as an animator at Disney in 1979 to create the animation department for 20th Century Fox.  We're talking The Secret of N.I.M.H, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and Bluth and crew at Fox Animation put those out while Disney delivered disappointing efforts like The Great Mouse Detective and Oliver and Company.   But Disney found its footing again with The Little Mermaid in 1989 and they've been unquestionably unstoppable ever since.  In 1997, Bluth released the critically acclaimed Anastasia; less than three years later, the studio was done.  In June 2000, Titan A.E. hit theaters, a lush, traditionally-animated movie with great character designs and solid casting and acting that flew through space and braved alien worlds.  It wasn't a bad movie.  For some reason, despite having a hysterically bad memory, I can still remember the chorus of the song from the big ‘let's do cool things with the ship' sequence.  Titan AE hit theaters, but not, ya know, hard.  Fox Animation spent $85 million on the film targeted at a teen audience, who are not a big enough segment of the broader animation-viewing market.  It earned $9 million on its opening weekend and the following *week, Fox announced it was closing the studio.  The writing had already been on the wall.  In December 1999, executives forced Bluth to lay off 80% of his animators after the box office bonanza that was the CGI Toy Story 2 led Fox execs to conclude that hand-drawn animation was on the way out.   Prior performance is no predictor of future success.  The Land Before Time didn't help Bluth with Titan AE, and not even the freaking Lord of the Rings trilogy, with its many Oscars, could save New Line Cinema.  From its creation in the 1970s and even after Warner Bros. bought a controlling stake, New Line Cinema was a mid-major movie studio that acted like an indie, taking chances on edgy, quirky movies like Pink Flamingos, Boogie Nights, and Mortal Kombat.  If you don't think MK belongs in those examples, the only video game movies had been Street Fighter, blargh, Double Dragon, yawn, and Super Mario Brothers, a veritable kick in the nards to be gamers and moviegoers.   Four years after The Return of the King ended the LOTR trilogy...eventually... New Line wanted another fantasy series cash cow, and it looked to The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman's first entry in the His Dark Materials trilogy.  New Line pumped $200 million on the project, more than it had spent on The Lord of the Rings.  To offset production costs, the company pre-sold the overseas rights, essentially getting an advance, meaning that when the film hit theaters outside of North America, they wouldn't see any more money.  That made profit virtually impossible... as did the film's relatively small $70 million domestic take.  Thus Warner Bros. absorbed New Line into its existing film production divisions, well, 10% of the studio.  The other 90% got sacked.   Sources: get ones from book https://www.triviagenius.com/5-movies-that-lost-the-most-money/XtY_ghx5DQAG1g4j https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643698/movies-that-bankrupted-studios https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86201/6-movies-ruined-their-studios https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a843659/expensive-movie-flops-bombs-box-office-failure-justice-league/ https://chillopedia.com/15-movies-that-killed-careers/  

They're baaaaaack! Jeff, Brad, and Dave discuss Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Their house may have vanished into oblivion, but the evil spirits are still relentlessly pursuing Carol Anne and her family. Not sure you want to listen? Just remember Kane's haunting demand, "Let...me in..."

Who's ready for a SUMMER SLAYCATION! This week we kick off our summer of franchise reviews with the POLTERGEIST series! This week we're taking on the first two entries, POLTERGEIST (1982) followed by the sequel POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (1986).   

Calum and Chris are joined by writer and podcaster Andrew Carden to discuss the 1986 nominees for Best Visual Effects, which were Aliens, Little Shop of Horrors, and Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Little Shop of Horrors: 06:07 - 22:15 Poltergeist II: The Other Side: 22:15 - 37:22 Aliens: 37:22 - 55:56 Listener Questions: 55:56 - 1:10:07 Conclusions/Ranking: 1:10:07 - 1:18:37 Intro music: "Skid Row" (from Little Shop of Horrors) Exit music: "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" (from Little Shop of Horrors)

Poltergeist II: The Other Side seeks to give more back story to the events of the first film, why the youngest child in the Freeling family had been wanted by the spirits, and the nature of the cult from which the spirits culminated, headed by Reverend Henry Kane (Julian Beck).  Kane manifests himself in human form in this sequel, tenacious in his pursuit of young Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke), now moved away with her family in the hope they could start a new life for themselves.  Tangina Barron (Zelda Rubinstein), the paranormal investigator from Poltergeist, sends out a Native American shaman (Will Sampson) to help protect the family once she discovers the hidden cave buried in the ground where Kane and his followers died, knowing that the family will not be able to escape Kane's interest no matter where they might go.  Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, and Oliver Robins return.

Patrik och Fredrik tar sig vidare i Poltergeist-franchisén för att diskutera de två uppföljarna till mästerverket Poltergeist med Zelda Rubinstein som favoritskådis. Poltergeist II - The Other Side (1986) och Poltergeist III (1988)

We love getting around, maniacs, and today we're finally getting to an entry in the Poltergeist series with Poltergeist II: The Other Side from 1986! Joining us to discuss the film is local Pittsburgh comedian and one of our co-workers, Terry Jones! While we do our best Reverend Kane impressions, we also discuss topics such as eel sandwiches, prank Playskool phone calls, and our favorite Reverend Kane quotes.

On this week's program, the tide starts to turn on the 2021 Listener Request Month as the guys chat about a movie that's almost kind of a movie: Poltergeist II: The Other Side! Wasn't it pretty silly of JoBeth's character to completely forget that not only does she have psychic abilities, but she actually comes from a long line of psychics?! Is Craig T. Nelson's character making Will Sampson's "Taylor" sleep outside? And is there any truth to the dreaded Poltergeist Curse? PLUS: What the heck happened with Craig T. Nelson's magic haircut?Poltergeist II: The Other Side stars Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Will Sampson, Zelda Rubinstein, Oliver Robbins, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Julian Beck as "Kane;" directed by Brian Gibson.Advertise on We Hate Movies via Gumball.fm

In this scary AND spooky Halloween episode, Sophie, Katelyn and distinguished guest, Shelby Isham, discuss Hands of Glory, the Poltergeist curse and who put Bella in the Wych Elm?Sophie's Sources:https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/hand.html#kuhnhttps://occult-world.com/hand-of-glory/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-severed-handshttps://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mummified-hand-yorkshire-may-be-last-hand-glory-still-existence-004457https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Gloryhttps://the-line-up.com/hand-of-gloryhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooktober-its-a-whole-ordeal/id1404606470?i=1000495252319 Shelby's Sources:"Poltergeist." Cursed Films, Season 1, Episode 3https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/were-real-skeletons-used-in-the-making-of-poltergeist/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_II:_The_Other_Side https://evil.fandom.com/wiki/Poltergeist_Trilogy_Curse https://urbanlegends.fandom.com/wiki/Poltergeist_Curse https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091778/triviaKatelyn's Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/31-days-of-halloween-who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/id1279731673?i=1000392340713 https://youtu.be/vchJnrZgz-4

SHOW NOTES13 Cursed Movies for Friday the 13th, From ‘Poltergeist’ to ‘The Crow’Crohn's diseaseDiary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979)Do you know what happened with the killer John Thomas Sweeney after murdering Dominique Dunne?Doctors: Unusual Circumstances Surrounded Actress’ DeathDominique DunneGHOSTLY MEMORIES STILL HAVE HOLD ON `POLTERGEIST` STARSHeather O'RourkeHeather O'Rourke, 12; Starred in 'Poltergeist'Heather O'Rourke's Grieving Mother Tells Why She's Suing Her Child's Doctors for Wrongful DeathJusticeMGM Ponders Selling of ‘Poltergeist III’MISSING IN ACTION: HOW SEQUEL-MAKERS DO WITHOUT STARSMurder of a horror queen: The tragic tale of Dominique DunneMysterious death of 80s childstar Heather O'Rourke and the 'Hollywood curse' surrounding itParasites - GiardiaPoltergeist (1982)Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)Poltergeist Actress Dominique Dunne’s Father Stalked Her Killer Until He Died‘Poltergeist’ Star Heather O’Rourke Dies at Age of 12Poltergeist's Terrifying Clown Doll Almost Really Killed An ActorStrangled Actress : Did Slayer’s Penalty Fit His Crime?The Poltergeist Curse: Here's the Real Story Behind the Movie MythThe tragic real-life story of the Poltergeist castWere Real Skeletons Used in the Making of ‘Poltergeist’?

Chris does a 5 Minute Review of Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1996) as part of our 31 Days of Horror for the month of October.Music by Dan HenigFollow us on:Facebook.com/CaffeineAndScreamsPodcastInstagram @CaffeineAndScreamsPodcastTwitter @ ScreamsCaffeine

They're baaack! And by “they",' we mean Ali and Jon, watching 1986's Poltergeist II: The Other Side! Ali just wants The Angel. Jon cahoots with no one. Can both become warriors in time? Who knows? Who cares? Hopefully you, or we're wasting your time!P2: Judgement Day was directed by Brian Gibson and stars almost everyone from Poltergeist: Just the One Side.

Hello!   A serious title for a dumb podcast that no one listens to but still...   Episode #535 Segmented Thusly:    Movie Monologue = It Started as a Joke, Jimmy Hollywood, Poltergeist II: The Other Side and Sonic the Hedgehog.   Television Talk = Taskmaster   Game Gabbin' = Accounting+ and Earth Defense Force 5   Internet Intercourse = Bruce Green: My Summer Car, WTF with guest Jerry Seinfeld, and bigsofttitty.png and Test Show: Quarantined Editions. Cleanup Conversation = Sanity Check In    

Analog Jones is back to discuss Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the greatest action movie ever made). We also discuss our favorite special effects master, Stan Winston! Terminator 2: Judgment Day Quick FactsDirected by James CameronProduced by James CameronWritten by James Cameron, William WisherMusic by Brad Fiedel (Returning from The Terminator)Cinematography by Adam Greenburg (Returning from The Terminator)Edited by Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. HarrisProduction Company: Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western Productions, Lightstorm Entertainment (James Cameron and Lawrence Kasanoff’s production house), and Le Studio Canal + S.A. (This company owns the third-largest film library in the world [bought Carolco Pictures, De Laurentiis, Canon films, Hammer and Miramax-international])Distributor: TriStar PicturesReleased: July 3, 1991Budget: $94-102 millionBox Office: $520.8 millionStarring:Arnold Schwarzenegger as Model 101 aka T-800, “The Terminator”Linda Hamilton as Sarah ConnorRobert Patrick as T-1000Joe Morton as Miles DysonEarl Boen as Dr. SilbermanEdward Furlong as John ConnorJenette Goldstein as Janelle Todd Voight Notes on Stan Winston:  Born in Richmond VA, 1946, died 2008 at age 62 Attended California State University, Long Beach Moved to Hollywood in 1969 to become an actor. Struggling to find an acting job, he began a makeup apprenticeship at Walt Disney.  In 1972, at age 26, won his first Emmy Award for his effects work on the CBS TV movie, Gargoyles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiT-2zOLFRo) In 1982, at age 36, Winston received his first Oscar nomination for Heartbeeps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrGBmi3BVfo). This is one of Stephen’s favorite movies to show people, it’s a WEIRD ONE with Any Kaufman. He lost to Rick Baker with “An American Werewolf in London”.  In 1987, at age 40, Winston won his first Oscar for Best Visual Effects (along with Robert Skotak, John Richardson, and Suzanne Benson) on another James Cameron film, Aliens. Other nominees included Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, and Martin Gutteridge with “Little Shop of Horrors”....Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil with Poltergeist II: The Other Side.  Directed three films 1988-Pumpkinhead 1990-A Gnome named Gnorm 1996-T2 3-D: Battle across time Won two more Oscars in 1992, at the age of 46, for Best Makeup (Jeff Dawn) and Best Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr, and Robert Skotak) for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Other nominees were Hook, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and Backdraft.  Won his last Oscar for Best Visual Effects in Jurassic Park, 1994, at the age of 48 (other nominees were Cliffhanger and The Nightmare Before Christmas). How to find Analog JonesDiscuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, Podbean, and Youtube! Email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions!  

FANS: He was Robbie Freeling in Poltergeist (1982) and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and few cult films get bigger than this! Yes, the great Oliver Robins joins us to discuss his biggest fears--cue lots of bees, trees and clown talk--the alleged Poltergeist "curse," and working with Sonny Bono in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). Then we get the exciting scoop about the new horror/black comedy that Oliver wrote, directed and stars in: Celebrity Crush (2019). It hits VOD this month, and you won't want to miss it! FILMS: We get so deep into Poltergeist (1982) that we almost cross over to the other side. This review is NOT clean. Or is it? And will Oliver use his film school background to assign it an unbiased rating on the Cult Filmometer, or will he let his "Freeling feelings" take hold? Is this episode a blessing or a curse? Listen and decide. FINDS: Development news, Hamilton on Disney+, Together Apart with Josh Gad goes Back to the Future, the new docuseries Prop Culture is right up our alley, and we lost Jerry Stiller, Little Richard and Roy Horn. Oh, what a week it's been!

This Week in Film, join Nick & Midwest Matt as they discuss Ma (2019), Open Water 2: Adrift (2006), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), & The Journey of Natty Gann (1985). Please Enjoy/Share/Subscribe/Rate/Review our show! Don't miss the latest podcast: http://thisweekinfilm.libsyn.com/ Check out the website: http://www.thisweekinfilm.com Find Us On Social: | Patreon | facebook | | Instagram | Letterboxd | | Twitter | YouTube | Website | Where You Can Listen to the Show: | acast | BeyondPod | Blubrry | | Castbox | GooglePlay | iTunes| | LibSyn | Luminary | Overcast | | PlayerFm| Pocket Casts | Podchaser | | Radio Public | Soundcloud | Spotify | | Spreaker | Stitcher | TuneIn | #podcast, #podcasting, #podernfamily, #podcasts, #filmpod, #film, #movies, #thisweek, #moviepodcast, #movie, #Ma, #OpenWater2, #Adrift, #PoltergeistII, #TheOtherSide, #poltergeist, #TheJourneyOfNattyGann,

We're joining forces with Tyler Jensen and Roman Chimienti, the directors of the superb queer documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, in Phoenix Arizona (and later Orange Country, California) to discuss the "Other Side" in the 1986 sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side!After spilling the tea on last year's live episode on A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, we dive into Brian Gibson's sequel that at least tries to do something different (as opposed to repeating the most successful parts of the original film). Is it wholly successful? That matter is up for debate, as the film holds a special place in Roman's heart, while it was a first-time viewing for us.Join us as we discuss Reverend Henry Kane (a bisexual Julian Beck), the villain that terrified a generation of children. Also up for discussion are the diminished roles of Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) and Tangina (Zelda Rubinstein), the laughable effects of the 3-minute-long climax in the titular Other Side and what it means to live a "normal" life.It's not all bad, though! We admire the chemistry and charisma of the film's co-leads Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams, the superb practical effects (that vomit monster!) and the historical importance of the film's release during the Night Stalker's reign of terror.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys via our brand new Twitter handle @horrorqueers, like our Facebook Page or join our Facebook Group.> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Tyler: @tylerrayjensen> Roman: @roman_chimientiSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise! Check out the NEW online articles on Bloody Disgusting See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Movies discussed: What Lies Beneath, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Spider (short) Good times to be had this week with Poltergeist 2, Charlie explains what to love about What Lies Beneath, and everyone agrees that The Pretty Thing is the worst thing. Next weeks assignments: Snatchers Nothing Bad Can Happen Girl On the Third Floor Mouse-X (short) Watch along with us if you like and we’ll see you next week. The post Episode 354 – You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Hangry . . . appeared first on Horror Show Hot Dog.

* Re Broadcast from 2016 Cloverleaf Radio's hosts The Host with the Most Jimmy Falcon and Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling's Gremlina welcome Actor/Producer/Casting Director, Joseph D'Agosta! Joseph "Joe" D'Agosta was the casting director of Star Trek: The Original Series during its entire three-season run, starting with the first pilot, "The Cage". He was also the casting director of Mission: Impossible, The Lucy Show and Mannix at the same time, which were all produced by Desilu. D'Agosta started out as an actor, but very soon turned to casting. D'Agosta worked as assistant casting director on Gene Roddenberry's series, The Lieutenant, which starred Gary Lockwood. However, after the controversial episode To Set It Right (guest starring Nichelle Nichols and Don Marshall), the US Navy withdrew its support from the series, and Roddenberry needed to hire extras from elsewhere. D'Agosta found a quick and cheap solution for this, and was thus promoted to the show's main casting director. After The Lieutenant was cancelled, D'Agosta was hired by Twentieth Century Fox for a motion picture, but he turned down that offer, when Roddenberry contacted him to do the casting for his new science fiction project, Star Trek, feeling he would benefit much better from constant employment on a series than a few weeks' paycheck at Fox. During his career in casting, spanning more than four decades, D'Agosta worked on both television and film. His credits include The Brady Bunch, and films such as Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). D'Agosta is the husband of actress Barbara Baldavin, whom he cast as Angela Martine in "Balance of Terror", "Shore Leave", and "Space Seed", and as Lisa in "Turnabout Intruder". Sean Morgan, a regular bit player on Star Trek was a college friend of D'Agosta, which lead to him being cast in smaller roles on the series. He was also a classmate of Ralph Maurer at acting school, and cast him in two episodes of Star Trek. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jianetwork/support

Boston area comedian Diana Lu joins us this time to talk about a movie that scared her when she was a kid: Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Here's Diana's summary of the movie:"In Poltergeist II, the little girl gets sucked into the TV AGAIN, and her parents race against the clock to get her back. This time, they have to kill the ghost who keeps stealing their kid, but they have no idea who it is. They discover eventually that it's this olden times cult leader who led some mass suicide in a cave somewhere and they go find and crush his bones to save their little girl."This gets one plot thread pretty closely, but completely leaves out another major one! Listen to find out what this movie is actually about. Also, fair warning: this episode is more sad and serious than usual. We talk about the supposed Poltergeist Curse, which is really just a bunch of sad deaths of cast members. One by domestic violence, and three by illness. We also talk in more serious than funny ways about cinematic representation of minorities since this movie has both a little person and a Native American in the cast. Zelda Rubinstein reprised her role as Tangina the psychic in this movie, but her character was mostly extraneous for some reason, despite being crucial to the first movie. Regardless, Zelda Rubinstein herself was an awesome activist who championed rights for little people, and was on the front wave of AIDS awareness. Zelda Rubinstein did this because someone she loved died of AIDS and she felt very strongly that gay men needed to be warned that it was a danger and that they needed to practice safe sex. She did it even though at the time AIDS was a taboo subject and advocating for gay mens' health did have a negative impact on her career. She was present for the very first L.A. AIDS walk, and was an activist for this cause even before Elizabeth Taylor and Madonna. What a hero!Will Sampson was a Native American Muscogee (Creek) actor who played the part of Taylor in this movie. He was also an activist who spent his influence on advocating for better Native American representation in movies. The Sampson Brothers are Will Sampson's sons, musicians and dancers who perform with a Lakota hip hop artist. They're also activists and promote a message of healing cultural trauma for Native peoples. Also, they do really cool dances with hoops. We also talked about Marlon Brando declining his Oscar for The Godfather in 1973 and sending Sacheen Littlefeather (an Apache woman) to represent him at the ceremony. She gave a short and very composed speech (even despite being interrupted by booing!), in which she explained that Brando was refusing his award because of how Native Americans are treated in the film industry, and because of the events at Wounded Knee. Brando sent a much longer speech, which Littlefeather didn't read because the officials at the ceremony said she could only have 60 seconds. John Wayne had to be physically restrained from pulling her off stage, and this speech tanked her acting career entirely.We also talk about the special effects and how Julia was scarred by the tequila scene as a kid. So there's a little fun in this episode …

Boston area comedian Diana Lu joins us this time to talk about a movie that scared her when she was a kid: Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Here’s Diana on Twitter, and here’s Plan A Magazine, which Diana writes and edits for, and which also has a podcast about Asian and Asian American culture and concerns. Image Description: Julian Beck as Reverend Kane, the character that terrified Diana when she was a child. Here’s Diana’s summary of the movie:In Poltergeist II, the little girl gets sucked into the TV AGAIN, and her parents race against the clock to get her back. This time, they have to kill the ghost who keeps stealing their kid, but they have no idea who it is. They discover eventually that it's this olden times cult leader who led some mass suicide in a cave somewhere and they go find and crush his bones to save their little girl.This gets one plot thread pretty closely, but completely leaves out another major one! Listen to find out what this movie is actually about. Also, fair warning: this episode is more sad and serious than usual. We talk about the supposed Poltergeist Curse, which is really just a bunch of sad deaths of cast members. One by domestic violence, and three by illness. We also talk in more serious than funny ways about cinematic representation of minorities since this movie has both a little person and a Native American in the cast. Zelda Rubinstein reprised her role as Tangina the psychic in this movie, but her character was mostly extraneous for some reason, despite being crucial to the first movie. Regardless, Zelda Rubinstein herself was an awesome activist who championed rights for little people, and was on the front wave of AIDS awareness. Image Description: Zelda Rubinstein as an AIDS Awareness spokesperson: a motherly caricature of Uncle Sam. The text of the ad says, “I WANT YOU” and “Join the battle against AIDS” with an address and phone number for L.A. Cares. Zelda Rubinstein did this because someone she loved died of AIDS and she felt very strongly that gay men needed to be warned that it was a danger and that they needed to practice safe sex. She did it even though at the time AIDS was a taboo subject and advocating for gay mens’ health did have a negative impact on her career. She was present for the very first L.A. AIDS walk, and was an activist for this cause even before Elizabeth Taylor and Madonna. What a hero!Will Sampson was a Native American Muscogee (Creek) actor who played the part of Taylor in this movie. He was also an activist who spent his influence on advocating for better Native American representation in movies. Here’s a 1975 (or 76?) interview he did about that. The sound quality is pretty low on this one, but the conversation is interesting. And here’s a short (16 minute) documentary about the life of Will Sampson.The Sampson Brothers are Will Sampson’s sons, musicians and dancers who perform with a Lakota hip hop artist. They’re also activists and promote a message of healing cultural trauma for Native peoples. Also, they do really cool dances with hoops. Here’s an example. We also talked about Marlon Brando declining his Oscar for The Godfather in 1973 and sending Sacheen Littlefeather (an Apache woman) to represent him at the ceremony. Here’s her short and very composed speech (even despite being interrupted by booing!), in which she explains that Brando is refusing his award because of how Native Americans are treated in the film industry, and because of the events at Wounded Knee. Brando sent a much longer speech, which Littlefeather didn’t read because the officials at the ceremony said she could only have 60 seconds. Here’s an article about her memories of the experience from 2016. John Wayne had to be physically restrained from pulling her off stage, and this speech tanked her acting career entirely. … We also talk about the special effects and how Julia was scarred by the tequila scene as a kid. So there’s a little fun in this episode … This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at thisiswhywerelikethis.substack.com/subscribe

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In this week's episode, we're discussing the 1986 horror comedy "House." Special topics for your consideration include: excellent hair looks of the 1980s, unexplained mysteries of this particular house, confusion about how microwaves work, more beefs and deepening beefs, the pros of Fred Dekker's work and the cons of Stephen Miner's and Studio Katoween: giver of wonderful gifts! Check out their cool stuff here: https://www.storenvy.com/stores/879006-studio-katoween Is it possible that 1986 was the golden era of horror filmmaking? Here are the episodes we've done from that year: Episode 35- "Neon Maniacs," Episode 56- "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2," Episode 95- "April Fools Day," Episode 103- "The Fly," Episode 147- "Critters," Episode 174- "Chopping Mall," Episode 180- "The Stuff," Episode 199- "Terrorvision" (our live show!), Episode 200- "Trick or Treat" and Episode 213- "Poltergeist II: The Other Side." YOWZA. Have you seen this one? What did you think? Let us know your thoughts at facebook.com/werewolfambulance, on Twitter @werebulance or on Instagram @werewolfambulance. You can also email us for our segment "MAILBAG!" at werewolfambulance@gmail.com and if you're feeling super generous, leave us an iTunes rating and review. Werewolf Ambulance is a horror movie comedy podcast. 

In the second half of our back-to-back series, we're discussing the 1986 sequel to last week's episode, "Poltergeist II: The Other Side." Special topics for your consideration include: a different take on Craig T. Nelson, bad haircuts running rampant, an academic questioning of Cotton-Eyed Joe, te-killya, hot dad podcast ideas and old people: what's the deal with them? We've hit 1986 particularly hard, so check out some of our other episodes from the year: Episode 35- "Neon Maniacs," Episode 56- "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2," Episode 95- "April Fools Day," Episode 103- "The Fly," Episode 147- "Critters," Episode 174- "Chopping Mall," Episode 180- "The Stuff," Episode 199- "Terrorvision" (our live show!) and Episode 200- "Trick or Treat." WHEW. Have you seen this one? What did you think? Let us know your thoughts at facebook.com/werewolfambulance, on Twitter @werebulance or on Instagram @werewolfambulance. You can also email us for our segment "MAILBAG!" at werewolfambulance@gmail.com and if you're feeling super generous, leave us an iTunes rating and review. Werewolf Ambulance is a horror movie comedy podcast. 

This week we talk about Poltergeist II: The Other Side.

In another back-to-back/original-sequel series, this week we're discussing the 1982 supernatural horror classic "Poltergeist." Special topics for your consideration include: not being able to stop words from spilling from one's mouth, feeling some kind of way about Craig T. Nelson, the Poltergeist "curse," having a lot of feelings, a Pittsburgh accent that will always prevail and the return of a beloved sound effect. Next week we'll follow up with the 1986 sequel, "Poltergeist II: The Other Side." Did you miss our first original-sequel series? Check out Episodes 164 and 165- the first and second films in the "Puppet Master" series.  Have you seen this one? What did you think? Let us know your thoughts at facebook.com/werewolfambulance, on Twitter @werebulance or on Instagram @werewolfambulance. You can also email us for our segment "MAILBAG!" at werewolfambulance@gmail.com and if you're feeling super generous, leave us an iTunes rating and review. Werewolf Ambulance is a horror movie comedy podcast.   

Host Dany Roth is joined by Ben Sher, producer for Eli Roth's History of Horror and co-host of the Retro Movie Love podcast, to discuss Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Important discussions include how completely terrifying Kane is, how this movie impacted dental care of our host, Rhonda Shear, the patriarchal nature of Part II vs. the matriarchal nature of Part 1, why you can never trust Lara Flynn Boyle and more.

Welcome back to season 3 of Sequelisers, the show all about fixing bad sequels to good movies. If there’s a good movie that was followed by a terrible sequel, we’re going to try and fix it. In this episode, we're fixing our obligatory classic horror sequel for this season, 1986's Poltergeist II: The Other Side. So, how do we fix Poltergeist II: The Other Side? Introduce some new directors? Get rid of the original cast? Intercultural hauntings?! All of the above, pretty much. It’s #IAintAfraidofNoGeist vs #MoreGhostsVicar Do you have a good idea for Poltergeist II: The Other Side? Email us at sequelisers@gmail.com Theme music by Daniel Williams. Twitter: @Sequelisers or #Sequelisers Jack: @JLWChambers Stuart: @Ashens Alec: @Alec_Plowman Matthew: @Stoghz Tim: @Trivia_Lad

Welcome back to season 3 of Sequelisers, the show all about fixing bad sequels to good movies. If there’s a good movie that was followed by a terrible sequel, we’re going to try and fix it. In this episode, we’re baaaaack to discuss our obligatory horror film for this season. It’s time for us to talk about 1986’s Poltergeist II: The Other Side. So, what’s wrong with Poltergeist II: The Other Side? Terrible acting? Nonsensical subplots? Undoing everything the first film established? All of the above, pretty much. Do you have a good idea for Poltergeist II: The Other Side? Email us at sequelisers@gmail.com Theme music by Daniel Williams. Twitter: @Sequelisers or #Sequelisers Stuart: @Ashens Alec: @Alec_Plowman Matthew: @Stoghz Tim: @Trivia_Lad Jack: @JLWChambers

This week the guys hop in Kane Hodder's Time Machine® and journey back to 1981 and beyond to review each of the first three Poltergeist movies (the less said about Poltergeist: Legacy, the better). Your five fingers curl up with the O.G. Poltergeist, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, and Poltergeist III in turn, charting the highs and lows as they go. No Mike's News or lists to distract your ears from the sweet aural pleasures you are about to receive!   As always, you can best support the show by supporting our supporters: Poltergeist      Amazon     iTunes Poltergeist II: The Other Side      Amazon      iTunes Poltergeist III      Amazon     iTunes  

They’re HERE!THIS WEEK, we’re watching all three POLTERGEIST movies!  The good, the bad, and the downright ugly!POLTERGEIST is directed by Tobe Hooper and stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Zelda Rubinstein, Heather O’Rourke, and Beatrice Straight.POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE is directed by Brian Gibson and stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O’Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Will Sampson, and Julian Beck.POLTERGEIST III is directed by Gary Sherman, and stars Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O’Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, and Lara Flynn Boyle. Tune-in to the staticky channels, folks!  It’s time for MASS MOVIECIDE!

A haunted house in the suburbs was the original and masterful take that "Poltergeist" gave to the haunted house genre.  No one in the audience could feel safe from noises in the night after Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper let them know that a house doesn't need creaking doors or secret passages to be haunted.Join Marshall and Kat as they explore that ranch-style haunted house with wall-to-wall carpeting, moving furniture, and plenty of closet space.  Stay a while as they discuss "Poltergeist II: The Other Side" and "Poltergeist III" (which didn't get a subtitle but has earned a special place in Kat's heart).Also, Kat shares her joy in getting to check a life-long dream off her bloody "bucket" list.

That's right, you've heard us talk about Poltergeist before, but now hear us talk about it with one of the creators of the film, Michael Grais - who not only was the writer on the firstPoltergeist film, but was writer and producer of the sequel,Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Sit back, relax, and listen to us talk about little-known facts about the films and other ghostly tales in our exclusive interview with Michael Grais.