Poltergeist III
Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?
Why it matters
A claustrophobic descent into supernatural terror that traps ghostly menace inside a gleaming glass tower, blending the suburban dread of its predecessors with urban paranoia.
- Takes the franchise’s haunted house mythos vertical, turning reflective surfaces into portals of dread and disorientation.
- Heather O’Rourke’s final performance adds heartbreaking vulnerability, anchoring the escalating supernatural chaos.
- Practical effects meet early CGI attempts—some dated, some unsettling—capturing late-80s horror tech in transition.
- Best for fans of Poltergeist’s atmospheric tension and urban gothic, but expect uneven pacing and narrative dips.
Director
4 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
29
Supernatural
100
Creature
18
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
14
Survival
66
