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About
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
Theatrical
May 23, 1986
Box Office
$41.0M
Budget
$19.0M
Return
2.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 27, 2024
Director
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Producers
Music
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Poltergeist Collection
The Poltergeist movies are a trilogy of American horror films distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the 1980s. The films revolve around the members of the Freeling family, who are stalked and terr...
Cast
Full credits →C
Craig T. Nelson
Steve Freeling
J
JoBeth Williams
Diane Freeling
H
Heather O'Rourke
Carol Anne Freeling
O
Oliver Robins
Robbie Freeling
Z
Zelda Rubinstein
Tangina Barrons
W
Will Sampson
Taylor
J
Julian Beck
Kane
G
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Gramma-Jess
N
Noble Craig
Vomit Creature
S
Susan Peretz
Daughter
H
Helen Boll
Mother
S
Syd Beard
Kane's People
J
Jaclyn Bernstein
Young Diane
H
Hayley Taylor
Kane's People
A
Ann Louise Bardach
Kane's People
P
Pamela Gordon
Kane's People
C
Chelsea Hertford
Kane's People
K
Kathy Wagner
Kane's People
W
Whit Hertford
Kane's People
R
Rocky Krakoff
Kane's People
