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Wednesday 27 August 2014

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

After relocation the Freelings have returned to happy family mode, but the memory of the ordeal remains and the evil isn't finished with Carol Anne just yet because sequels make easy money.
The addition of a creepy old guy, the fork-tongued Rev. Kane (Julian Beck), gave us someone to fear and enabled the back-story of Cuesta Verde to be expanded. Adding ‘The Other Side’ to the title was another good move; it provided intrigue and teased the notion that we might actually get to see it this time. We do, but it's the epitome of anticlimactic.

3 grabby hands out of 5

2 comments:

cuckoo said...

Grabby hands.

That Doc feller sure does like him some of that there grabby hands.

Dr Faustus said...

“Stick to what you know,” teacher said.

He was a funny-farm resident at the time but... well... yea.