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- 1986
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 31 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 31 m
Summary The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
Directed By: Brian Gibson
Written By: Mark Victor, Michael Grais
- 1986
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 31 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 31 m
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
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Summary The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
Directed By: Brian Gibson
Written By: Mark Victor, Michael Grais
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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30% Positive
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50% Mixed
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5 Reviews
20% Negative
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This time around, co-scripters Mark Victor and Michael Grais (who wrote the first Poltergeist with Steven Spielberg) have the focus of evil in human form, in the perfectly cast, since deceased, Julian Beck.
The original was good enough so that a residue of curiosity about the Freelings remains; we want to know what happened next. But a sequel is a sequel is a sequel, and this amiable movie is very much a II. [23 May 1986, p.D1]
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The film offers some spectacular special effects and excellent ensemble acting, including two virtuoso performances by Geraldine Fitzgerald and the late Julian Beck. But the movie, like most sequels, has no reason for existing beyond the desire to duplicate a financial success.
It groans under the burden of explanations and exposition, not to mention moral homilies. Family love can conquer evil, according to director Brian Gibson's sequel, which is very nice to know but not why anybody will plunk down money to see this movie. [02 June 1986, p.75]
Although an improvement thematically over the first film (the childlike awe of the original has been replaced by a very adult fear of impotence), Poltergeist II is terribly disjointed and dramatically unfulfilling.
There are movies that make you want to mince words, and then there's Poltergeist II: The Other Side, a movie so ineffably bad, you can't even find the words to mince. [23 May 1986, p.D2]
Poltergeist II offers no fresh hooting interest. To put it simply, there is nothing to like about Poltergeist II.
Production Company
Freddie Fields Productions,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date May 23, 1986
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Spectacular special effects and excellent ensemble acting.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
