Poltergeist III

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by Gary Sherman</B></div> <div> <B>Special Make-up Design by John Caglione, Jr. & Doug Drexler</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dramatis Personae</B></div> <div> <B>Bruce Gardner.....Tom Skerritt (Cheers-TV, Picket Fences-TV)</B></div> <div> <B>Patricia Gardner..Nancy Allen</B></div> <div> <B>Carol Anne...........Heather O'Rourke (Poltergeist & II)</B></div> <div> <B>Tangina...............Zelda Rubinstein (Poltergeist & II)</B></div> <div> <B>Donna..................Lara Flynn Boyle</B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Seaton............Richard Fire</B></div> <div> <B>Scott....................Kip Wentz</B></div> <div> <B>Kane....................Nathan Davis</B></div> <div> <B>Burt......................Roger May</B></div> <div> <B>Martin..................Paul Graham</B></div> <div> <B>Sandy..................Meg Weldon</B></div> <div> <B>Melissa................Stacy Gilchrist</B></div> <div> <B>Jeff......................Joey Garfield</B></div> <div> <B>Dusty...................Chris Murphy</B></div> <div> <B>Marcie................Catherine Gatz</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: Whoa! Way to jump that shark and </B><I><B>Never Ending Story</B></I><B> part infinity or what? Carol Anne is now a precocious and irritating speaking character implausibly separated from her family, either because they refused to appear in this film or to save money. Her stilted precocious dialog is made more insufferable by the stilted dialog all arou</B><B>nd. </B><B>Dr. Seton sucks here i</B><B>n particular. </B><B>Nothing that happens in these people's relationships is prepared in the least bit. </B><B>As for Miss O'Rourke's acting skills, we liked the blank stare better. Indeed, with the exception of  a brave Tom Skerritt, al</B><B>l the actors stink, not that Tom Hanks could have helped this script</B><B>. </B><B>Special effects we might have cared about in the first two </B><I><B>Poltergeist </B></I><B>films fall flat here. </B><B>Despite th</B><B>e clever mirror effects, very few chills here and there, and the real Tangina scare near the end, this just doesn't come close to its estimable predecessors. The mirror schtick gets tired fast, seemingly weeks before it finally peters out. The Tangina/Poseidon Adventure/King Arthur/Christine motif at the end must have been really depressing to film, and even more dreary to edit with the garden shears and duct tape evidently used to this end. Oh yeah pyrotechnics, blah, blah. Major league copout ending. blah, blaah. Tom Skerritt's pained expression during the elevator ride from hell says it all.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: As little Carole Ann looks out the window to wave to the window washer, he turns into a monster. Carole Anne is now staying with Aunt Trish and Bruce. As they ride the elevator it malfunctions to peels of laughter. Out into Chicago they go, where Scott, Martin, mom Helen, and bratty sister Marcy pick up Carol Anne and Donna just in time for school, and Scott hits on Donna.  Aunt Trish is running an art show where she has given a the Japanese Takemitzu carte blanche. The creepy window washer appears as a reflection in the car window calling Carol Anne. Also, suddenly, every elevator mirror panel from the floor to the penthouse is cracked and the basement is full of ice. Carole Ane goes to the Seton School for smart kids with emotional problems where the kids harrass her: "Seen any ghosts lately?" Meanwhile, Tangina senses that, "He found her!" While hypnotizing Carole Anne, Dr. Seton finds that the ugly man is after Carol Anne again. The man wants her to lead him into the light. She can do this because she was born in the house in Cuesta Verde. She says she's lonely, and that she misses her family. Her teachers are certain she is capable of mass hypnosis and explain away everything that happens with this rationelle. Bruce doesn't want to hear about psychic powers. Still, funny things continue to happen in and with mirrors. People dont move in synch with their images, Donna's compact is broken, the two way wmirror at the school explodes and the scary man appears in every mirror. The art show is a hit--except for the arctic cold. The party at teenage Scott's is cool too, but then the parents stay home and wreck it. The kids take Bruces' pass key and head for the pool. Meanwhile, the scary man is paying carol Anne a visit with a very scary "We're back!" and "Carole Anne, we need you!". Tangina urges her to break the mirror, which she does to stop the attack. Tangina calls Dr. Seton and tells him Kane has found Carol Anne and it's all his fault. Seton heads for the art gallery to stop Carole Anne's pranks once and for all. When Carole Ann calls Scott's to get Donna, she's not there. Kane chases Carol Anne through a frozen stairwell while the idiot teenagers steal beer with the pass key to the department store. Idiot Donna watches the security monitors to facilitate a prank on her swimming friends and sees Carol Anne ruunning through the parking garage. She marshals her forces and the chase is on while a puddle becomes a gaping hole in the floor and zombie hands pull at Carole Anne. Donna, Scott, and Carole Anne are all pulled through the hole. After Bruce is called to eject the kids from the pool, Scott is puked up through the ice in the pool, which promply disappears (a post hypnotic suggestion according to Seton. Scott testifies, "He's got Donna and Carole Anne!" Tangina arrives in time to instruct Bruce and Trisch on how to deal with the monster. Donna and Carol eAnne are between dimensions. Tangina communicates with Carol Anne and tells her to head for her room. Its all Seton's fault for stimulating her memory of Kane and bringing him back. Tangina reiterates each line from </B><I><B>Poltergeists</B></I><B> one and two, but the teams are not as clear as in the first two confrontations, nor are they as unified in their commmitment. The showdown threatens more than ever to tear the family apart, and Carole Anne could be lost this time unless they decode Tangina's final cryptic message "Outside in!," which, alas, they do.</B></div> <div>  out and stumbles around some more.  Anna chases him up the stairs with a replica of Mark. Mark </div> </td> </tr></table></body>