"Funny Poltergeist 3 story: I saw that in the theater with my mom, both huge fans of Poltergeist. I can look at the movie now and see how crappy it is, but at that screening the air conditioning unit in the theater was on the fritz and we could literally see our breaths, which made the second frozen half of the movie really feel like it was happening. And I still argue that the movie's creepy as shit, just a bad movie. I think fake make-up devil replacement Carol Anne is one of the creepiest things ever."

-Quint of "AintItCoolNews.com" http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/37947#comment_2232942

 

"Cause when you break it down, Poltergeist III (1988) is all kinds of lousy. Somehow, though, all the crappy elements come together to create a work of magically enjoyable crap. In other words, The crappy sum is not nearly as crappy as the crappy parts. Poltergeist III is a bit like the cinematic equivalent of Desperately Seeking Susan-era Madonna, all jelly bracelets, lace, greasy hair, untweezed eyebrows, gloves, crucifixes, oversized bows, animal prints, and neon. Each horrid enough on its own, together they form a vortex of nonsense that's disturbingly compelling.....What the film gets right, it gets really right. The ample use of mirrors as Reverend Kane pursues Carol Anne throughout the skyscraper is killer. Everyone's got a creepy, shriveled up, ne'er-do-well doppelganger and though it's cheesy at times, the effects are mostly spooky enough. Brood-esque Carol Anne in particular is bitchin'."

-Stacie Ponder at http://finalgirl.blogspot.com/2008/12/continuing-adventures-of-carl-anne-part.html

 

"POLTERGEIST 3! How I love it! And not even because it’s a freaky failure or because there’s big hair and awful GOLDEN GIRLS style pastel clothes and truly shitty dialogue. I’m just amazed that it exists and I can watch it everyday. I think it’s just weird as hell and strangely moving and there’s a real yucky death vibe in there. It’s just so damn DIFFERENT from everything else. I love that none of the effects were done in postproduction. I love the corny mirror tricks. I love director GARY SHERMAN(DEAD AND BURIED). I love NANCY ALLEN. Holy shit, I may even love the intolerable Scott (KIPLEY WENTZ)! I love it so much more than I could ever love a “good” movie. Honestly, you really don’t know what love is until you figure out how to love imperfection…I think Jesus told me that, pass it on." -Uncle Lancifer at www.kindertrauma.com/?p=298





"You know, a lot of movies cover the 80s, but very few of them really zero in on the specific nuances of the LATE 80’s. Nancy Allen, with her hair that looks like a Utah rock formation and big, big outfits with tremendous shoulder-pads and lots of wrinkles and brooches and belts, looks exactly like my best friend in high school. But Lara’s time at Scott’s party presents a GOLDEN CORNUCOPIA of late-80s style with all the party peoples, including one with this hideous frizz-thing atop her head, a guy with a ludicrous hat that surely evolved out of something having to do with Culture Club, and the whole sense that the teens of yesteryear were on the cutting edge while wearing a SWEATER with a shirt collar poking out from underneath. This whole sequence is literally breathtaking."

 -from http://www.cinemademerde.com/Poltergeist_III.shtml

 

"A haunted house movie set in a luxury skyscraper in the middle of a big city is an awesome concept....This could have been a good movie, but something went terribly wrong along the way.....Without Jerry Goldsmith’s score, or Jobeth Williams emoting, or the attention to every minute detail that made Poltergeist the classic it is, Poltergeist III is the black sheep of the series....This movie is not well shot, there’s no continuity or logic to speak of, and the synthesized score is just awful when compared to the masterpiece scores of Poltergeist and Poltergeist II: the Other Side…so why is Poltergeist III such a delicious guilty pleasure? Well, in addition to having an apathetic, heavily made up, barren, second-wife female lead with shoulderpads, Poltergeist III has haunted ice cars and magical amulets and Lara Flynn Boyle in V lizard makeup. How can you resist it?!"-

-from Jeffrey at the horror blog "Kindly Undo These Straps"

 

"I would love to see a special edition DVD with the original ending and a commentary. It's too bad that so many people involved with this film just want to brush the whole thing off as a bad memory. It's not fair to Heather O'Rourke's legacy and it's not fair to fans. Your website is exceptionally well done and I, as well as countless other horror fans, appreciate the time and effort you put into it. Poltergeist III is a film that is not without problems but there is just so much to love there."- Kevin Sommerfield of www.slasherstudios.com

 

"I've always had a fascination with all that is POLTERGEIST 3. So a big thank you to the well rounded website Poltergeist III.com for continuously feeding it, and with panache to boot!" - John Fallon of  www.Arrowinthehead.com

 

"So there I was ready to write my review and I remembered THIS FANTASTIC POLTERGEIST 3 SITE! Webmaster David Furtney who is well aware of P3’s considerable faults is infatuated and madly in love with P3 to a degree that should be envied by filmgoers everywhere." -Lance of "Kindertrauma.com"  http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=298

"For all there is to know about this movie - how it came to be, what went wrong and why (it’s production history rivals that of Heaven’s Gate), be sure to check out David Furtney’s brilliant website: http://www.poltergeistiii.com/. It’s everything!"-Jeff of the horror blog "Kindly Undo These Straps"
  

"PoltergeistIII.com rules, ok! Groovy! I work on www.jaws-3d.com and your website has a great influence on mine."-Romain Neophyte

 


 "[Heather]O'Rourke acts the role she created at age 5 with thorough professionalism....O'Rourke's reactions are so authentic [in 'Poltergeist III'] she compels belief; she seems to be the only one who realized that character integrity was the key to the first film's success. That is the mark of a true actress. She will be missed."
 
-1988 "People" Magazine Review
 
 
News Updates
10-29-11
 
Check out the (very negative, but funny and profanity laced) YouTube review of "Poltergeist III" below, in which this site is mentioned:
 
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Tell them you want to see "Poltergeist III's" ORIGINAL ENDING with Heather O'Rourke:

Above: both Carol Anne and Scott (Kip Wentz) in how the film originally ended! To see more:
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Thanks for visiting my site. Most of you are probably thinking "Why do you have a web site dedicated to such an awful movie?!" To that I'd say: even bad movies have some good things about them!

If you'd like to have a good laugh at "Poltergeist III's" expense, check out this YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U09g3W8dSQ4

Siskel and Ebert elaborate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifzsl_BB8oc&feature=related

The making of "Poltergeist III" here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUjtfIl6Ap8

And the trailer:


 

If you have any questions or comments you can reach me at David@poltergeistIII.com


This site is dedicated to Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988)
 
 
 

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