Setting aside some decent effects work and the fact that it stars Nancy Allen in a leading role, "Poltergeist III" has to rank among the more pathetic franchise sequels. As entertaining as it is necessary, it finds Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke, in her final film role) living with her aunt and uncle (Nancy Allen and Tom Skerritt) in an apartment complex, presumably (but not really) safe from the ghostly Reverend Kane. Alas, Kane finds her and a bunch of badly-written characters are put through the wringer of a joyless plot that has none of the flair or iconography of the original film. We don't even have the proper Reverend Kane, what with Julian Beck having died prior to the release of "Poltergeist II", replaced here by Nathan Davis, who cannot compare to Beck and is naturally relegated to the background throughout. "Poltergeist III" is a movie without an adequate villain, written without logic, and utterly devoid of soul. Most fatally of all, it's incredibly boring.
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