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Poltergeist II: The Other Side
MEANRANK
49/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 20, highest is Google on 70. Critics average 34, everyone else 52.
See the most agreed on films →The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
Details
- Director
- Brian Gibson
- Writers
- Mark Victor, Michael Grais
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 23 May 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $19.0M
- Box office
- $41.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Best Horror or Thriller Film 1987 | Best Horror or Thriller Film | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects 1987 | Best Special Effects | Robert Edlund | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects 1987 | Best Visual Effects | Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller and Bill Neil | Nominee |
| Best Young Actress in a Film 1987 | Best Young Actress in a Film | Heather O'Rourke | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress 1987 | Worst Supporting Actress | Zelda Rubinstein | Nominee |
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5 awards — Poltergeist II: The Other Side
×| Best Horror or Thriller Film | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Robert Edlund | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller and Bill Neil | Nominee |
| Best Young Actress in a Film | Heather O'Rourke | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Zelda Rubinstein | Nominee |