* In the Poltergeist movies ( 1982, 1986, 1988 ) poltergeist activity in a family home was caused by actual ghosts attracted to the youngest daughter.

Dunne made appearances in several made for television movies, television series, and films, and played a supporting role as the oldest daughter, Dana Freeling, in the 1982 film Poltergeist.

Noxon was also influenced in her storytelling by the movies Poltergeist and Truly, Madly, Deeply, which featured a widow who was unable to move on after the loss of her husband.

Two of these new songs are entitled " Filthy & Afraid " and the Tom Pappas sung track " Cheap Poltergeist ".

The boys seek help from a medium ( a parody of Zelda Rubinstein's character in Poltergeist, who, ironically, has also died ), who explains the celebrities are trapped in purgatory, which she compares to being stuck on a plane waiting endlessly on a runway for permission to take off.

* Poltergeist: These ghosts throw items at Shaggy and Scooby they also try to trap you, but they are hard to seek out as well.

Despite bearing the Poltergeist name, there is no real connection between the show and the Poltergeist trilogy aside from the title.

* Poltergeist ( film series ), trilogy of horror films produced in the 1980s

He was father to Quintana Roo Dunne, who died in 2005 after a series of illnesses, and uncle to actors Griffin Dunne ( who co-starred in An American Werewolf in London ) and Dominique Dunne ( who co-starred in Poltergeist ).

* Poltergeist: The Legacy, a Canadian / American horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999

* Poltergeist: The Legacy, Canadian / American horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999

The tone of Supernatural was heavily influenced by films such as Poltergeist — having the horror happen in a family setting rather than remote location — and Evil Dead 2 and An American Werewolf in London — having bits of comedy mixed in.

Sampson's most notable roles were as " Chief Bromden " in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as " Taylor the Medicine Man " in the horror film Poltergeist II.

Several other horror films that premiered in 1982 performed far better, including Poltergeist ($ 76, 606, 280 ), Friday the 13th Part 3 ($ 34, 581, 519 ), and Creepshow ($ 21, 028, 755 ).

* Poltergeist II: The Other Side, a 1986 horror film

Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999.

, Poltergeist: The Legacy is airing on NBC Universal's horror and suspense-themed cable channel Chiller.

" The old lady psychic with a very high-pitched voice is a reference to the character played by Zelda Rubinstein in the 1982 horror film, Poltergeist.

** Poltergeist ( film ), 1982 horror film

The Poltergeist films collected a total of approximately $ 132 million in the United States box office.

A spin-off television series, Poltergeist: The Legacy, ran from 1996 to 1999, though it has no connection to the original films other than the title.

* Steven Freeling, a character in the first two Poltergeist films from the 1980s

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" Dead Celebrities " also parodied the films The Sixth Sense and Poltergeist.

* Carol Anne Freeling, main character in all three Poltergeist films from the 1980s

Additional videos featuring the Rally Monkey show her edited into popular films and TV shows such as Gilligan's Island, Shrek, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Brady Bunch Movie, Signs, Jurassic Park, The Price is Right, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Scream, Dumb and Dumber, National Lampoon's Vacation, Night at the Museum, The Natural, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Spaceballs, Poltergeist, Borat, The Sandlot, Psycho, Jaws and The Ring.

The haunting was investigated by the Yorkshire Post newspaper, writer Colin Wilson, and featured in his 1981 book Poltergeist!

The main elements of " Little Girl Lost " that were repeated in Poltergeist include a little girl falling into another dimension where she and her parents cannot see each other but can talk to and hear one another ; the marking off of the dimension " hole "; the father going into the other dimension to rescue his daughter and then being pulled back out by people on the outside ; and even the girl's voice coming through the television set.

* 1998-Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series, for Poltergeist: The Legacy

She was then cast in a major role in producer Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist ( 1982 ) as Dana Freeling, directed by Tobe Hooper.

The haunted house being built on a burial ground is inspired by the 1982 film Poltergeist.

On Halloween night, 1992, the BBC aired a fictional mockumentary entitled Ghostwatch, written by Steven Volk and based on the Enfield Poltergeist investigation.

Like the Enfield Poltergeist, Ghostwatch supposedly took place in a North London house, and featured a possessed adolescent girl speaking by using her false vocal cords.

Roll's most famous case was as the lead investigator on the 1984 " Columbus Poltergeist " case, in which remarkable color photos were taken by a veteran newspaper photographer for the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, Fred Shannon, which allegedly showed spontaneous telekinesis events in action occurring in the home of Columbus, Ohio teenager Tina Resch.

* Poltergeist, a troublesome spirit or ghost that manifests itself by moving and influencing objects

* Poltergeist ( album ), release by Death metal band Deathchain

The series is hosted by Linda Blair of the film The Exorcist, and narrated by Zelda Rubinstein, who is most famous for her role as the clairvoyant Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series.

In one episode, they hired a phony exorcist ( played by Zelda Rubinstein in a parody of her Poltergeist character Tangina Barrons ) to rid the house of Jennifer's spirit by capturing it in a jar.

Although Night Skies as a film would never reach production status, it helped inspire not only E. T., but also Poltergeist ( which had a family terrorized by paranormal forces and Spielberg hired Tobe Hooper to direct ), Spielberg and Mathison's proposed E. T.

" She later appeared in " Aunt Henrietta and the Jinx " during a battle between reason and superstition and returned again in " Aunt Henrietta and the Poltergeist " helping to get rid of a ghost.

Heather O ' Rourke, of Poltergeist ( 1982 ) fame, lived at Big Bear Lake in the middle 1980s.