One of the reasons Poltergeist has become more famous than ever is the ‘curse’ rumor surrounding the movie.
Poltergeist is one of the most popular classic horror movies in the 1980s. Besides the captivating script, one of the things that makes Poltergeist’s “fame” is said to be the “original” surrounding the cast. film.
Predictable death?
After decades of premiere, the mysteries surrounding the death of four film actors are still mentioned by the audience, the most creepy is the departure of the 12-year-old child star at that time, Heather O’Rourke.
It is known that Heather O’Rourke soon shone after playing the female lead Carol Anne of all 3 Poltergeist films. The face is beautiful like a doll but exuding a cold, scary look and the classic line “They are here” in the first film by O’Rourke resonates for the whole film.
Heather O’Rourke’s doll-like beautiful appearance. Photo: IDMB
However, not long ago, O’Rourke died suddenly at the age of 12. At that time, the child actress had to perform a surgery to treat an acute obstruction but died on the operating table. because i had septic shock on February 1, 1988. Many viewers at that time thought that when the events were threaded together, the death of O’Rourke created a curse for the film.
Heather O’Rourke’s death at the age of 12 made the audience regret. Photo: Poltergeist
Specifically, when carefully examining the details in the movie, people suddenly discovered a poster posted on the head of the bed of little girl Carol Anne advertising the Super Bowl XXII football match took place in 1988, the year O’Rourke died. Meanwhile, the film was filmed in 1982.
The poster is said to predict the death of Heather O’Rourke in 1988. Photo: 4plebs
One detail that made the audience even more creepy was that O’Rourke was hospitalized on the same day of the football match and the child actress died in the city of San Diego, where Super Bowl XXII was held.
Sad milestones of the movie
Hollywood’s “brand new” Dominique Dunne, who played Carol Anne’s sister, was the first Poltergeist cast member to die in 1983, shortly after the film premiered.
Actress Dominique Dunne was the first Poltergeist star to die in 1983. Photo: The Sun
According to investigators, Dunne died from being strangled by her evil boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney. The New York Times news agency that year said that despite receiving emergency care and resuscitation, she did not survive. On the side of the villain, Sweeney, he must admit manslaughter.
The next ill-fated actor is Julian Beck, who plays the film’s scariest soul, the apocalyptic cult leader Kane in Poltergeist II. On September 14, 1985, he passed away after struggling with stomach cancer.
Julian Beck died in 1985 from stomach cancer. Photo: Poltergeist
Next, the Poltergeist film crew continued to receive sad news about the death of actor Will Sampson. It is known that Sampson plays a friendly ghost named Taylor in the second part of Poltergeist. He died on June 3, 1987, at the age of 53, of a chronic degenerative disease.
Will Sampson is also an ill-fated Poltergeist star. Photo: Poltergeist
The departure of the Poltergeist series has caused many rumors of the movie’s “curse” to spread, but everything is just an unfortunate coincidence. In 2015, a project for a re-production of the Poltergeist movie was carried out. At that time, many people have dug up the “curse” of the movie, but in fact, there are not any stars in the 2015 version of the curse.
Minh Hanh (According to The Sun)
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