Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

GL84 Trying to get away from their haunted house, the family that was originally targeted comes under attack once again by the same source as before in their new dwelling and must find the source of it's power in order to finally rid themselves of the evil being.This one here wasn't all that bad of a sequel. One of the better elements here is the fact that it carries over from the first one and shows the family unit together that was so vital in the first one. Bringing it back relates them more to the events of what came before as what starts this off pretty much right from the beginning. There is some good moments here and there that are pretty enjoyable, as the first attack in the bathroom is a great highlight with some great special effects showing the spirits getting released and an imaginative series that had a great sense of trying to be original, the braces wiring springing to life and ensnaring them in the bathroom is a big scene that's pretty imaginative, and the displays of his religious powers are rather entertaining. The entire vomit creature scene is full of great moments as the early scenes of him possessed trying to toy with her is quite chilling before leading into the cheesiness of the rest of the sequence including the creature itself which looks great and pretty realistic before the all-out encounter in the garage which contains the rather chilling brawls with the electrical wiring and the running chainsaw getting put to great use. That leads into the thrilling finale back in the caverns underground which lend themselves to a spooky setting where the skeletons and cramped rocky settings give this the fine backdrop for the battle in the other dimension which is pretty thrilling overall and really offers a lot to like. These all add up to a film that's far better than it should be even though there's a few problems here. There is one overriding problem with the film that is really hard to shake in it's PG-13 rating. This really shouldn't be much of a problem, but the fact is that it has to retreat on it's horror moments to make it more acceptable for the younger crowd to not get too scared at it. That severely reduces the power of the films' potential when it has to scale back the reason for its being to make it more acceptable. There's also the fact that a couple of times what is eventually revealed completely contradicts what happened before comes about for no reason with the fact that it makes the family seemed destined to their fate instead of just being plagued by a random ghost attack. It really destroys the continuity of the two films. There was some slight scenes that never really felt right in terms of the continuation of the series. The film also has a very slow start, and takes a while to get going. It's all mostly exposition to get into the film, but it could've done with some cutting out to tighten it up. Otherwise, there's some enjoyable parts here.Rated PG-13: Violence, mild Language and children-in-jeopardy.

moonspinner55 Nonsensical supernatural thriller continues the other-worldly nightmares plaguing the TV set-fearing Freeling family, originally introduced in 1982's "Poltergeist". Here, a Native American shaman helps protect the family from the spirit of a demonic, skeletal preacher who wants to possess little Carol Anne. Depressive sequel reunites the central cast members from the original but fails to build on their characters (much of this seems like a cheaply-rendered rerun). Director Brian Gibson mistakes tasteless jolts (such as "the Vomit Monster") for scary thrills--and has a severe case of Spielberg-itis besides. Few involved with the project were satisfied with the results, and smart audiences knew to stay away. *1/2 from ****

SnoopyStyle The house is gone. Tangina Barrons is digging at the site and finds the Indian burial grounds. She is joined by Native American shaman Taylor. The Freelings have moved in with Diane's mother Jess in Phoenix (without the older daughter). It's been a year and their insurance claim is in limbo. Steve is struggling selling vacuum cleaners. The evil spirit of Rev. Henry Kane is after Carol Anne. Jess dies after telling Diane of Carol Anne's abilities. Tangina sends Taylor to help the family.The death of Dominique Dunne needs to be acknowledged. Her character vanishes as if she never existed. It leaves a big hole especially since her scream is such an iconic scene. This sequel is essentially setting up for a repeat with Taylor as the new outside help. I don't like Taylor and he's not really necessary. Kane has a nice creepy look but he would be more effective at night. I don't understand why his scenes happen in the daylight. It also rewrites the cause of the original. I really don't like the retcon. The original's idea of the cementary is far superior putting the cause down to greed. On the other hand, the best has to be the limb-less creature coming out of Steve. It's a very memorable creature design. Overall, this could have been a functional stand alone movie. The retcon is problematic. As a sequel, the sense of inferiority is never far.

Jamie Spraggon I don't know if these will count as spoilers but I will list it just in case.The ghastly ghosts and edge of your seat suspense that made you cringe and cower in the original return in this heart pounding sequel filled with jolting state of the art special effects. The Freeling family may have settled into their new home but the spirits of the dead have not given up their desire to possess Carol Anne. Led by Kane, a demon disguised as a preacher, the spirits attempt to convince Carol Anne to join them on "the other side" but when plans fail, Kane unleashes the hellish fury of the Poltergeist on the Freelings which forces the desperate family to turn for help to a mysterious medicine man, a medium, a grandmother and most of all to each other.This film starred: Heather O'Rourke, Jobeth Williams & Craig T. NelsonPoltergeist 2 is better than the first in my opinion, I love this film, I watched this film recently and it is such a shame that Heather O'Rourke died so young because she had a really promising career ahead of her. R.I.P Heather god only takes the best.****/***** Very good