Poltergeist - Watch Order: Story Timeline
The Story Timeline follows the original Poltergeist trilogy's connected narrative, focusing exclusively on the Freeling family and Carol Anne's supernatural experiences. This watch order presents the complete arc of the family's encounters with the spectral forces known as the Beast.
Beginning with the iconic haunted house scenario in suburbia, the story progresses through the family's continued struggles with supernatural entities, concluding with Carol Anne's experiences in a Chicago high-rise. This timeline excludes the unconnected 2015 reboot.
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
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.
Poltergeist III
Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?
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