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The rumors surrounding the alleged "curse" of the films series are as follows: What is seen as an unusually large number of deaths have occurred among the former cast of the Poltergeist trilogy. This occurrence has given rise to the rumor that the productions themselves were in some way cursed due to the nature of the films themselves, as if the evil spirits conjured up in the make-believe world of the cinema have since reached out into the real world to claim what they might see as their rightful victims. An extreme version of the curse rumor asserts that everyone who appeared in these movies is now dead (Mikkelson). Various urban legends surrounding the film have been attributed to the potential cause of the curse. The most widely blamed is that allegedly real human skeletal remains were used as props in the first film, causing the angry spirits of the deceased to wreak havoc (Movies-Poltergeist Curse). In my next post, I will investigate the facts that have been uncovered and see what evidence (if any) exists to support these rumors.

• Mikkelson, Barbara and David P. "Poltergeist Deaths." Snopes.com. 17 August 2007. Web. 8 April 2011. http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/poltergeist.asp.


• "Movies-Poltergeist Curse." Ebay. Web. 8 April 2011. http://listing-index.ebay.com/movies/Poltergeist_curse.html