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Actors: Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Lara Flynn Boyle
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Poltergeist III
Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) goes to live with her Aunt and Uncle in a Chicago highrise, but is still pursued by the entity of Reverend Kane. All around Carol Anne don't believe the emotional trama she goes through to stay in the physical world until strange things start happening.
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%



**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on another world/distant past
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - the monster chased me!

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - engineer
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - white/grey
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Body type - very skinny (female)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - religious figure
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - is very quick - can change shapes - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - mind reading - can see into the future - super strength - can fly - teleportation - Invisibility - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - wild - eccentric - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - white/grey
Body type - skinny (man)
Ethnicity - White
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition - bulging muscles
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Big cities? Yes
Kind of city - Beautiful sparkling advanced city

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Any profanity? - A lot of foul language
Kinds of F/X - exploding vehicles - nasty human transformations
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