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** Creator/HeatherORourke disowned the film shortly after its release, saying that it was boring and not scary.
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** Creator/HeatherORourke disowned was not impressed with the film shortly after its release, film’s end result either, saying that it was boring and not scary.
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* CrossDressingVoices: In the French dub, Robbie Freeling was voiced by Belgian voice actress Creator/JackieBerger.
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* TheProductionCurse: Julian Beck died of stomach cancer and Will Sampson died from complications due to open heart surgery shortly after filming.
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* TheProductionCurse: Julian Beck died of stomach cancer eight months before the film’s release, and Will Sampson died from complications due to open heart surgery shortly the year after filming.its release.
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** Julian Beck was actually that gaunt: he was dying of cancer and didn't need that much makeup to look like a skeleton.
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** Julian Beck was actually that gaunt: he was dying of stomach cancer and didn't need that much makeup to look like a skeleton.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The home the Freelings moved to betweent films is actually in Altadena, California, but is in Arizona in the story.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The home the Freelings moved to betweent between films is actually in Altadena, California, but is in Arizona in the story.
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Actors do not count as an example of Author Existence Failure (now renamed to Died During Production). Replaced with a more fitting trope.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: The only family member absent from the film is Dana, who according to the script is off at university, but a scene explaining away her absence was never filmed. Dominique Dunne was murdered by her boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney (who later changed his name to John Maura and disappeared) shortly after the first film premiered. Ultimately, no mention is made of Dana in the final film, or of her being in college. It was decided by the filmmakers to retire the character and not recast her out of respect for the deceased actress and her family.
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* CharacterOutlivesActor: The only family member absent from the film is Dana, who according to the script is off at university, but a scene explaining away her absence was never filmed. Dominique Dunne was murdered by her boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney (who later changed his name to John Maura and disappeared) shortly after the first film premiered. Ultimately, no mention is made of Dana in the final film, or of her being in college. It was decided by the filmmakers to retire the character and not recast her out of respect for the deceased actress and her family.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The home the Freelings moved to betweent films is in Altadena, California, but is in Arizona in the story.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The home the Freelings moved to betweent films is actually in Altadena, California, but is in Arizona in the story.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The home the Freelings moved to betweent films is in Altadena, California, but is in Arizona in the story.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: The only family member absent from the film is Dana, who according to the script is off at university, but a scene explaining away her absence was never filmed. Dominique Dunne was murdered by her boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney (who later changed his name to John Maura and disappeared) shortly after the first film premiered. Ultimately, no mention is made of Dana in the final film, or of her being in college. It was decided by the filmmakers to retire the character and not recast her out of respect for the deceased actress and her family.
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* CreatorBacklash: HR Giger provided the special effects designed, but was reportedly unhappy with how they were translated to film.
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** Creator/HRGiger provided the special effects designed, but was reportedly unhappy with how they were translated tofilm.film.
-->When the movies eventually came out I thought, "Oh shit". But I couldn't change it. There was no more time. So I thought that's the wrong way to work. If you work on a film you have to be there all the time and be always looking at what they're doing otherwise they'll do what they want.
** Creator/HeatherORourke disowned the film shortly after its release, saying that it was boring and not scary.
** Creator/HRGiger provided the special effects designed, but was reportedly unhappy with how they were translated to
-->When the movies eventually came out I thought, "Oh shit". But I couldn't change it. There was no more time. So I thought that's the wrong way to work. If you work on a film you have to be there all the time and be always looking at what they're doing otherwise they'll do what they want.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The film had an original running time of 131 minutes before being edited down to 86 minutes. Some have surmised that Creator/{{MGM}} rushed production and ordered the cuts, e.g the final battle with Kane lasts all of two minutes.
* LoopingLines: As Julian Beck had died before the film's release, some of his ADR had to be done by voice actor Corey Burton.
* TheProductionCurse: For a scene where real cadavers were used, the entire day's worth of film came out black. Thus everything had to be re-shot.
* LoopingLines: As Julian Beck had died before the film's release, some of his ADR had to be done by voice actor Corey Burton.
* TheProductionCurse: For a scene where real cadavers were used, the entire day's worth of film came out black. Thus everything had to be re-shot.
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* DevelopmentGag: A poster of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' can be seen in Carol Anne's bedroom. Creator/DrewBarrymore had auditioned for the role of Carol Anne before landing the role of Gertie.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The film had an original running time of 131 minutes before being edited down to86 91 minutes. Some have surmised that Creator/{{MGM}} rushed production and ordered the cuts, e.g the final battle with Kane lasts all of two minutes.
minutes. Zelda Rubinstein in particular was furious about this, as she felt her best scenes were removed from the final cut.
* LoopingLines:As Julian Beck had died before of stomach cancer shortly after filming finished. Several of Beck's lines were dubbed in post-production by Creator/CoreyBurton. According to Burton, the film's release, some of sound editors did such a good job combining his ADR had to be done by work with Beck's original performance that, save for one scene where Kane's voice actor Corey Burton.
sounds slightly different, even he can't tell which lines are his and which are Beck's.
* TheProductionCurse:For a scene where real cadavers were used, the entire day's worth Julian Beck died of film came out black. Thus everything had stomach cancer and Will Sampson died from complications due to be re-shot.open heart surgery shortly after filming.
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** Heather O'Rourke was genuinely terrified of Julian Beck, and burst into tears when she first saw him in costume.
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** Beatrice Straight and Richard Lawson were approached to reprise their roles from the first film. The former was too ill to work, and the latter was busy with ''Under the Influence''.
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** Beatrice Straight was asked to reprise the role of Dr Lesh from the first film, but she was ill and not willing to work at the time. Richard Lawson were approached was also asked to reprise their roles from the first film. The former was too ill to work, and the latter role of Ryan, but his schedule clashed with MGM, because he was busy with ''Under the Influence''.filming ''Film/UnderTheInfluence''.
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* CastTheExpert: Will Sampson was a practicing shaman, and actually performed an exorcism on the set to appease worried crew members at one point.
* CreatorBacklash: HR Giger provided the special effects designed, but was reportedly unhappy with how they were translated to film.
* CreatorBacklash: HR Giger provided the special effects designed, but was reportedly unhappy with how they were translated to film.
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* TheProductionCurse: For a scene where real cadavers were used, the entire day's worth of film came out black. Thus everything had to be re-shot.
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** Heather O'Rourke was genuinely terrified of Julian Beck, and burst into tears when she first saw him in costume.
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** Beatrice Straight and Richard Lawson were approached to reprise their roles from the first film. The former was too ill to work, and the latter was busy with ''Under the Influence''.
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* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Julian Beck was one of the most loving people on Earth. One of the saddest things about ''Poltergeist II'' was that Beck was literally dying of cancer during the filming, and it shows.
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** Dana is entirely missing from this film and the next one, as Dominique Dunne had been murdered in 1982. The role was not re-cast and the absence of the character was not mentioned, making it a case of ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
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** Dana is entirely missing from this film and the next one, as Dominique Dunne had been murdered in 1982. The role was not re-cast and the absence of the character was not mentioned, making it a case of ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - an early draft would have included a line saying she was away in college in Boston, but this was cut from the final script.
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* ActorAllusion: Craig T. Nelson comments on Will Sampson perhaps being an escapee from an asylum. In ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', Sampson played an asylum inmate who escapes.
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** Dana is entirely missing from this film and the next one, as Dominique Dunne had been murdered in 1982. The role was not re-cast and the absence of the character was not mentioned, almost a BrotherChuck.
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** Dana is entirely missing from this film and the next one, as Dominique Dunne had been murdered in 1982. The role was not re-cast and the absence of the character was not mentioned, almost making it a BrotherChuck.case of ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
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** Creator/FMurrayAbraham turned down a role in order to star in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.
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** Creator/FMurrayAbraham turned down a role in order to star in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.
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* ActorAllusion: Craig T. Nelson comments on Will Sampson perhaps being an escapee from an asylum. In ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', Sampson played an asylum inmate who escapes.
* BillingDisplacement: Despite prominent billing, Geraldine Fitzgerald is only in the film for five minutes.
* DeletedScene: Several scenes that appeared in press stills and promotional posters were cut from the film, e.g. one in which Kane tries to get into the house a second time and confronts Tangina (this omission angered Zelda Rubinstein as she felt that was one of her best scenes); one in which Steve and Diane see a flying toaster during a breakfast scene, etc.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The film had an original running time of 131 minutes before being edited down to 86 minutes. Some have surmised that Creator/{{MGM}} rushed production and ordered the cuts, e.g the final battle with Kane lasts all of two minutes.
* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Julian Beck was one of the most loving people on Earth. One of the saddest things about ''Poltergeist II'' was that Beck was literally dying of cancer during the filming, and it shows.
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** Dana is entirely missing from this film and the next one, as Dominique Dunne had been murdered in 1982. The role was not re-cast and the absence of the character was not mentioned, almost a BrotherChuck.
** Julian Beck was actually that gaunt: he was dying of cancer and didn't need that much makeup to look like a skeleton.
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** The film was at one point to have been filmed in 3D; several scenes such as the appearance of the Beast and the flying chainsaw were filmed to take advantage of the process.
** Creator/FMurrayAbraham turned down a role in order to star in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.
* BillingDisplacement: Despite prominent billing, Geraldine Fitzgerald is only in the film for five minutes.
* DeletedScene: Several scenes that appeared in press stills and promotional posters were cut from the film, e.g. one in which Kane tries to get into the house a second time and confronts Tangina (this omission angered Zelda Rubinstein as she felt that was one of her best scenes); one in which Steve and Diane see a flying toaster during a breakfast scene, etc.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The film had an original running time of 131 minutes before being edited down to 86 minutes. Some have surmised that Creator/{{MGM}} rushed production and ordered the cuts, e.g the final battle with Kane lasts all of two minutes.
* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Julian Beck was one of the most loving people on Earth. One of the saddest things about ''Poltergeist II'' was that Beck was literally dying of cancer during the filming, and it shows.
* RealitySubtext:
** Dana is entirely missing from this film and the next one, as Dominique Dunne had been murdered in 1982. The role was not re-cast and the absence of the character was not mentioned, almost a BrotherChuck.
** Julian Beck was actually that gaunt: he was dying of cancer and didn't need that much makeup to look like a skeleton.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film was at one point to have been filmed in 3D; several scenes such as the appearance of the Beast and the flying chainsaw were filmed to take advantage of the process.
** Creator/FMurrayAbraham turned down a role in order to star in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.
