Happy Halloween! This is the perfect time of year to talk about the curse surrounding the Poltergeist movies. There is an inordinate amount of tragedy and death that surround these movies. All 3 movies lost members of the cast between the time of filming and the release of the movies. Let's take a look at this theory for the spookiest day of the year and you decide, Is it cursed?

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Poltergeist (franchise) - Wikipedia

The Poltergeist Curse: Here's the Real Story Behind the Movie Myth (yahoo.com)

The 'Poltergeist' Curse: Inside the Mysterious Cast Deaths and Oddities On Set - Biography

The 'Poltergeist' Curse: The Deaths Of Dominique Young, Julian Beck, Will Sampson | True Crime Buzz (oxygen.com)

Hollywood's 'Poltergeist' curse after four film stars died mysteriously including 80s child star Heather O'Rourke | The US Sun (the-sun.com)

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Local Actor Lou Perryman Murdered: The body of Lou Perryman, a longtime fixture in the Austin film and theatre community, was found by Austin Police Thursday morning - Screens - The Austin Chronicle