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Poltergeist III

1988 · 98 min · Director: Gary Sherman ★ IMDb 4.7 · 22,878 ratings

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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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Poltergeist III (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Fear
  1. Fear35%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Horror. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Fear
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 38 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor32 %11 %2 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor33 %15 %5 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension32 %22 %9 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor39 %31 %20 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension45 %39 %29 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor39 %31 %20 %11 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor45 %36 %26 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension68 %64 %55 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Tension78 %78 %68 %9 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension81 %80 %73 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension83 %80 %73 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension78 %76 %64 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Tension78 %78 %65 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Tension81 %81 %73 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Tension83 %81 %73 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Tension79 %75 %64 %23 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Tension76 %71 %57 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension85 %80 %66 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Tension85 %76 %65 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Relief72 %57 %47 %27 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

HO
Heather O'Rourke

Lara Flynn Boyle

Donna Gardner

KW
Kipley Wentz

Scott

ZR
Zelda Rubinstein

Tangina Barrons

RF
Richard Fire

Dr. Seaton

ND
Nathan Davis

Kane

JG
Joey Garfield

Jeff

MM
Maureen Mueller

Gallery Woman

PL
Paty Lombard

Helen

MT
Meg Thalken

Deborah

SG
Stacy Gilchrist

Melissa

MW
Meg Weldon

Sandy

CG
Catherine Gatz

Marcie

EM
E.J. Murray

Mary

SN
Sherry Narens

Mrs. Seaton

MB
Mindy Bell

Observer

LV
Laurie V. Logan

Elevator Woman

JA
Jane Alderman

Scott's Mother

Details

Directed by
Gary Sherman
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.7 · 22,878 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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