With the reboot of the legendary horror movie Poltergeist comes a resurgence of claims about the purported curse that surrounds the original film franchise which first premiered to terrified audiences back in 1982.
After all it didn t take long for Poltergeist to become known as the most cursed production of all time as the deaths of numerous cast members caused some to wonder if something far more sinister than mere chance was at play the Daily Mail reported
It s a track record that at first glance might raise some eyebrows.
First and foremost there was actress Dominique Dunne who played eldest daughter Dana Freeling in the film she was murdered by her boyfriend not long after the movie premiered.
Then actor Julian Beck who played preacher Henry Kane in Poltergeist II died of stomach cancer in 1985 according to the Daily Mail.
But it doesn t end there.
Two years later actor Will Sampson who played a medicine man named Taylor in the second film also died of kidney failure at the age of 53.
And perhaps most shockingly in 1988 Heather O Rourke the 12 year old girl who played character Carol Anne Freeling unexpectedly died of cardiac arrest due to undiagnosed intestinal stenosis that led to shock and damaged her heart and lungs.
And still it continues.
Flashforward more than 20 years and actor Lou Perryman who played character Pugsley in the first film was murdered at his home in Austin Texas by an ex convict named Seth Christopher Tatum Tatum allegedly entered Perryman s home and beat him more than 10 times with an ax.
A few years later in 2004 Poltergeist II director Brian Gibson 59 died from bone cancer as well and actor Richard Lawson who played Ryan in the first Poltergeist barely escaped death in 1992 when USAir Flight 405 crashed at LaGuardia Airport in New York City 27 people perished in that accident.
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