UNKNOWN FACTS 7.... SOME MORE INFO... Poltergeist This trilogy was produced in the 1980’s. Crazy instances which cause death and some say even a haunted atmosphere on this set caused seven people’s lives. Perhaps the curse came from the fact that Steven Spielberg used real skeletons of people in the muddy pool scene near the end of the movie. Each of the three “Poltergeist” movies was met with the tragedy of a principal actor; Beatrice Straight died of pneumonia at 87 and Geraldine Fitzgerald died at 91. From when Dominique Dunne was strangled by her boyfriend at just 22; to Will Sampson dying from a heart-lung transplant at 53, others report it was post operative kidney failure and malnutrition. Then we have Brian Gibson, 59 and Julian Beck, who both died of cancer. Gibson had a type of bone cancer that occurs in teenage men and this type is definitely rarely fatal. Also, Beck dying at the beginning of the 1986’s sequel. This isn’t everything! Oliver Robins’ throat was squeezed by the toy clown in that freaky toy scene, due to some mysterious malfunction! Author James Kahn’s air conditioner was struck by lightning and flew into his back. Creepy stories of Zelda Rubenstein, who received a call that her mom had died. But, right before that, she had a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach. Some say there was a light shining on her face in this part of the movie. Perhaps it was her mom. The cave in the second Poltergeist movie where corpses were buried evidently had real skeletons in them as well- seriously?…like these guys didn’t learn their lesson the first time. Finally, Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke) was only twelve when her untimely demise from a cardiopulmonary arrest soon after the release of the final film. Some say it was septic shock due to bacterial toxins invading her bloodstream, either way it’s freaky. The “Freeling” home in Southern California was damaged the Northridge earthquake in 1994. JoBeth Williams, who played mother Diane Freeling, claims she returned home from the set each day to find pictures on her wall askew. She would straighten them, only to find them crooked again the next day. Actor Will Sampson, a Creek Indian and actual shaman, performed an exorcism on the set of Poltergeist II to rid it of “alien spirits.” A year after Poltergeist II was released, he died. During the fight Dominique Dunne had with her boyfriend that ended up with her losing her life, Dominique’s friend who was at the house turned up the Poltergeist soundtrack to drown out the noise of the two yelling outside. In production of Poltergeist III, a movie set of a parking garage was completely engulfed by fire during shooting of a fire scene, from which only one crew member escaped without a scratch.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:06:14 +0000
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