CAROL ANNE (POLTERGEIST 1982 MYSTERY)

Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. It stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, and Beatrice Straight, and was produced by Spielberg and Frank Marshall. The film focuses on a suburban family whose home is invaded by malevolent ghosts that abduct their youngest daughter (Carol Anne). As Spielberg was contractually unable to direct another film while he made E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial, Hooper was selected based on his work on The Texas Chain Saw m******e and The Funhouse . The origin of Poltergeist can be traced to Night Skies, which Spielberg conceived as a horror sequel to his 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Hooper was less interested in the sci-fi elements and suggested they collaborate on a ghost story. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through MGM/UA Entertainment Co. on June 4, 1982, Poltergeist was a major critical and commercial success, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 1982. In the years since its release, the film has been recognized as a horror classic. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, named by the Chicago Film Critics Association as the 20th-scariest film ever made, and a scene made Bravo 's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. The film was followed by Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), Poltergeist III (1988), and a 2015 remake , but none had the critical success of the original. It was reported that the movie was filmed with real human skeletons due to the fact that in those days real skeleton were cheaper than artificial/plastic ones. And the cast members were not informed that the skeletons was a real human skeleton. The film was portrayed as a cursed film after Four cast members died either during filming or shortly thereafter, including child actress O’Rourke (as Carol Anne). In 1987, she was misdiagnosed with Crohn’s disease. During the filming of Poltergeist III. O’Rourke didn’t make it after the second cardiac arrest and died at just 12 years old. She couldn't finish her acting role on the third remake. It was reported that she had congenital stenosis of the intestine, complicated by septic shock instead of Crohn’s disease.