We
are watching "Poltergeist II" (selected theaters) and hackles are
rising. A deadly specter again haunts the Freeling family, the Middle
American clan whose misadventures thrilled millions in 1982's
"Poltergeist." Back then, they were confronted with an explosion of
wrath from beyond the grave--zooming out of the TV to entrap their
children, wreak havoc throughout the community and send their house
blasting away to the great beyond.
Now, far away, in the desert haven of Grandmother Freeling's home in Phoenix, trouble brews again. The floors shake. The windows rattle. The house lifts. An evil old man arrives on the doorstep with his own private rain cloud. A horrible, wormlike being thrashes around in Papa Freeling's stomach. Robbie's braces try to strangle him, and Carol Anne gets eerie calls on her plastic phone. At night, ectoplasmic kibitzers cavort on the lawn.
Something has gone horribly wrong--though the Freelings are far away from their old town, Cuesta Verde, and its violated graveyard; far from erstwhile producer Steven Spielberg and director Tobe Hooper (replaced here by Brian Gibson).
The hapless Freelings (JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke and Oliver Robins) are suffering from something worse than ghosts: that inexplicable horror, The Inevitable Sequel. Like Sisyphus with his rock--like Rocky and the grads of "Police Academy"--they are condemned to the eternal return. No matter where they go, they keep winding up in the same movie, trapped like rats in the same plot.
Now, far away, in the desert haven of Grandmother Freeling's home in Phoenix, trouble brews again. The floors shake. The windows rattle. The house lifts. An evil old man arrives on the doorstep with his own private rain cloud. A horrible, wormlike being thrashes around in Papa Freeling's stomach. Robbie's braces try to strangle him, and Carol Anne gets eerie calls on her plastic phone. At night, ectoplasmic kibitzers cavort on the lawn.
Something has gone horribly wrong--though the Freelings are far away from their old town, Cuesta Verde, and its violated graveyard; far from erstwhile producer Steven Spielberg and director Tobe Hooper (replaced here by Brian Gibson).
The hapless Freelings (JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke and Oliver Robins) are suffering from something worse than ghosts: that inexplicable horror, The Inevitable Sequel. Like Sisyphus with his rock--like Rocky and the grads of "Police Academy"--they are condemned to the eternal return. No matter where they go, they keep winding up in the same movie, trapped like rats in the same plot.
No comments:
Post a Comment