A low-budget sequel which tries, and
fails, to make a virtue out of adversity by substituting cheap
mechanical effects for the expensive light and magic of Parts I and II.
Little Carol Anne (O'Rourke), now living with her uncle (Skerritt) and
aunt (Allen) in an ultra-modern Chicago condominium, attends a school
for exceptionally gifted but emotionally disturbed children. But the
Preacher of Pain is still on her trail, so her guardians team up with
diminutive psychic Tangina (Rubinstein), who says it's all done with
mirrors. Small consolation for those trapped in the iced-over swimming
pool or the building's increasingly erratic lifts! A couple of choice
moments cannot compensate for a threadbare scenario bereft of
attention-grabbing visual effects. Sadly, talented young O'Rourke passed
over to the other side herself shortly after the film was completed: a
shame that this mundane movie will be her celluloid epitaph.
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