Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: May 23, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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5
Negative:
2
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
This time around, co-scripters Mark Victor and Michael Grais (who wrote the first Poltergeist with Steven Spielberg) have the focus of evil in human form, in the perfectly cast, since deceased, Julian Beck. Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Altogether, an unusually honorable achievement in a form (the remake) where originality is a dirty word. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
The original was good enough so that a residue of curiosity about the Freelings remains; we want to know what happened next. But a sequel is a sequel is a sequel, and this amiable movie is very much a II. [23 May 1986, p.D1]
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