Poltergeist III fingerprintHigh energy, no humor.
Scary and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Fantasy and faith and meaning
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Scary and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Poltergeist III is scary, tense, and fast-paced.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Fantasy and faith and meaning
Its world is built around fantasy and faith and meaning.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Poltergeist III is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and NBC. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 35/100 (IMDb 4.7, Rotten Tomatoes 14%, and Metacritic 40). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 38 min
Poltergeist III runs 1 h 38 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Poltergeist III higher (40) than critics (27). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $11 million to make and earned $14 million worldwide, 1.3 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+114GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Poltergeist III in 128 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 48 storytelling tropes for Poltergeist III, including Foreshadowing, Real Life Writes the Plot, Flipping the Bird.
4.7
