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Poltergeist

Three films in a straight line, a remake that stands apart, and a television series that is not related at all.

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Where to start with Poltergeist

Three films in order, then a remake that connects to nothing. For a franchise this old that is unusually simple, so the only real warning is about something that is not on this list at all.

  1. 1
    Poltergeist (1982) Poltergeist

    A suburban ghost story rather than a horror film for most of its length, which is why it works on people who do not like horror. Nothing before it.

  2. 2
    Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) Poltergeist II: The Other Side

    Set a year later with the same family, and it gives the haunting an origin the first film deliberately withholds. It follows directly.

  3. 3
    Poltergeist III (1988) Poltergeist III

    Moves the surviving daughter to a Chicago tower block and drops most of the cast. It finishes the family's story, such as it is.

Then what? The 2015 remake is a separate film that shares only the premise, and it can be watched at any point or skipped. The one thing to know is that Poltergeist: The Legacy, a four-season television series from the nineteen-nineties, has nothing to do with any of this beyond the licensed name, which is why it is not listed here.

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