She died on 1 February 1988 at the age of 12 at a children’s hospital in San Diego, during an operation to correct acute bowel obstruction. She collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest a day later. The next year, Heather fell ill again, and sadly again, her symptoms were casually attributed to the flu. With her doll-like appearance, Carol captivated many audiences, but unfortunately, she was misdiagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 1987. The young focal point of the Poltergeist series, Carol Anne Freeling was played by Heather O’Rourke. Heather O’Rourke (Carol Anne Freeling) Death of Heather O’Rourke (Carol Ann Freeling) The studio security was instructed to leave the set unlocked and unguarded so he could return in the middle of the night to perform the exorcism. What made all this more eerie is the fact that before his death, Will Sampson reportedly used to perform authentic exorcism for “several different groups” after shooting wrapped up. The cause of his death was attributed to pre-operative malnutrition problems and post-operative kidney failure. The film met with further tragedy, when Sampson died on 3 June 1987 after undergoing a heart-lung transplant that had a very low survival rate. Will Sampson is the 53 years old actor who played Taylor the medicine man in the same film Poltergeist II. Will Sampson (Taylor) Death of Will Sampson (Taylor) This was not unexpected though, as he was battling with cancer. In 1983, before he accepted the role, Beck was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and he died on 14 September 1985, soon after he finished working on the movie. Julian Beck is the 60-year-old actor who played the role of evil preacher Henry Kane in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). Julian Beck (Kane) Death of Julian Beck (Kane) This way, after the first movie was released in June 1982, Dominique Dunne died on 4 November 1982, at the age of 22. Sweeney was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for his crime, but was released after serving less than 4 years. When Dunne refused, Sweeney grabbed her neck, choked her until she was unconscious, and left her to die in her home’s driveway. Dunne separated from her partner, John Sweeney in 1982, but in November same year, he came to her home pleading her to take him back. Dominique Dunne (Dana Freeling) Death of Dominique Dunne (Dana Freeling)ĭominique Dunne, who played the older daughter, Dana Freeling in the original Poltergeist movie, met with a tragic and unforeseen fate. Although two of the deaths were expected, the other two were puzzling and unexpected, which made many fans believe in the ‘curse’. Dominique Dunne (Dana Freeling), Julian Beck (Kane, an evil spirit), Will Sampson (Taylor, a good spirit) and Heather O’Rourke (Carol Ann Freeling) were the four cast members who died during and after the filming of the movies. With the popularity of the Poltergeist trilogy, there also came a creepy mystique that the classic film is associated with real-life tragedies which some people interpreted as a curse - because of the deaths of many cast members. The Poltergeist movie was so horrifying and successful that it led to two other sequels: Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Poltergeist III (1988). The horror film is about the Freelings, a middle-class family whose life becomes chaotic when they witness a number of paranormal events in their California home and their daughter Carol Anne gets abducted through her bedroom closet by a group of ghosts under the control of a monster demon called the “Beast”. The original Poltergeist movie was released in 1982, directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg. Today, we will analyze whether the stars who acted in Poltergeist film series were really cursed to death, or was it all a matter of coincidence. The American movies Poltergeist trilogy have been among the scariest movies in Hollywood, also the strange deaths of the movie stars became a matter of serious discussions and are often attributed as Curse. There are many strange deaths connected to the Poltergeist film series.
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