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POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (1986) – Episode 296 – Decades of Horror 1980s

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Release Date: 10/27/2025

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“You’re all gonna die in there! All of you! You are gonna die!” Well, for heaven’s sake, we all die. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), the sequel to the Spielberg-Hooper blockbuster.

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Episode 296 – Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

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Synopsis: The Freeling family has a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don’t seem to be over.

The 80s Grue-Crew head back to sequel land for this episode and stumble into Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). The Crew love the cast (Julian Beck, Heather O’Rourke, Will Sampson, Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein, Geraldine Fitzgerald) and the practical effects from the likes of Steve Johnson, Randall William Cook, and Screaming Mad George, but found the story lacking… with reasons. Just when we thought we were winding up the episode, we entered into a thirty-minute debate on whether Brian Cox or Anthony Hopkins made the better Hannibal Lecter, prompted by several Grue-Believer comments on our episode on Manhunter (1986). What a fun episode!

At the time of this writing, Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) is available to stream from Kanopy, Hoopla, Roku, MGM+, and multiple PPV sources. The movie is available on physical media as Poltergeist II: The Other Side – Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray [4K UHD] from SHOUT! Factory.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Chad, is Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) with a screenplay by Ray Bradbury based on his novel. Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival is coming to town!

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