Poltergeist II: Skydiving on the Other Side

Movie Meltdown - Episode 535 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

We're back!! And this episode we continue our Halloween celebration as we discuss Poltergeist 2: The Other Side. The sequel to the massively popular original features the return of JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein - with new additions Will Sampson and Julian Beck.

And while we get an update on the current whereabouts of the creepy clown painting that haunted a certain cast member’s childhood, we also bring up… making a supernatural insurance claim, smacked a space worm, being turned to stone by spirits, what if we put some meat on their bones, the beast wants her, up on the smokehouse, pumpkin spice, manly journey, tone, a zombie element, the car is alive, real chocolate not white chocolate, get Brian Gibson on the phone, creepy preacher, sleeping in a tent in the yard, coming to terms with your clairvoyant nature, H.R. Giger, a lightning rod for the dead people, pick another household appliance, the tequila worm, cahoot, braces attack, talking to kittens, odd choices, the family spelunking, taste flashback, an old ghost man, any random portal, I feel like we the audience were responsible, fun size and the real cost of sculpting skeletons.

Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for the 1986 film “Poltergeist 2: The Other Side”. So go watch the movie beforehand.

“The house is gone, you’ve moved away… what is your problem dead people?!”