heather michele o'rourke was the girl who played carol anne in poltergeist.
heather michele o'rourke was the girl who played carol anne in poltergeist.
the girl who played carol anne in poltergeist?
heather michele o'rourke
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heather michele o'rourke (december 27, 1975 – february 1, 1988) was an american child actress. she was discovered by director steven spielberg when she was visiting mgm's studios. spielberg cast her as carol anne freeling in the horror film "poltergeist" (1982), where she is known for saying "they're here!" she reprised the role in the second and third installments.
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"poltergeist" is the original film in the trilogy, directed by tobe hooper, co-written by steven spielberg and released on june 4, 1982. the story focuses on the freeling family, which consists of steven (craig t. nelson); diane (jobeth williams); dana (dominique dunne); robbie (oliver robins); and carol anne (heather o'rourke), who live in a california housing development called cuesta verde, which comes to be haunted by ghosts. the ghosts communicate only with carol anne through the family's television set, and are under the control of a demon known as the "beast." the ghosts, attracted to carol anne's life force and believing she will help lead them into the "light", abduct her through her bedroom closet, which acts as a portal to their dimension. most of the film involves the efforts to rescue her on the part of her family, a group of parapsychologists and a spiritual medium named tangina barrons (zelda rubinstein). carol anne is eventually retrieved from the other side and, following a second attack by the beast that reveals the ghosts had originated from an improperly relocated cemetery underneath the neighborhood, the family flees cuesta verde, while the house caves in on itself and is sucked into another dimension.
poltergeist (film series)