Magical creatures in Harry Potter harbor an attraction to imagery morbid and melancholy. Ghosts are very sensitive about their condition: when the Ministry initially classified them as sentient creatures with full legal rights, they claimed that the term was insensitive and received a separate "Spirit Division", apparently to control the activities and haunting locations of troublesome ghosts (as when Myrtle was forced to haunt the place of her death (Hogwarts) after she had disrupted the wedding of the brother of Olive Hornby, a girl who had teased her at school). Named Ghost characters: Peeves, the Hogwarts poltergeist, is not considered a ghost, but an "indestructible
Poltergeist II: The Other Side in Region 1. On September 13, 2011, MGM released the film on Blu-ray. MGM has also released the film on DVD in Region 2 and Region 4. It was released in the UK on October 23, 2000 and in Australia on September 1, 2006. A double feature pack containing "Poltergeist II" and "III" together was released in Region 4 on November 8, 2010. On January 31, 2017, Scream Factory released a Blu-ray Collector's Edition of the film including new commentaries and featurettes. The novelization, titled "Poltergeist II: The Other Side", was written by James Kahn and published by Ballantine Books