Other mistake: In the first shot when Carol Ann is being put to bed, the wicker headboard is backwards. I know this for a fact because I used to have the exact same headboard (queen size), and the large support frame faces the wall. The only thing you're supposed to see is a bunch of single swirls in the front. But they probably turned it that way so Carol Ann would have something to grab onto. White wicker furniture was very popular and cheap in the 1970s.
Poltergeist (1982)
1 mistake since 14 Nov '24, 07:27
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Oliver Robins, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne
Carol Anne Freeling: They're here.
Trivia: In the swimming pool scene with the mother near the end, the actress didn't know it, but those weren't fake skeletons.
Question: What exactly did the ghosts want with Carol Anne?
Answer: They were partly attracted to Carol Anne because she she was born in her house.
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Answer: They were attracted to her life force. She was such a young child, that it was particularly pure and strong within her.
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