Article: Clunky `Poltergeist' spirits shop for fright in Chicago

MGM presents a film directed by Gary Sherman. Written by Sherman and Brian Taggert. Photographed by Alex Nepomniaschy. Running time: 97 minutes. Classified PG-13. At local theaters.

`Every new building has its problems," Bruce Gardner (Tom Skerritt) assures his young niece, Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke), after an elevator in the Chicago high-rise complex he manages acts up. "But we'll get them before they get us, right?"

Obviously, Uncle Brucie hasn't talked much with Carol Anne's parents, in California recovering from their bouts with supernatural home wreckers. The spirits in "Poltergeist III" may lack expediency - it takes them forever to drag Carol Anne back to the "other side" - ...

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