Similar to her Poltergeist II co-star Julian Beck, O’Rourke had finished shooting the third installment of the franchise, 1988’s Poltergeist III, shortly before her passing.

In 2015, a reboot of the 1982 film was led by Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt, and the first TV adaptation of the film, titled “Poltergeist: The Legacy,” was released by Showtime in 1996.

In 1996, Poltergeist received its first TV series, Poltergeist: The Legacy, which was only loosely connected to the films. That show ran for four seasons before coming to an end in 1999, but now ...