Watch Order (Release = Chronological)Recommended
0 / 5 watchedRelease order is story order. The remake and the series sit outside it, marked by their group labels.
Original trilogy
- 1 Poltergeist Hooper original. Carol Anne and the TV people. Start here.
- 2 Poltergeist II: The Other Side The Freelings versus Reverend Kane, one year later.
- 3 Poltergeist III Carol Anne in a Chicago high-rise. Heather O'Rourke's final film.
Remake
- 4 Poltergeist Gil Kenan remake with Sam Rockwell. Optional alternate take on the first film.
Spinoff series
- 5 Poltergeist: The Legacy Four seasons, 1996 to 1999. A secret society fights the occult, with no link to the films beyond the title.
About Poltergeist
Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist (1982), co-written and produced by Steven Spielberg, traps the Freeling family in a house built over graves, and two sequels follow Carol Anne through 1988.
A 2015 remake retells the first film and the 1990s Legacy series shares only the title, so release order is story order.
Good to know
Amazon MGM Studios has a Poltergeist series set in the original film's world in development, with Kalinda Vazquez and Robbie Thompson attached as showrunners since August 2024, but no release date was set as of September 17, 2026.
