A horror film franchise is seemingly cursed when it experiences tragedies including hauntings, serious accidents, fatal illness and murder.

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Several resources were used in the research for this episode including:

https://www.ranker.com/list/victims-of-the-poltergeist-curse/melissa-brinks

https://www.grunge.com/35883/bizarre-things-happened-set-poltergeist/

http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2015/12/22/the-shocking-history-of-the-poltergeist-curse/

http://www.iconsoffright.com/IV_Oliver.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/24/nyregion/crash-at-la-guardia-survivors-of-mangled-plane-recall-fire-water-terror.html

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/143731%7C0/Heather-O-Rourke/

https://www.statesman.com/article/20110202/NEWS/302029646