The annoying thing is that the movie doesn't make sense. Poltergeist II doesn't stick to its own supernatural rules and leaves lots of loose ends waving in the breeze.

It's a tacky tale of terror. It creates no plausible atmosphere, but springs its shocks indiscriminately.

Not much of the first film's tincture of humor is revived, but most of the tiresome mumbo-jumbo routines get another going-over.

…Poltergeist II sticks closely to the first film’s structure, doing most of the same spooky things but not as well….