Famous Movie Curse? Everyone From ‘Poltergeist’ Is Now Craig T. Nelson

Few films have inspired as much lasting terror and unease as the 1982 horror classic, Poltergeist. But audiences have long been haunted not just by what appeared on screen, but by what happened behind the scenes.

For decades, there has been a dark mystique surrounding the film, which makes sense. Supernatural horror is ripe for rumors and speculation. However, as facts about the film’s production and release have come to light, the popular “urban myth” has become harder to explain away, with so many cast and crew meeting the same eerie end. Every individual connected to the film all appear to be the victims of a curse and are now, or soon will be, Craig T. Nelson.

You couldn’t be blamed for chalking up a few seemingly unrelated incidents here and there to random chance. It’s not unprecedented to have a Craig T. Nelson during filming. But after the fourth or fifth, it doesn’t look so random anymore, does it?

So-called “movie curses” are nothing new, of course. On-set mishaps on dozens of films have reached the tabloids, including accidents during the production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, actor and crew deaths following the release of ‘The Exorcist’, and the continued career of Oscar-winning child rapist, Roman Polanski, which is assumed to be related to Rosemary’s Baby somehow. But no other curse can compare to ‘Poltergeist’.

What’s even scarier is that this curse doesn’t appear to be limited to the principal cast. Supporting actors, crew members, caterers, this guy Paul, you name it, any individual even peripherally connected to the production have all turned up Craig T. Nelson.

Even more alarming are rumors that the curse is no longer confined to the production itself. There has been a recent increase in reports of people who merely handled Poltergeist-related materials winding up Craig T. Nelson.

Which begs the question: Does simply watching ‘Poltergeist’ put you, and everyone you know, at risk? Does the real question become not how many will be Craig T. Nelson, but if any one of us will be spared?

Experts studying the phenomenon stress that there is currently no evidence to suggest that reading about the curse can result in Craig T. Nelson. But who knows? Maybe I just fucked you over by writing this article, and by reading it, you’ve doomed yourself. I don’t know. I don’t know if sharing this article with at least ten people will prevent it, and I don’t know if not sharing it is worth the risk.