Poltergeist's Oliver Robbins on CURSED movie that killed one child actress

Steven Spielberg's hit movie Poltergeist chilled millions of viewers to the bone when it was released in 1982. Now 43, Oliver gave up acting to produce films Oliver starred with Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams and Heath O'Rourke as the terrified brother of Carol Anne O'Rourke), the blonde girl possessed by a spirit in their family's TV set And in an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Online former child actor Oliver Robins - who played Robbie Freeling in the first two films - recalls the tragic deaths of his two on-screen sisters. In 2009, 67-year-old Lou Perryman, who played Pugsley, was killed when a recently released ex-convict killed him in his own Austin, Texas home with an ax But for Robins, now 43, the most difficult loss came in 1988 when younger screen sister Heather O'Rourke, who starred as possessed Carol Anne in all three films, died suddenly aged 12 from cardiac arrest. She was devastated when Just weeks after Poltergeist hit the cinema Dominique Dunne, who played Robins' older sister Dana, was strangled by her boyfriend in the driveway of her West Hollywood home He said: 'To be completely honest, I don't think anyone that was involved in the movie ever really took the curse seriously. Poltergeist remake, in theatres tomorrow, is directed by British born Gil Kenan, whose work includes lesser-known horror movies such as Monster House' and'City of Embers, but Robins is confident Kenan will do a fine job Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris, and Jane Adams star in the 2015 version of the film 'JoBeth Williams, who played my mom, was also incredibly helpful in getting me to think about what I was screaming at and what I was afraid of.