Poltergeist 3 ending?

BLAST FROM THE PAST!
POLTERGEIST
3

is a film that fascinates me to this day. It has been
shrouded in controversy from Heather o Rourke’s untimely death to the
conflicting accounts on the ending.

Was is re-shot or not? In an


interview that I did with Director Gary Sherman eons ago he stated
this about the ending:

-The
ending was not a re-shoot. The original ending was never shot. Heather died a
week before we were scheduled to shoot the ending. There was no way we could (or
even wanted to, for that matter) shoot the scenes without her. There were some
17 pages left to shoot.

But actor
Kipley Wentz (who played Scott in the film)
had this to say:

–The
“original” ending was shot. The movie was wrapped about seven months before
Heather died. After she died, they wanted to re-shoot the ending because it
obviously featured Heather prominently and it was all very upsetting for
everyone.

Confusing?
Yup! It gets better! Below are pictures from the supposedly "initial ending" of
the film.

So what’s going on? Was the first ending ever shot or what? Your answer may lie
below.

For
more insight on the original ending of POLTERGEIST 3 and to read the many
accounts about it, I encourage you to check out the groovy POLTERGEIST 3 site. Quite a good
read!

Thanks to Eric for the heads up!