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Heather O'Rourke
NASHVILLE, Tenn. i.APi -- Eleven-year-old Heather O'Rourke, who appeared in the "Poltergeist" and it's sequel, sought some thrills at Opryland theme park after completing three months of filming "Poltergeist III."
After Heather rode on the Screamin' Delta Demon, a wheeled bobsled ride, ride supervisor Beth Erickson said, "She let out a pretty good yell."
Heather's parents, Jim and Kathy O'Rourke, said they had been in Chicago since April for filming of the third "Poltergeist" film and were touring Nashville, Florida. New Orleans and Memphis on the way home to San Diego.
Heather, whose line "They're Here" chilled audiences in the first "Poltergeist" movie, stopped by the theme park Wednesday.
The latest film she said involves more magic and physical stunts than the first two haunted house films.
PICTURE INSET:
Heather in Poltergeist II.
CAPTION:
Heather O'Rourke.
