Poltergeist (1982 film)/Tear Jerker

While this movie is known to be very scary, there were just enough scenes to make the audience cry:
 * When Carol Anne's pet bird Tweety dies, Diane does what any parent would do when they think their kids aren't ready to learn about death yet and try to flush him down the toilet. However Carol Anne catches her before she could drop him, understandably shocked. The next scene with them shows them preparing Tweety's coffin (A cigar box) a proper burial, providing it with a picture, her licorice as an offering and a blanket, trying to hold it together throughout the whole thing. When she finishes it, she lets go and cries her heart out with only Diane hugging her in comfort.  Carol Anne feels a bit better afterwards, but that scene is so sad on so many levels. Animal lovers who lost their pets at that age could relate and even without that; Heather's performance was so convincing you can't help but feel bad for her when she does cry.


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