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Poltergeist: The Legacy1996

Name: Poltergeist: The Legacy
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Witchcraft & Occult, Demonic & Possession
Released: 1996-04-21
Rating: 6.8

Created by Richard Barton Lewis

6.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 6.9TMDB 6.2

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Year

1996

Seasons

Network

Showtime

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 7 nominations

The premise

The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers.

Horror Vault's take

Somewhere between the shadows of the everyday world, a clandestine brotherhood known as the Legacy stands as humanity's last line of defense against the forces of darkness. Each episode thrusts its members into encounters with malevolent spirits, cursed relics, and supernatural threats that most people never know exist. Rooted in gothic atmosphere and occult mystery, the series blends ensemble drama with genuinely unsettling horror across its multi-season run.

Content: Supernatural Horror Imagery, Occult Themes, Mild Violence

Episode Guide

· 16h 8m total· Apr 1996 → Sep 1996

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S1.E1 · The Legacy (1)Premiere
Apr 21, 1996 · 44 min · Dir: Stuart Gillard
We begin in 1969 with Winston and Derek Rayne driving in their car, in the rain. They end up at a cave. Winston goes in, while Derek is told to remain in the car. Inside the cave, Winston finds a sepulcher (a wooden box). He opens the sepul
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S1.E2 · The Legacy (2)
Apr 21, 1996 · 44 min · Dir: Allan Eastman
The second part of the series premiere where members of the Legacy, an ancient secret society that investigates the paranormal are introduced. Dr. Derek Rayne struggles with his own dark past.
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S1.E3 · Sins of the Father
Apr 26, 1996 · 44 min · Dir: Allan Eastman
Derek's old friend Damon is accused of abusing his son, but he insists supernatural causes are at fault. Derek believes him, but Nick's investigation reveals a checkered family history. Rachel examines the boy's wounds, and Father Philip at
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S1.E4 · Town Without Pity
May 3, 1996 · 44 min · Dir: Ken Girotti
The episode begins in a religious driven small village. a church service has just ended, and a man makes a run for the woods. He finds a bridge in the woods and begins to cross it, as he crosses the bridge he gets stopped by some strange in
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S1.E5 · The Tenement
May 10, 1996 · 44 min · Dir: Jerry Ciccoritti
As Alex prepares to take slum landlord Kyle Vance to court, she experiences a vision of a red-haired woman in the decaying tenement building. Then, on the witness stand, she finds herself compelled to insist the judge sentence Vance to stay