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For cultural reasons, the Vulcans never had a form of entertainment like the horror movies of Earth, although this genre is common in other humanoid cultures. The original three 20th Century C.E. Terran Poltergeist movies have entertained the peoples of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants for centuries. The first movie is still considered a classic of this genre. Vulcans have learned important things about humans from this material, although they are just as confused as everyone else about the unexplained disappearance of the older Freeling daughter, Dana, who is not mentioned in the other movies. Many beings consider the third movie to have been a failure and it is unlikely additional films with any of the original cast would have been made. (The third movie was nearly scrapped after Heather O'Rourke died during post-production. A new ending with a body double for her was used to finish the film.)

Some humans in the 20th and 21st Centuries C.E. believed in a "Poltergeist Curse", since several people involved with the movies died before their time, including Heather O'Rourke, who died as a result of a medical misdiagnosis, and Dominique Dunne, who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend.

Below you will find characters and terminology that you might find associated with the original three Poltergeist movies. This page does not deal with any remakes or television series inspired by the original films.

Abnormal (adj.) -- ritsuri|-|
Accident -- kisheya
Afterlife -- po-ha'kiv
Amulet -- zaibihk
Angry -- reshnek|-|
Animal (n.) -- aushfa
Anomaly -- flekh'es
Apparition -- hatam'a
Appearance -- saudaya
Architect -- te'koshfet
Aunt -- ko-kuk

Balcony -- fah-yat
Basement -- ne-|tvi-|shal (TGV), ne-tvihal (MGV)
Bath -- wu'sibav
Bath towel -- wu'sibav-psethau-sai
Bathe -- wu'sibau
Bathroom -- puyan-|tvi-|shal
Bathtub -- wu'sibau-matuhlek
"The Beast" -- >Aushfal'esk<
Bed (n.) -- sar-tak
Bedding (n., linens) -- sar-tak-saitra
Bedroom -- shi'yuk (TGV); yuk-shal (MGV)
Ben Tuthill -- Ben Tuht'hihl
Bizarre (adj.) -- nifauli|-|
Blood -- khaf
Body (corpse) -- vukhut
Bone (n.) -- hinek
Brother -- sa-kai
Bruce Gardner -- Brus Gard'nuhr
Building -- kel
Building Operations -- Kel-El'torayalar
Burial site -- visolektau-shi
Butterfly -- buhtuhr-flai

California -- Kahlih'fornyuh
Canary -- kuh'neri
Candle -- ha'fek
Carol Anne Freeling -- Keruhl Ahn Friling
Carpet -- tol-sai
Cave -- tauk
Cavern -- suk'tauk
Cemetery -- vukhut-ker
Chain -- naf-elakh (TGV), naflakh (MGV)
Chainsaw -- naf-elakh-neshek (TGV), naflakh-neshek (MGV)
Chair (n.) -- ku-san
Chicago, Illinois -- Shih'kago - Ihlih'noi
Clairvoyance -- iraglan
Clairvoyant (n.) -- iraglasu
Claw (n.) -- spahk
Climb -- man (n.), man-tor (v.)
Closet -- sai-vel-meskal
Cloud -- wan
Coffin -- tevikeh-natuhn
Cookie Gurnich -- Kuuhki Guhr'nihch
Corpse -- tevik-veh (TGV), tevikeh (MGV)
Corridor -- tvur
Crack -- treshaya (n.), treshau (v.)
Creak -- rihnchaya (n.), rihnchau (v.)
Creature -- hafa
Cuesta Verde, California -- Kwestuh Verdei - Kahlih'fornyuh
Cult -- sulapsadvan
Cult leader -- sulapsadvan-fulagsu
Cup -- monek
Cupboard -- tsorayek
Curse -- raspiis (n.), raspiis-tor (v.)
Curtain (n.) -- skahan

Dana Freeling -- Deinuh Friling
Dark -- mu'gel-, mu'gelik (adj.); mu'gel (n.)
Darkness -- mu'gel'es
Daughter -- ko-fu
Day -- gad
Daylight (n.) -- gad-ha'gel
Dead (adj.) -- tevik
The Dead -- Tevanu
Death -- tevakh
Decay -- nehaya (n.), nehau (v.)
Demon -- eshu'a
Desert (n.) -- eshikh
Diane Freeling -- Dai'ahn Friling
Dig (v.) -- hil-tor
Dimension (physics) -- retuka
Disappear -- sasaudau
Disappearance -- sasaudaya
Disembodied spirit -- savukhut-tam'a
Dr. Martha Lesh -- Ortrensu Marthuh Lesh
Dr. Martin "Marty" Casey -- Ortrensu Martihn >Marti< Keisi
Dr. Ryan Mitchell -- Ortrensu Rai'uhn Mihchuhl
Dr. Seaton -- Ortrensu Situhn
Dog -- dag
Doll -- su-leitri
Donna Gardner -- Danuh Gard'nuhr
Door -- svep
Dream -- run (n.), run-tor (v.)
Driveway -- awek-thro-yut
Dust (n.) -- grazhiv
Dwarf (n.) -- kobsu

E. Buzz -- E. Buhz
Echo -- vava (n.); vavuh (v.)
Ectoplasm -- tam'a-tukh
Eerie -- drichel-, drichelik
Elevator -- sa'adek
Energy -- tepul
Escalator -- shenek
Eternal -- ek'wak-, ek'wakik
Event -- pavek
Evidence -- toza-tukh
Evil -- ek'rasahkos (adj.); ek'rasah (n.)
Exorcism -- mat-sahaisaya
Exorcist -- mat-sahaisausu
Experience -- veshtaya (n.); veshtau (v.)
Expert (n.) -- hiyasu
Extrasensory perception (ESP) -- si-kash-ralik pakashogaya
Eyewitness (n.) -- toglantausu

Fate -- buk
Father (n.) -- sa-mekh
Fear -- pthak (n.), ptha (v.)
Fence (n.) -- tem
Figure (n.) -- khlop
Fire (n.) -- yon
Flower (n.) -- svai
Fog (n.) -- ihsek
Follow -- zahal-tor
Follower -- zahelsu
Frank Teague -- Frahnk Tig
Fright -- kolthak
Frighten -- koltha
Front-end loader -- khom-tusek

GWS Center -- Svitan t'GWS
Ghost -- tam'a
Ghostly hand -- tam'a-el'ru
Ghostly sound -- tam'a-ralash
Glow -- min (n.), min-tor (v.)
Grandmother -- fa-ko-mekh
Grave (n.) -- shi'vukhut
Graveyard -- vukhut-ker

Hallucinate -- nezhazan-tor
Hallucination -- nezhazak
Hallway -- tvur
Hand -- el'ru
Handprint -- el'ruyidar
Hat -- taik
Haunt (v.) -- pa'tam'au
Haunted (adj.) -- pa'tam'al-, pa'tam'alik
Haunted house -- pa'tam'al-kelek
Haunting (n.) -- pa'tam'aya
Hearse -- tevikeh-hali
Heaven -- oigen; ap-lau
Helen Moyer -- Heluhn Moiyuhr
Hell -- bogozh
Help -- gol'nev (n.), gol-tor (v.)
Horror -- ksevat
House (n.) -- kelek
Howl -- vlut (n.), vlur (v.)
Hypnosis -- hekkayosh
Hypnotize -- hekkau
Hysteria -- ek'vash-nosh
Hysterical -- ek'vashan-, ek'vashanik

Ice -- le-suma
Illusion -- riyeht-gla-vel
Imaginary -- glenon-, glenonik
Imagination -- glenonaya
Implode -- vi'le-thorshau
Implosion -- vi'le-thorshaya
Incident -- pavesh
Insane (adj.) -- rikohs-, rikohsik
Insanity -- rikohs'es
Investigate -- men-hil-tor
Investigation -- men-hilan
Invisible -- ri-gla-yehat

Jeff Shaw -- Dzhef Shaa
Jessica Wilson -- Dzhesih'kuh Wihl'suhn

Key -- tal-muv
Kill (v.) -- stau
Killer -- stausu
Kiss -- shok (n.), shok-tor (v.)
Kitchen -- af'tum, shi'fasan

Ladder -- pu'uth
Lantern -- |makh-|yonet
Levitate -- zaipashenau
Levitation -- zaipashenaya
Life -- ha'kiv
Life force -- ha'kiv-nekwitaya
Light (n.) -- ha'gel (opposite of dark); ha'gelet (thing that gives light)
The Light -- Oha'gel
Lightning -- pahz
The Living -- Hayanu
Livingroom -- gad-ha-shal
Lose -- pak-tor
Loss -- pak
Lost (adj.) -- paki-, pakik

Macabre -- klihrank-, klihrankik
Magic (n.) -- zaipos
Mall -- wehk-ramakurai
Marcie Moyer -- Marsi Moiyuhr
Martin Moyer -- Martihn Moiyuhr
Massacre (n.) -- ek'riyeht-staya
Materialization -- vitukhaya
Materialize -- vitukhau
Medicine bag -- kon-sol-sa'haf
Medicine man -- haseretsu, kon-solsu
Medium (n.) -- tam'a-mestausu
Mirror (n.) -- haulat
Missing child -- dinan-kan
Mist (n.) -- ihz
Monaco Properties -- Solantralar t'Manuh'ko
Monster -- stislak (man-like), ul'esk (anything not man-like)
Mother (n.) -- ko-mekh
Move -- dvun (n.), dvun-tor (v.)
Moving furniture -- dvunan-kvedular
Moving object -- dvunan-vel
Mystery -- del-ri

Native American (n.) -- salat-uhmerikasu
Necklace -- talu-ek'zeru, talu-ek'zer-zhel
Neighbor (n.) -- behsu
Neighborhood -- beh-shaltra
Night -- mu'yor
Nightmare -- yuk-eshu'a

Object (n.) -- vel
Occult -- ipal-malat-, ipal-malatik (adj.); ipal-malat'es (n.)
Odor -- vil
Omen -- gihlt
The Other Side -- Vath-Vla

Painting (n.) -- kras-bikuv
Parakeet -- peruh'kit
Parallel dimension -- vlavla-retuka
Paranormal -- mesakh-tsuri|-| (adj.); mesakh-tsuri'es (n.)
Parapsychologist -- mesakh-kloshai-talsu
Parapsychology -- mesakh-kloshai-tal
Patricia "Pat" Wilson-Gardner -- Puh'trihshuh >Paht< Wihl'suhn-Gard'nuhr
The Patricia Wilson-Gardner Gallery -- Tanaf-Shi'Gluvaun t'Puh'trihshuh Wihl'suhn-Gard'nuhr
Phantom (n.) -- |duv-|tam'a (spirit), duvsu (person)
Phenomenon -- stivan
Photograph (n.) -- ha'gel-bikuv
Pickup (truck) -- zanatuhn-hali
Picture (n.) -- bikuv
Pillow (n.) -- trak
Poltergeist -- ralash-tam'a
Portal -- mesvin-sharu
Portrait -- su-bikuv
Presence (spirit/being) -- lasu
Prophecy -- fa-wak-glan
Prophet -- fa-wak-glansu
Psychic -- nikser-, nikserik (adj.); niksersu (n.)
Psychic experience -- nikser-veshtaya
Psychokinesis -- kash-dvunan
Puddle (n.) -- pi'muzh
Pull -- seshaya (n.), seshau (v.)

Radio (n.) -- sauribayek
Rain -- sov-masu (n.), sov-mashau (v.)
Rattle -- hispaya (n.), hispau (v.)
Real estate -- solantra
Real estate agent -- solantra-svisolaisu
Record (n.) -- ralash-math (phonograph); vipladaya (document)
Record player -- ralash-math-mavayek
Research -- kla-hil (n.), kla-hil-tor (v.)
Researcher -- kla-hilsu
Restless spirit -- shom-fam-tam'a
Revenge -- ran-pleth
Reverend Henry Kane -- Dva-Fulagsu Hen'ri Kein
Ring (n.) -- mokuv
Robert "Robbie" Freeling -- Rabuhrt >Rabi< Friling
Rose -- roz
Rosebush -- roz-lab'pi

Sacrifice (n.) -- oslauvolaya
School -- shi'oren
Science -- ek'tal
Scientist -- ek'talsu
Scott Moyer -- Skat Moiyuhr
Scream -- she (n.); shei (v.)
Search -- psthan (n.), pstha (v.)
The Seaton School for Gifted Children -- Shi'Oren na'Ta'akupik Kanlar t'Situhn
Secret -- tsatik (adj.); tsat (n.)
Security camera -- shar'es-glayek
Security guard -- shar'es-klashausu
Security Room -- Shar-Tash-Shal
Shadow (n.) -- duv
Shaman (medicine man) -- haseretsu
Shopping mall -- wehk-ramakurai
Shout -- saul (n.), saul-tor (v.)
Shovel -- hilek (n.), hilekau (v.)
Sister -- ko-kai
Skeleton -- hinek-teraya (TGV), hinektra (MGV)
Skull -- grat
Skyscraper -- kispekel
Smoke (n.) -- vuzh
Son -- sa-fu
Soul -- |tvi-|katra
Spear -- tilek
Spook -- tam'a
Stairs -- kaiden
Station wagon -- laskat-hali
Steven "Steve" Freeling -- Stivuhn >Stiv< Friling
Stove (appliance) -- fasan-kebi
Strange -- flekh-, flekhik
Stranger (n.) -- rifainusu
Supernatural -- mesakh-malat-, mesakh-malatik (adj.); mesakh-malat'es (n.)
Swimming pool -- mahal-muzh
Swimsuit -- mahal-sai-vel

Table -- pasu
Takamitsu -- Taka'mitsu
Tangina Barrons -- Tahn'dzhinuh Beruhnz
Taylor -- Tei'luhr
Teddy bear -- tedi-ber
Telekinesis -- irak-dvunan
Telepath -- irak-nahansu
Telepathy -- irak-nahan
Telephone (n.) -- irak-varibek
Telephone call -- irak-varibek-vutaya
Teleport -- hal'saudau
Teleportation -- hal'saudaya
Television camera -- irak-dvubikuvan-glayek
Television program -- irak-dvubikuvan-glatumaya
Television reporter -- irak-dvubikuv-ro'ribetsu
Television screen -- irak-dvubikuvan-gluvayek
Television set -- irak-dvubikuvek
Tempt -- shabupotau
Temptation -- shabupotaya
Tent -- sai-kel
Terrified (adj.) -- vashal-, vashalik
Terrify -- vash-tor
Terrifying -- vashyan-, vashyanik
Terror -- vash
Texas Instruments Speak & Spell™ -- Teksuhs Ihn'struh'ments Spik uhnd Spel |Stariben Ϟ Nazhitovau t'Zuvellar t'Teksuhs|
Thunder -- rahm (n.), rahm-tor (v.)
Tooth -- zud
Toy (n.) -- leitri
Toy robot -- leitri-sutor-zupek
Toy telephone -- leitri-irak-varibek
Tree -- lap

Uncle -- sa-kuk
The Undead -- Ri-Tevanu
Underground (adj.) -- nesolektra-, nesolektraik
Underwater (adj.) -- nemasu-, nemasuyik
Unexplained -- ridanal-, ridanalik (adj.); Ridanalu (n.)
Unexplained phenomenon -- ridanal-stivan
Unexplained sound -- ridanal-ralash
University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) -- Dan-Abu-Shi'Oren t'Kahlih'fornyuh Uhr'vain
Unusual (adj.) -- ritsuri|-|
Unusual phenomenon -- ritsuri-stivan

Vacuum cleaner -- spolau-puyek, kitek-spolayek
Vanish -- sasaudau
Vapor -- muhs
Victim -- kyesu
Violence -- khrash
Violent -- khrashik
Visit -- yaret (n.); yaretau (v.)
Visitation -- yaretaya
Visitor -- yaretausu
Vomit Creature -- Pluhk-Hafa

Wail -- nemuvluk (n.), nemuvlur (v.)
Wall (n.) -- temok
Weird (adj.) -- flekh-, flekhik
Whisper -- nukvaribet (n.); nukvariben (v.)
Wind (n.) -- salan
Window -- krani
Window washer -- krani-pusu
Wire (n.) -- raf-elakh (elect.); mokelakh (metal)
Witness -- toglantausu (n.), toglantau (v.)
Wraith -- tam'a, samek-tam'a

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Dedicated to the memory of Heather O'Rourke, Dominique Dunne, Zelda Rubinstein,
Will Sampson, Julian Beck and Nathan Davis.