The EVIL T.V.
Theyve planted themselves in the center of homes all over North America, but dont be fooled by their charm, their comfort or convenience, even if theyre commercial free. Trust me, televisions are evil. Here to prove it is the adorably innocent Carol Anne from Poltergeist who gets pulled into the spirit world because of a seemingly harmless tube television set. Exploiting the dangers of television has been one of horrors favorite shticks, mostly because the genre is slightly narcissistic and loves referencing both itself and its medium. Most of the time however, the evil T.V. just comes off as a silly gag like the killer broadcast in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, the chase through channels in Shocker, or the seductive robot death in the infamous Leprechaun 3. Very few live up to the genuine creep-out factor of the ghostly whispers hidden in the static of Poltergeist.