Robbie Freeling

Robbie Freeling is a fictional child and a supporting character in the Poltergeist film series. Played by actor Oliver Robins, he appeared in the 1982 horror movie Poltergeist.

Biography
Robbie Freeling was the second of three children of Steve and Diane Freeling. He was the younger brother of Dana Freeling, and the older brother of Carol Anne Freeling. He lived with his family at the Cuesta Verde Estates in California. Robbie had an intense fear of a large oak tree that grew just outside of his bedroom window. At night, the shadows from the branches made strange shapes that kept him up late. In an effort to overcome his phobia, Robbie tried climbing the tree, but only during the daylight hours.

One morning during breakfast, Robbie noticed his silverware bent at an odd angle. He paid it little mind however, and went out to go to school. He could never have guessed that this was just the beginning of several strange paranormal occurrences that would take place in their household over the next few days.

That night, a powerful thunder storm ripped through Cuesta Verde Estates. The rain and wind was so strong that the branches of the old oak tree smashed through Robbie's bedroom window and attacked him. Aided by supernatural forces, the tree branches pulled Robbie into its clutches, and his parents had to race outside to save him. A dimensional vortex opened up, engulfing the tree and swallowing it entirely.

Going back inside, Robbie was the first to notice that his sister, Carol Anne, was missing. He heard her voice calling out to her parents coming from inside the television set.

The following evening, Robbie once again became the victim of spectral phenomena. A toy clown from his bedroom came to life and tried to kill him. Robbie fought with the thing, and eventually destroyed it, tearing the stuffing out of the possessed toy.

With some help from a group of psychic researchers, the Freelings were able to rescue Carol Anne from "The Other Side", but their home was consumed by the powerful entities that haunted it. They drove off into the night and booked a room at the Holiday Inn.