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Friends of Poltergeist star Zelda Rubinstein have denied claims that she was close to death.

Last week RadarOnline.compublished a report that suggested that Rubinstein had been taken off life support after spending most of December in intensive care at L.A’s Ceders Sinal Medical Center.

Rubinstein was hospitalized when two of her major organs failed but friends say that the prognosis for recovery is good.

A friend of Rubinsteins has told MovieHole.net “She’s OK. Vitals are good. She’s apparently doing better. Internet sources exaggerated the story,”

This comes as good news as reports that the poltergeist were cursed due to a number of actors and actrsses that were in the film dying .

Heather O’Rourke, 12-year-old actress who played Carol Anne in the three Poltergeist movies, died in 1988 after what doctors initially described as an acute form of influenza but later changed to septic shock after bacterial toxins invaded her bloodstream.

Julian Beck, 60-year-old who played Kane in Poltergeist II: The Other Side, died of stomach cancer, with which he was diagnosed before he had accepted the role.

Will Sampson, 53 years old, who played Taylor the Medicine Man in Poltergeist II, died of post-operative kidney failure and pre-operative malnutrition problems.

The “Freeling” home in Southern California where the original film was partially shot was damaged by the Northridge earthquake in 1994.

JoBeth Williams, who played mother Diane Freeling, claims she returned home from the set each day to find pictures on her wall askew. She would straighten them, only to find them crooked again the next day.

Actor Will Sampson, a Creek Indian and actual shaman, performed an exorcism on the set of Poltergeist II to rid it of “alien spirits.” A year after Poltergeist II was released, he died.

During a scene when Robbie Freeling (Oliver Robins) was choked by a clown in his room, something went wrong with the prop and Robins was actually being choked.

During a photography session for Poltergeist III, it was discovered that one shot of another “survivor” co-star Zelda Rubenstein had shining light obstructing the view of her face. Rubenstein claims the photo was taken at the moment her real-life mother died.

During the fight Dominique Dunne had with her boyfriend that ended up with her losing her life, Dominique’s friend who was at the house turned up the Poltergeist soundtrack to drown out the noise of the two yelling outside.

During the making of Poltergeist III, a movie set of a parking garage was completely engulfed by fire during shooting of a fire scene, from which only one crew member escaped without a scratch.