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Phantasm Ravager (2016)

I’ve only seen this twice.  I remember feeling depressed after seeing it the first time.  This is the finale of the Phantasm franchise.  It is possibly the weirdest of the bunch, in my opinion, which says a lot.  Angus Scrimm, the Tall Man, got to see this shortly before he died.  I don’t have much […]

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Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

They only waited 4 years for the next in the franchise.  I expect a lower budget and more desolate scenery.  Will Tim return? It sounds like they didn’t have the budget to do the original idea.  Also, there appear to have been at least 4 different ideas for this project, and Bruce Campbell was pitched […]

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Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)

6 years later, we get the sequel that Universal didn’t want to bank, but they were okay with distributing it. Without the casting restriction, Coscarelli brought back A. Michael Baldwin, the original Mike, to reprise his role.  According to Reggie, there may have been some disagreements with Coscarelli and Universal which led to this coming […]

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Phantasm (1979)

Man, this only has a 6.6 and you’re left wondering, were people watching the same movie that I was?  Or were they too dimwitted to either get it or be ashamed that they didn’t get it so they didn’t give it as high of a rating?  Once you accept that there isn’t a ton to […]