December 28, 2008.

The return of the original Mikey!.

Rating: 4
I am a huge fan of these movies and the first Phantasm was one of only a few movies that ever scared me back in the day. First off the four stars instead of five is due to a slight confusion I had following the story. Of course, all loose ends are tied up in Phantasm IV. Where I would love to give this at least four and a half stars is the return of A. Michael Baldwin to the cast!!! This is another great Don Coscarelli film with plenty of gore, the Hemi Cuda (which deserves a film credit to itself), and plenty of flying spheres to shake a stick at. If you like the Phantasm series and haven't seen this one or haven't seen it in a long time I suggest giving it a gander.

December 10, 2008.

Stupid movie, but I love it. :-).

Rating: 5
Tall man. Little silver balls with brains. LOL

The whole concept of this series is so stupid it is laughable. I saw my first Phantazm movie around 21 years ago. I thought it was stupid then too. But I loved it then and I still enjoy them today!

I wish the other two were available in the U.S. I need those two in order to complete my set of brain wasting, little silver ball flying, stupid Phantazm collection.

Another good movie is Dead Alive. You need to catch it when you can.
;-)

December 29, 2007.

Not my favorite from the Phantasm series but still good..

Rating: 3
Phantasm 3 was just O.K. compared to the rest of the series I thought it was the weakest film, the storyline becomes rather silly especially towards the second half but it was still fun to watch and enjoyably to a certain level. The good thing about this film was that the original cast returns and that also includes the actor who played Jody who was Mike's older brother but he obviously returns as a ghost who warns Mike about The Tall Man, the original actor Micheal Baldwin returns as Mike who after the last incident from the previous film is left lying in a hospital bed he is soon visited by Jody who was turned into one of The Tall Man's silver spheres and can switch back into physical form anytime he wishes. He is also visited by a demonic nurse in what has got to be the best scene in the entire film, the demonic nurse attempts to kill Mike but he is soon saved by Reggie when he bursts into the hospital room but it seems like they could not escape from the clutches of The Tall Man and so he kidnaps Mike. Reggie must now go after The Tall Man and rescue Mike he goes along on a trip with a young ten year old boy named Tim who is very handy with weapons and a black biker chick named Rocky. It was really nice seeing Michael Baldwin return for his role as Mike since James Le Gros didn't do much justice to the character in part 2, the twist ending this time didn't work and wasn't as interesting as the previous two films this however is resolved in part 4 and it seems like those evil dwarfs were missing and instead were introduced to these idiotic thieves who were kind of annoying but they did have some interesting death scenes as demons, one of them has his head twisted off real quick by those silver spheres which was pretty cool. The film reminded me of Sam Raimi's Army Of Darkness cause some scenes were quite humorous, overall I would have to say that it was average I would give it 3 and a half stars with some decent action scenes and gore but the ending almost ruined it and it could've been better.

December 04, 2007.

Pretty solid third sequel!.

Rating: 4
I can pretty honestly say that "Phantasm" along with "Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th" were the last of the good horror films. Part 3 to this installment of Don Coscarelli's masterpiece was pretty good i will say. But, where in the heck is part 2 to this installment. I can't understand for the life of me why it was never released on dvd. It was one of the better ones. I guess somebody at some point will wake up and get it released one day. I still have yet to see part 4. But i will get around to purchasing it real soon.

December 08, 2007.

The Best of the Series.

Rating: 5
The Tall Man at his most vocal and cryptic. The heart of what can be called the "story arc" of the series. The whole cast reunites for this one, after being separated for part two. Excellent special effects and music, and the best story of all four movies.

"Seeing is easy. Understanding... well, that takes a little more time."