Phantasm IV: Oblivion

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Phantasm IV: Oblivion

R,

1998,

1h 30m,

Horror

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7 Reviews

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With a hearse as his escape vehicle, Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) flees from the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), who wants to enslave him as an undead servant. Along the way, he investigates the origins of his enemy. Elsewhere, Mike's friend Reggie (Reggie Bannister) searches for him in a variety of dimensions, all the while battling mysterious spheres, including the ones he's discovered in the breasts of his beautiful undead companion. The friends must stop the Tall Man before he destroys them all.

Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Oct 31, 2005

D

A stinker of the first order.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Jun 21, 2011

7/10

[Brings] back the surrealistic creepiness of the original film, and then some.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 27, 2005

2/5

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Apr 3, 2005

2/5

As a big Coscarelli fan, I still have to ask .. "What the hell's goin' ON here?"

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Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

Nov 9, 2004

4/5

Another great entry into the series.

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Jeremiah Kipp

ToxicUniverse.com

Jan 27, 2002

1/5

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Theodore S

May 19, 2018

3.5/5. Phantasm IV returns the series to its roots with a really surreal, confusing film that does not hold your hand at all. I'm still not sure what was going on, but I think I liked it. With a much lower burger, the filmmakers had to get inventive with few sets, and less action pieces, but the practical effects are still awesome and the story is still haunting. It's my least favorite of the first four films, but it's still a good movie.

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Han S

Nov 5, 2017

I have no idea what the fuck was going on. Two decades after the first film, Coscarelli cleverly uses unseen footage from the first film to pull on the nostalgia strings. Ridiculous but this franchise has a life in it, yet.

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Leia W

Sep 30, 2017

Lots of flashbacks and new scenes from earlier footage. Shows tall man origins

Kylo R

Jun 13, 2017

Well, this one seems to make ever less sense than any of its predecessors did. This movie was just a mess from start to finish. It also seemed rather tame in comparison to the others in the series. This is one movie that you do not need to watch.

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George W

May 21, 2017

Works to build backstory, as a result it ends up making even more questions than it ultimately answers. It was kind of cool to get the Tall Man origin, and the use of old footage was done creatively, even if it doesn't make a lick of sense. Leaves us with another cliffhanger, but also gives the option of being a fitting and poetic end cap to the series. One that probably should've been left as is.

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George R

Mar 17, 2017

I was excited to hear we would find out about the Tall Man's origin in this movie. I love a good origin story especially about my favorite bad guy of the series, the Tall Man, however I was disappointed with what they gave me. It wasn't much. With still a confusing story line and who is the main character again. All plot blurbs I've seen keep talking about Mike.... when most of the movies revolve around Reggie.

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Don Coscarelli

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Mike

Reggie Bannister

Reggie

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Heidi Marnhout

Jennifer

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Synopsis

With a hearse as his escape vehicle, Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) flees from the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), who wants to enslave him as an undead servant. Along the way, he investigates the origins of his enemy. Elsewhere, Mike's friend Reggie (Reggie Bannister) searches for him in a variety of dimensions, all the while battling mysterious spheres, including the ones he's discovered in the breasts of his beautiful undead companion. The friends must stop the Tall Man before he destroys them all.

Director: Don Coscarelli
Producer: Don Coscarelli
Production Co: United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Runtime: 1h 30m

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