Phantasm

I'm gonna do something unconventional. I will review the first and the last parts of this series only. The other 3 are basically more of the same, and should be watched if you like either of these. I recently also saw the remastered edition of the first.

Phantasm is about a group of friends dealing with the bizarre and supernatural acts of The Tall Man, played by the late Angus Scrimm,  who is a grave robber and has an arsenal of weapons, nightmares and weapons .

With a recognizable main theme playing out, this late 70's horror has creative scary scenes, including hooded dwarf midgets, an alter woman ego of The Tall Man, and tiny metal flying spheres which can attach onto victims and drill their blood out in gruesome manner.

The film feels asymmetrical and disoriented in a good way, because it has nightmare esque scenes happening which confuse the protagonists. It's both a cheesy and a conventional horror which remains underrated, and it has one of the best endings of the 70's.

EHEHEHEHE, BOOOOOOYYY!

Rating: 6.5

Reggie, Mike and Jody must co-operate and battle The Tall Man one more time in Angus Scrimm's final acting role in part V named Ravager. Focusing on Reggie this time, he goes through various illogical scenes happening which depict fragments of previous entries, and nightmares.

The mortician undertaker unleashes his zombie henchmen and weapons again which all return, and the mood of the film felt like a parodic horror comedy, and yet it still remains faithful and conscious of what makes Phantasm work.

If you happen to be a die hard fan, unlike me, you must be quite sad to hear that after a whopping 37 years, the franchise finally ends, but atleast with satisfaction, because the main cast returns one more time to invite you to the nightmare world of Phantasm, even with a low budget.

And thus another one bites the dust. Rest in pieces.

Rating: 6.0