Phantasm II (1988)

Director:

Don Coscarelli

Writer (WGA):

Don Coscarelli (written by)

Release Date:

8 July 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Now, the horrifying truth is about to be revealed...and all it took was a little digging.

Plot:

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.

Plot Keywords:

Tall Man | Psychiatric Hospital | Sphere | Oregon | Cemetery

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

James Le Gros	...	Mike (as James LeGros)
Reggie Bannister	...	Reggie
Angus Scrimm	...	The Tall Man
Paula Irvine	...	Liz
Samantha Phillips	...	Alchemy
Kenneth Tigar	...	Father Meyers
Ruth C. Engel	...	Grandma
Mark Anthony Major	...	Mortician
Rubin Kushner	...	Grandpa
Stacey Travis	...	Jeri
J. Patrick McNamara	...	Psychologist
A. Michael Baldwin	...	Young Mike (as Michael Baldwin)
Amanda Gray	...	Background Player
Elizabeth Quezada	...	Background Player
Lauren Gray	...	Background Player
June Jordan	...	Background Player
Megan Gibbons	...	Background Player
Craig Murkey	...	Background Player
Amanda Gibbons	...	Background Player
Troy Fromin	...	Background Player
Georgeanna Valdez	...	Background Player
Guy Alford	...	Background Player
Irene Korman	...	Background Player
Ricky Murkey	...	Background Player
Katie Carlin	...	Background Player
Delia Ortega	...	Background Player
Lee Craig	...	Background Player
Ramona Ortega	...	Background Player
Richard F. Berry	...	Background Player
Patrick W. Allen	...	Background Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil Fondacaro	...	Hooded dwarf (uncredited)
Ed Gale	...	Hooded dwarf (uncredited)

Directed by
Don Coscarelli

Writing credits (WGA)
Don Coscarelli		(written by)

Produced by
Dac Coscarelli	....	executive producer
Robert Del Valle	....	associate producer
Roberto A. Quezada	....	producer

Original Music by
Fred Myrow
Christopher L. Stone

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada

Film Editing by
Peter Teschner

Casting by
Betsy Fels		(as Elizabeth Miller Fels)

Production Design by
Philip Duffin		(as Philip J.C. Duffin)

Art Direction by
Byrnadette DiSanto		(as Byrnadette Di Santo)

Set Decoration by
Dominic Wymark

Costume Design by
Carla Gibbons

Makeup Department
David P. Barton	....	special makeup effects constructor (as David Barton)
Everett Burrell	....	special makeup effects constructor
Kevin Hudson	....	additional special effects makeup
Melanie A. Kay	....	makeup artist
Robert Kurtzman	....	special makeup effects constructor
Jim McPherson	....	special makeup effects constructor
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects constructor
Mark Shostrom	....	designer and creator: special makeup effects
Greg Smith	....	special makeup effects constructor
Edward Wada	....	assistant makeup artist
Toby Sells	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Robert Del Valle	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alan Brent Connell	....	first assistant director
Richard J. Levin	....	second second assistant director
Andrew Reeder	....	second assistant director
Roberto A. Quezada	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Mark Shostrom	....	co-director second unit: special makeup effects sequences (uncredited)

Art Department
Aram Allan	....	carpenter
Michael Andersenn	....	carpenter
William Scott Anderson	....	scenics
Claudia Andradi	....	scenics
John Argentin	....	greensman
Regina Argentine	....	scenic artist (as Regina Argentin)
Kelly Benningfield	....	scenics
Will Blount	....	property master
Tom Brown	....	carpenter
Mark Colivet	....	scenics
Kristen Deem	....	storyboard artist
Jonathan Doff	....	carpenter
John Joseph Duffin	....	assistant art director
Hector Escrafani	....	carpenter
Daniel Espinoza	....	carpenter
Elliot Fite	....	scenics
Jamie Forks	....	carpenter
Mark Forsythe	....	carpenter
Keith Greco	....	carpenter
Paul Greenstein	....	scenics
Bernard Griesz	....	carpenter (as Rocky Grisez)
Keith Hill	....	carpenter
Smokey Hormel	....	scenics
Kenton Jones	....	best boy scenic
Paul Kowalczyk	....	set dresser
Linda LeClerg	....	assistant property master
Jon McCallum	....	set dresser
Todd McEwan	....	scenics
Mitch Morrison	....	set dresser
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator
Barbara Pickels	....	scenics
Duane Poulin	....	carpenter
Joseph Ressa	....	construction coordinator
H. Christopher Roy	....	carpenter
Don G. Smith	....	carpenter
Martin Sullivan	....	carpenter
Leslie Weimer	....	scenics
Marshall Wolf	....	scenics

Sound Department
Nick Alphin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Izak Ben-Meir	....	sound mixer
Vincent Connelly	....	sound editor (as Vincent L. Connelly)
Jim Cook	....	sound re-recording mixer (as James R. Cook)
Robert Friedman	....	foley artist
Jonathan Fuh	....	boom operator
David W. Gray	....	dolby consultant
Darrell Hall	....	assistant sound editor
Robert L. Harman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Heffernan	....	adr editor
Alan Howarth	....	sound designer
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Stanley Paul	....	sound editor
John Post	....	foley artist
Alan Potter	....	sound editor
Richard Raderman	....	foley editor
Michael P. Redbourn	....	supervising sound editor (as Michael Redbourn)
Mike Thornton	....	apprentice sound editor
Jack Woods	....	sound editor
Dan Yale	....	sound editor (as Daniel Yale)

Special Effects by
Wayne Beauchamp	....	special effects
Bert Davidson	....	special effects assistant: sphere
Linda Drake	....	opticals: Motion Opticals (as Linda Obalil)
Robert E. McCarthy	....	wire effects (as Robert McCarthy)
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects crew
Steve Patino	....	silver sphere effects
D. Kerry Prior	....	motion control model designer (as Kerry Prior)
Eric Beauchamp	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Steve Cotroneo	....	sphere effects technician (uncredited)
Greg R. Stone	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Ken Tarallo	....	model creator (uncredited)
Mike Tristano	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
James Balsam	....	motion control photography: Dream Quest Images
Michael Bigelow	....	motion control supervisor: Dream Quest Images (as Mike Bigelow)
Carl Hannigan	....	laser effects
Paul Hettler	....	effects producer
Patric Kenly	....	animation cameraman (as Pat Kenly)
Justin Klarenbeck	....	visual effects supervisor: Dream Quest Images
Pat O'Neill	....	additional visual effects: Lookout Mountain
Michael Talarico	....	motion control photography: Dream Quest Images
George Muhs	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunt player
Mike De Luna	....	stunt player (as Michael DeLuna)
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunt player (as John Epstein)
Phil Fondacaro	....	stunt player
Ed Gale	....	stunt player
Solly Marx	....	stunt player (as Solly Marxs)
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt player (as Ernie Orsatti)
Lori Lynn Ross	....	stunt player
Susan Rossitto	....	stunt player (as Sue Rossitto)
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunt player
Rick Seaman	....	stunt player
Felix Silla	....	stunt player
John Stewart	....	stunt player
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunt player
Pascal M. Guillemard	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Karen Edmundson Bean	....	gaffer
Stephen Robb Bradshaw	....	second assistant camera
Davie Carothers	....	additional assistant camera
Ralph Coon	....	electrician
Brian Coyne	....	best boy electrician
Kevin Dean	....	grip (as Kevin Lew Dean)
Pascal M. Guillemard	....	electrician (as Pascal Guillemard)
Zoltan Gyulai	....	additional assistant camera
Roxanne Hernandez	....	second assistant camera
Shane Hurlbut	....	grip (as L. Shane Hurlbut)
Peter Iovino	....	still photographer
Kenji Luster	....	additional assistant camera
Marie Pedersen	....	first assistant camera
Michael E. Rosenberger	....	electrician
Michael Stocks	....	best boy
Terry Wimmer	....	key grip
Patric J. Abaravich	....	chief lighting technician (uncredited)
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald	....	electrician (uncredited)
Roberto A. Quezada	....	photographer: second unit (uncredited)
Robert Wheaton	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Christopher Sherman	....	casting coordinator (as Chris Sherman)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kimberly Domínguez	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Scott Laster	....	additional editor
Tracy McMurray	....	assistant editor
Ray Morfino	....	color timer
Keith H. Sauter	....	assistant editor (as Keith Sauter)
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production (uncredited)
Scott Magill	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Don Sanders	....	music editor
Nick Vidar	....	music engineer (uncredited)
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
James Capece	....	picture car coordinator
Anthony E. Smith	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Guy Alford	....	production assistant
Catherine Beller	....	production assistant
Robert Calderon	....	assistant to controller
Harriet Cheng	....	production assistant
Curt Covert	....	production assistant
Robert Earl Craft	....	location scout (as Bob Craft)
Michael Curtis	....	production assistant
Kristen Deem	....	unit publicist
Mary DeMarle	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Fitzmaurice	....	assistant to executive producer (as Betsy Fitzmaurice)
Michael H. Friedlander	....	production assistant (as Michael Friedlander)
Troy Fromin	....	craft service
Lynnette Garris	....	production administrator
Kevin King	....	financial controller
Joelle Mitchell	....	production assistant
Lou Ann Quast	....	continuity supervisor
John Root	....	production assistant
Eddie Salmon	....	production coordinator
John Stolfi	....	production coordinator
Daniel Wheatcroft	....	studio executive
Timothy S. Wiles	....	location manager (as Timothy Sean Wiles)
Kurt Woolner	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Michael Yeaman	....	assistant to producer
Sean Hoessli	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Spacegate Productions
• Starway International Inc.
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bellparaiso S.A. (1989) (Spain) (theatrical)
• AVU-Video-Vertriebs-GmbH (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Concorde Video (1990) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Excalibur Benelux (1990) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Mr. Horror Presents #21)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1989) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Shout! Factory (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray) (collector's edition)
• Shout! Factory (2012) (USA) (DVD) (collector's edition)
• Titanus Distribuzione (????) (Italy) (VHS)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Dream Quest Images (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• ABS Payroll & Production Accounting Services  payroll services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:R | France:-12 | Hong Kong:III | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Iceland:(Banned) | Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | Italy:VM14 | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-18 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Hawthorne, California, USA

Company:

Spacegate Productions

Trivia:

The casting of James Le Gros has had a conflicted effect on the cast members. LeGros reportedly enjoyed his time on the production and got along very well with the cast and crew. Nowadays, Don Coscarelli, Angus Scrimm, and Reggie Bannister all speak glowingly of their experience with him. A. Michael Baldwin, however, appears to remain bitter about the incident: in the audio commentary for Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994), he twice referred to Phantasm II (1988) as "the film which shan't be named" and has stated in a podcast interview that he considers it a terrible movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Priest keeps hearing the banging noise, the position of his bottle of Jack Daniels changes.

Quotes:

[the Tall Man is planning to inject Liz with embalming fluid, which Reggie has spiked with acid]
Mike:Hey!
[the Tall Man glances up]
Mike:Suck on this!
[Mike releases a captured silver sphere, which flies directly to the Tall Man's head and inserts a drill into the front of his skull. A yellowish fluid flies from the back of the sphere, but after it stops, the Tall Man rips the sphere from his head & crushes it like a beer can]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Obscurus Lupa Presents: Phantasm 1 and 2 (#1.13)" (2010)

More action than the first!

After the first "Phantasm" started off, the second one has more action than the first one. After being released from a psychiatric hospital, Mike(Jmaes Le Gros) joins Reggie in his souped up Hemi to find the Tall Man(Angus Scrimm). He killed his brother Jody years ago, during his time in the psych ward Mike said he met a girl in his dreams named Alchemy(Samantha Philips). Mike and Reggie go into a pawn shop get all the needed weapons to defeat the Tall Man and his minions. Reggie create the super-shotgun that really puts the "B" in BANG!! Later in the route, they meet another strange woman named Liz(Paula Irvine) who in return is a traitor. However, the real problem is the Tall Man himself. He has in his case three lethal balls: 2 Silver, 1 Gold. This time, the ball attacked anyone, or anything. They didn't care. One of the silver balls attacked The Tall Man. He even crushed it liked it was an empty aluminum can. Another cool thing was the portal scene, and the two bars resemble a tuning fork. Since the Tall Man is also a mortician, it's best to beat him at his game. Another great hit, another thumbs up in the horror world! 5 stars!