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User Rating:
5.4/10   1,849 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Don Coscarelli (characters)
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Release Date:
13 October 1998 (USA) more
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The sequel with balls! more
Plot:
Taking off immediately where the last one ended, in this episode Mike travels across dimensions and time fleeing from the Tall Man... more | add synopsis
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Surprisingly Good more (86 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
A. Michael Baldwin ... Mike

Reggie Bannister ... Reggie
Bill Thornbury ... Jody

Heidi Marnhout ... Jennifer
Bob Ivy ... Demon Trooper
Angus Scrimm ... The Tall Man / Dr. Jebediah Morningside
Christopher L. Stone ... Music & Dwarf Creatures (voice) (as Christopher Stone)
Chloe Kay ... Background Player
Sylvia Flammer ... Background Player
David Gasster ... Background Player
Sasha Kassel ... Background Player
Aidan Kassel ... Background Player
Eric Avary ... 13th Morningside Volunteer Infantryman
Andy John ... 13th Morningside Volunteer Infantryman
George A. Craig ... 13th Morningside Volunteer Infantryman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Phantasm IV
Phantasm IV: Infinity (USA) (alternative title)
Phantasm: Phorever (USA) (working title)
Phantasm: oblIVion (USA) (video title)
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Rated R for horror violence/gore and some strong language.
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90 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In the sequence showing Mike, Reggie, and Jody playing guitar and sitting on the hood of a car, the same actors A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, and Bill Thornbury are actually the ones playing the part. No younger actors were used at all. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mike and Jodi are walking through the "deserted" town, supposedly everyone in town has been killed by The Tall Man, when the Tall Man walks down the centre of the street you can see an old lady pushing an empty shopping cart, and a car driving around a corner in the distance. more
Quotes:
The Tall Man: Where do you think you're going boy. Death is no escape from me. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) (VG) more
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Surprisingly Good, 29 December 2000
7/10
Author: Louie-12 from Ohio

A horror movie that is fourth in a series should be terrible. This one actually stands on its own as a good movie, though perhaps not great as fourth in the series.

As other users have commented, this movie does not answer questions about the Phantasm series. It shows a little background on the tall man, and that's it.

On the other hand, looking at it as a stand-alone-movie, it works! It has very coherent and often beautiful art direction. There are very few characters (I assume to save money), but that works. It keeps the movie from bogging down in goofy dialogue and laughable characters like Phantasm III.

The movie actually gets rather artful at times. Just observe the desert scenes with the field of metal rods to see what I mean. The Tall Man doesn't seem too threatening in this one. He come across much more as a constant pressure instead of an acute danger.

The individual characters aren't really developed any more than the previous films. They are reaching archetypal roles of heros, seekers, fighters, etc.

This is not a slasher film. It almost is not a horror movie. Oddly enough, it is almost stepping out of its low-brow beginnings (except for the breast scene in the hotel) and nearly reaching art movie status. I would love to see Phantasm V taken further in this vein. Unfortunately, I think this is the last of the series. Enjoy it if you can find it!

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