Phantasm II (1988)

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

Director:

Don Coscarelli

Writer:

Don Coscarelli

Stars:

James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 Major	...	Mortician (as Mark Anthony Major)
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

Storyline

Mike is released from psychiatry, when he agrees with the doctors that the terrible happenings in his past were just in his imagination. But once he's free, he contacts Redge and they team up to hunt down and eliminate the "Tall Man", who plunders the graveyards and steals the corpses with help of his terrible dwarfs. A beautiful strange girl starts to appear in Mike's dreams. He assumes she's in danger and needs their help - will they find her before the Tall Man can do her any harm?

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | killer sphere | small town | supernatural villain | another dimension | 

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Taglines:

After ten years... the ball is back!

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 July 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fantasma II

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,012,285, 10 July 1988

Gross USA:

$7,282,851

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spacegate Productions, Starway International Inc., Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alchemy was written as a buxom blonde in the script.

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Goofs

(at around 6 mins) When Reg and Mike jump out of the bedroom window to escape from the dwarfs, in a wide-shot the white window framing on the sides of the window is broken off. But in a close-up of the dwarfs looking out of the window, the white wooden framing has reappeared on the sides of the window.

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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]

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Crazy Credits

With the exception of the title Phantasm II, there are no opening credits.

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Connections

Featured in Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

User Reviews

All I gotta say is Reggie is the man.

Perhaps one of the coolest series of movies that I have seen, I liked them all. "Come on, you motha!" Dang, Reggie I can't say it enough, but you are one hip cat. I really enjoyed the mix of a soft-mannered, acoustic guitar-playing ice cream man becoming the hero with a chainsaw against the Tall Man. I wish you didn't have to die such a gruesome death in Wishmaster, but it was still cool that you were in it! Hopefully I will get a chance to visit the Phantasm festival thing with my friend and boyfriend who also happen to be even bigger fans of yours than me. They introduced me to your coolness. Oh yeah, I wish you had a bigger part in Bubba Ho-Tep. But hey, you still own. You have some very adoring fans, I must tell you that. Keep up the awesome reputation!