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Phantasm II
Drive-In Massacre - wrote on 10/09/2011
Man, this series is going to have to be a main-stay for every Halloween to follow. They're basically exactly what I'm looking for when I want to watch something "Halloweeny", they've got graveyards, dead people, blood, autumn, funeral homes, and all sorts of paranormal, what an interesting horror series to come out of the 70s, during a time when it was all psychotic killers and devils.
I think Phantasm is a very underrated series, having a great blend of humor and horror, and in a much more low-key, less gore/slapstick oriented way like the works of Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi. Seriously, Don Coscarelli is an overlooked filmmaker,if there ever was one, and as much as I love Sam Raimi, he never once made a movie as poignant and equally hilarious as Bubba Ho-Tep (which is truly one of …
