Movie Information
Overall Rank: 13064
Average Rating: 2.3/4
# of Ratings: 32
Theatrical Release Date: 07/08/1988
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 09/15/2009
Language: English
Genre: Action, Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Samantha Phillips, Kenneth Tigar
Plot: Following the events of the first film, Mike is released from a psych ward -convincing the doctors everything he experienced was his imagination. Yet immediately on release, he contacts Redge and decides to continue his hunt for the "Tall Man" - and when he starts having dreams about a beautiful girl, one he knows is in danger, he means to stop him before he can get to the young woman. -- Chris Kavan
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Unknown - wrote on 02/21/2011
Retains the mystery and weird from the original, but replaces the scares with action. This one should please anyone who enjoyed the first.
Rating of
2.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/10/2008
I still think the original is better, but this follow-up manages to keep the same other-worldly vibe and is still entertaining. Considering all the horror choices, this is still a good pick.
Rating of
4/4
Porkchop Express - wrote on 07/08/2007
This is a classic horror flick! The best of the series by far. Can't beat the orbs that drill through skulls!
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
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 …
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