Phantasm II

1988 "The ball is back!"

Phantasm II

6.4 | 1h37m | R | en | Horror

Mike, after his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with his old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does.

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6.4 | 1h37m | R | en | Horror , Action , Thriller | More Info

Released: July. 08,1988 | Released Producted By: Universal Pictures , Spacegate Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://phantasm.com

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Cast

James Le Gros , Reggie Bannister , Angus Scrimm

Director

Byrnadette DiSanto

Producted By

Universal Pictures , Spacegate Productions

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Trailers & Images

Cast

James Le Gros

as Mike

Showing Up Foxhole Waterlily Jaguar Support the Girls Nostalgia Wildling Dating My Mother Stray Bullets The People Garden

Reggie Bannister

as Reggie

Phantasm: Ravager Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami The Ghastly Love of Johnny X Bloody Bloody Bible Camp Primitive Doctor Spine Psychic Experiment Satan Hates You Metal Man

Angus Scrimm

as The Tall Man

Phantasm: Ravager Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story Disciples John Dies at the End The Trick Is the Treat Satan Hates You I Sell the Dead Satanic Automatons

Reviews

Dylan Ramsay Better than the original, in my opinion. The first of the series to feature a female lead, some really good special FX, and the ice cream man played by Reggie Bannister gets to kick some ass! The ONLY THING -- is replacing A. Michael Baldwin with a Brad Pitt-type actor (FUN FACT: Brad Pitt actually auditioned for this role)

trashgang Where as the first Phantasm from 1979 wasn't really my thing the second entry in the franchise was much better but still it wasn't really my thing.If you haven't seen part 1 don't worry, the beginning is a compilation of that particular flick. The effects were better then in the original but it takes a while before they come in. On part of the effects, some are well done like the sphere going into a body and doing some nasty things. Let the sphere delivering the gory parts, and okay, cutting some fingers are messy but the blood is yellow so not gory after all. Was it all that bad, no it is worth seeing especially if you notice that it was made in the era when horror was not done. The title says it all, if you dig a bit of fantasy then this is your cup of tea, with a bloody juice.Gore 1/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2,5/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5

loomis78-815-989034 Writer Director Don Coscarelli returns to the Phantasm world 9 years later with a bigger budget, studio backing from Universal, and wisely picks this one up right where the original left off. A thrilling and scary opening segment has the dwarfs over running Reggie's (Banister) house as he barely has time to pull an unconscious Mike (LeGros) to safety. Mike and Reggie take to the road in search of hunting out the Tall Man (Scrimm) who has been robbing the dead and turning towns barren. Of course the Tall Man has his own plans as well. Mike has a psychic link to a girl named Liz (Irvine) who later connects with them. Coscarelli keeps the Phantasm world a strange one, by not always explaining the actions the movie, like the original plays like a bizarre nightmare and this helps in II as well. The bigger budget allowed for excellent and gory effects by mark Shostrom and Phantasm II does not disappoint in the gore department. It was fun seeing Bannister return as ice cream man Reggie in a expanded version of his character. This is a kick ass version of Reggie instead of the guitar playing hippie from the original. James LeGros as Mike is serviceable but Michael Baldwin was missed here. The ever Sinister Tall Man played brilliantly by Angus Scrimm is as menacing as ever and supplies most of the chills the movie has to offer. Credit is to be given to Coscarelli for not over using the Tall Man here. In order to please fans, many horror series feel the need to show more of the villain because they think this is what the fans want. By keeping the Tall man limited in screen time, he maintains the mystery and scary presence that made him so great in the original. Unlike the parody that Freddy Krueger became in the sequels, The Tall Man keeps his scary charm which helps the film considerably. Phantasm II is a worthy follow up to the now classic original and is a fun scary ride; just don't expect it all to make perfect sense.

siderite I watched the first Phantasm film and I liked it. It was low budget and silly, but fun. The second part had a budget ten times bigger, but the fun part of it ten times lower. Gone are the fun 80's and here come the corporate 90's with the cheap scares and the lack of any quality that one might sympathize or at least empathize with in the characters. The story makes even less sense, the horror is focused on mortuary practices and cheap "he's right behind you with a higher volume" scares and James Le Gros is, quite frankly, gross!Bottom line: I really expected more from this, especially since the first part had already achieved cult status and the production qualities should have been a lot higher for this film.