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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792846345
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0792846346
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: August 01, 2000
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 34396
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: October 13, 1998
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Complex, Compassionate, Perfect End to a Perfect Saga
**SPOILERS**
Phantasm IV just might be my favorite film of all time, and I'd like to explain why I adore it so much and feel that, in every sense, it IS a fitting end to the series, and that it leaves NO questions unanswered.
This series has always been a riddle, always an enigma, and the answers are as difficult to see when they're right in front of you as perhaps the destination of one of the Tall Man's dimensional forks.
I'm sure everyone has a theory of ... Read More
Rating: - Hopefully not the last!
Though I get the impression that this is the last of the Phantasm movies, I really hope that after meeting and talking with A. Michael Baldwin (who informed me that there are talks about a new movie in the works)that this isn't the case. Of course Angus Scrimm isn't getting any younger. Nobody wants to see The Tall Man chasing after Mikey and Reg in a wheelchair! If you are a fan of the series then you will get a kick out of the flashback sequences which used extra footage shot for the first film. ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent end to my favorite horror series
This is one of my favorite Phantasm's. It brings back the original actors in their original roles. It fell more into the realm of the first Phantasm with its hard to comprehend qualities. The more you watch it the more you come to understand.
I believe that some people will not like this movie, for the same reason some didn't like the first one. It has a sureal quailty that film goers dont like these days. They prefer a movie that spells it out for you and lays it all up front. They lack ... Read More
Rating: - The best sequel in the series
Don Coscarelli outdid himself with Phantasm IV: Oblivion, which is the best film in the series since the classic original, and by far the best sequel in the series as well. Picking up right where Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead left off, Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) is on the run from the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), with Reggie (Reggie Bannister) in hot pursuit. Soon enough, Mike begins to learn bits and pieces of the Tall Man's past, what role his dead brother Jody (Bill Thornbury) plays in all this, and his ... Read More
Rating: - Phantasm IV: Excellent
Horror/slasher films can be so predictable. Toss in a villainous character, add a body count, include gruesome CGI, meld in a suspenseful soundtrack (although it can be heavy metal now), cast a beautiful young woman for titillation, and use light sparingly. If you are so inclined, plan at least two sequels so you can release director cuts and special editions. Toss in a good story for good measure.
It's a good thing Don Coscarelli is not predictable. The Phantasm series, while possessing ... Read More
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