Phantasm IV: OblIVion Review
Phantasm IV: OblIVion came out in 1998 and was directed
by the ever-erotic Don Coscarelli. We have used science (and possibly the box cover)
to determine that this movie fits perfectly into the "Trans-Dimensional Horror" genre.
During the time we had our polls open, 218 shameless viewers just like
you weighed in on Phantasm IV: OblIVion. 136 of 'em thought it was great!
82 thought it was shit. Takes all kinds.
This is a Dave and Jim's B-Movie Review. This review was written some time between 1996 and 2001.
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Dave's Review
This series is getting so damn weird... I can't keep any of the characters straight anymore (except Regie, of course). Oh well, at least I got to see the Tall Man when he was inventing the trans-dimensional teleportation device. That was cool, and I hope we get to see more of that storyline in subsequent Phantasms. But I'm worried that this series is just going to get weirder and weirder until the actor that plays the Tall Man dies, and then we'll never know what was going on. For christ's sake, you swine, make the next one! Hurry!
Dave broke it down like so:
Technology: 4 Action: 6 Nudity: 2 Coolness: 7 Badguys: 8 Gore: 5 Shock: 4 Dialog: 5 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 7 Plot: 0 Length: Short Overall: 6
Jim's Review
This is a difficult series to take on one part at a time, it has a plot that is only divulged piece by piece. This one explains a little bit about the Tall Mans origins. I sort of liked this one (Not as much as part 2 of course) although this series is difficult to follow, and only Reggie the Ice Cream Man, and the Tall man are played by the same characters, hell, the boy has been played by like 8 different people and there have only been 4 parts. Anyway, the Phantasm series has always been one of my favorite horror series over the years, it is one of the few series which is actually not really a slasher series, and has some real horror aspects to it. So I recommend you see the series, and make sure you watch it in order, otherwise you will never understand anything about it (This is no guarantee it will make sense even if you do see it in order).
Jim broke it down like so:
Technology: 3 Action: 7 Nudity: 2 Coolness: 8 Badguys: 9 Gore: 6 Shock: 5 Dialog: 7 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 7 Plot: 0 Length: Short Overall: 7