U.N. Owen I just saw Phantasm 3 for the 1st (yup!) time, and one of the reasons is I'd seen the 2nd film, a (long!) whilst back, and was do turned off, I didn't feel like moving ahead to the next film.What a pleasant surprise!The 'hyphen'; 'director/writer/creator', Don CoscarellI, got his groove back on, and made what's a fun, road-trip-type film, with a wonderful threesome; Reggie, the young boy, Tim, and Rocky, a young woman, who's army-trained.I give the creators, and stars of this film kudos, because they could've made a(nother) clichéd film - and had they dine so, it would've really killed Phantasm.However, this straight-to-video film shows that it's NOT the amount of money spent on a project, it's TALENT, which makes a difference, and this is a film which should show ANY up-and-coming film maker that you do your W-O-R-K - get a good (decent 😉) script, and actors who know how to act, and you can actually make something which will easily be better than ANYthing the horrors, made by such no-talents as Bey, or any 'actor' who's 'talent' is equated with a price tag.A social thumb's up to both Ms. Gloria Lynne Henry, as 'Rocky', and Kevin Connors, as 'Tim'. I hope that the work they both did here would pay off with casting directors.If you're a fan of these Phantasm films, and felt let-down by N°2, I hope you give this film atry, it's well worth it.

jacobjohntaylor1 This movie gets a 6 and it not even scary. How could movie this bad have cult few up? This is overrated. Phantasm IV is a better movie and that was pretty bad. This movie has an awful story line. It also has an awful ending. I can not believe people got scared of this movie and did not get scared of Plan 9 from outer space. Plan 9 from outer space is a lot scary then this crap. I can under stand why Halloween is popular movie. The Halloween movie are a lot better then this. This is a wast of time. It is also wast of money. The Leprechaun movie are better. This movie is pooh pooh. This hole series is pooh pooh. Do not see any this awful movie.

Bezenby The original Michael's back, and so's Jody in this second sequel to Phantasm. To be honest, it's more of the same, but that doesn't mean it's no good. This time, Reggie's got two new sidekicks (a tough kid and an even tougher chick) and he's out to track down the Tall Man, who has kidnapped Michael for some reason. Once again, it's not too easy to describe the plot, as it's basically Reggie and Michael getting into scraps with the Tall Man, who says 'Boooooyyy' a lot. There's the usual fighting dwarfs and zombies, flying spheres, and unanswered questions. There's kind of some sort of plot regarding what happened to Jody, but the ending leaves things open for yet another sequel. Will we get our answers there? I suppose it doesn't really matter, as these films pretty enjoyable no matter what happens

WisdomsHammer Unlike many other reviewers, out of the Phantasm series, I liked this one the best. They really had fun with this one and didn't take themselves too seriously. And it was actually funny!The movie picks up where the second one ended, but I don't think you necessarily need to see the first two movies to enjoy this one. There are plenty of flashbacks and, frankly, it's a pretty crazy story to follow in any case. I think this one actually made more sense than the first two.The first Phantasm was an amateur pet project that was literally a bunch of friends working weekends putting together a horror movie for fun. It was and is a cult hit.The second movie had more money behind it but, in my opinion, tried to take itself a little too seriously for such ridiculous subject matter.For me, this movie had the perfect balance of horror and comedy. It was hilarious, horrific, and sometimes both at the same time. Good fun with decent make-up effects and an amazing car stunt with a hearse. I also really liked the way they introduced one of the main characters, the kid. I could see that idea being a great movie on its own: Home Alone done as a horror movie.In the DVD commentary (yes, believe it or not, I even listened to the commentary) Baldwin asked Angus what the fan reaction to this movie was. He said that people either hated it for the comedy element or loved it because of it. I'm in the latter category.If you're looking for top-notch acting and dialogue or a story that makes sense, this is not your movie. But if you like b-horror movies on the humorous side, I definitely recommend you give this one a shot.