Phantasm II

Name: Phantasm II
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Released: July 8, 1988
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 42
Cast: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister

1988

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 8, 1988 | R

Starring: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister

Summary: Released after seven years in a mental hospital, Mike convinces his old pal Reggie to join forces with him to hunt down and destroy The Tall Man once and for all. Mike's visions lead the two to a quiet little town where a horde of flying killer balls aim to slice and dice their gruesome way through everyone.

Director: Don Coscarelli

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Dave Kehr

Coscarelli has captured the texture of a disjointed, half-remembered nightmare, full of figures and events that seem to have some symbolic value, but which have lost their precise meaning in the process of floating up from the subconscious. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

The difference between the "Phantasms" is the difference between "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "2010." Coscarelli's sequel is a fast, entertaining fright show, but it's not inspired in the way the original was. Read full review

Caryn James

There are some grotesquely stylish and scary moments in Phantasm II, the sequel to a 1979 film that Don Coscarelli made as a precocious 25-year-old. Unfortunately, these episdoes seem to take as long to arrive as the sequel did. Read full review

Individual scenes are OK for bogus suspense and special effects. The acting is as good as it has to be. But on the whole, the film feels like a 90-minute version of something that was many hours longer. [13 July 1988, p.D4]

Jay Scott

Nowhere in Phantasm II is there the wit of Phantasm the first. [8 July 1988]

Staff (Not Credited)

After interminable delays and unresolved digressions, we finally get to see some decent special effects, but hardly enough to warrant sitting through the entire film. [12 July 1988, p.D6]

Juan Carlos Coto

In the end, Phantasm II is a bland mixture of the horror movies its predecessor spawned. [8 July 1988, p.C5]

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SOSOGAUDOU

Jun 28, 2019

Don Coscarelli, réalisateur de son premier long-métrage culte sorti fin des années 70, poursuit sa lancée dont la réalisation lui a couté 3 millions de dollars et rapporté 7 millions au box-office. Phantasm 2 comporte beaucoup plus d'effets-spéciaux, des sphères et de nains mort-vivants quiDon Coscarelli, réalisateur de son premier long-métrage culte sorti fin des années 70, poursuit sa lancée dont la réalisation lui a couté 3 millions de dollars et rapporté 7 millions au box-office. Phantasm 2 comporte beaucoup plus d'effets-spéciaux, des sphères et de nains mort-vivants qui sont les esclaves du Grand Homme. En effet, on retrouve le mythique, le grand et le terrifiant Tall Man.
Cette fois-ci on laisse tomber l'ambiance sombre, et on se met plus dans l'action et dans le gore. On passe du fantastique à de la science-fiction, je m'accroche plus dans le deux notamment pour sa violence plus furieuse, mais aussi pour la scène de la maison qui reprend la fin du 1 qui est très divertissante et qui comporta pas mal de suspens. On verra aussi certaines scènes très gore, il y'a aussi la scène de la sphère qui ressemble beaucoup à la scène de la sphère dans le 1, car cette scène reprend le même plans caméra.

Phantasm 2 surfe un peu sur la vague d'Evil Dead 2 notamment pour son côté funky, mais aussi pour la scène de la tronçonneuse entre Reggie et l'autre malade. On aura aussi un remplacement d'acteurs, l'excellent Michael Baldwin se fait remplacer par le nullissime JamesLeGros. Heureusement que Michael Baldwin reviens dans le 3.

Dernièrement, la musique originale composé par Fred Myrow fait tenir l'oeuvre.… Expand

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movingpictures

May 4, 2020

Definitely the best of the sequels and arguably the best of the franchise. Phantasm II is to Phantasm what the Evil Dead II is to the Evil Dead. It is a bigger budget, more fun, more special effects, and campier version of the first that still maintains the same spirit and overall qualityDefinitely the best of the sequels and arguably the best of the franchise. Phantasm II is to Phantasm what the Evil Dead II is to the Evil Dead. It is a bigger budget, more fun, more special effects, and campier version of the first that still maintains the same spirit and overall quality of the original. And basically the same storyline and setting as well.… Expand

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PhilipBlake

Sep 3, 2019

After a great independent horror classic came your typical major Hollywood sequel. Not a bad movie but really far from the original one. The film is still enjoyable even if we totally miss the original eerie atmosphere to the favor of a kind of weird road movie with some goofy goreAfter a great independent horror classic came your typical major Hollywood sequel. Not a bad movie but really far from the original one. The film is still enjoyable even if we totally miss the original eerie atmosphere to the favor of a kind of weird road movie with some goofy gore sequences. The franchise will unfortunately stay on this way for the next installments and become worst and worst at each new entries.… Expand

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imthenoob

Jun 29, 2021

Happening nearly 10 years after the original film was made, Phantasm 2 attempts to capture the magic that made the first one so good and for the most part, it doesn't really deliver. The story does nothing to expand upon what was already introduced in the first film and the lack of goreHappening nearly 10 years after the original film was made, Phantasm 2 attempts to capture the magic that made the first one so good and for the most part, it doesn't really deliver. The story does nothing to expand upon what was already introduced in the first film and the lack of gore (which is saved until pretty much the very end) left a lot more to be desired. The cast tries but they can only do so much.… Expand

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