Don Coscarelli outdoes the humor of John Hughes in what feels like a more honest version of the gleeful sadism in Home Alone.
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06/23/07
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:4
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: In this, the final episode of the horror trilogy, we re-visit Mike and Reggie fifteen years after the events of the first film. The orphaned brothers have come together once again to battle the... [More]
Starring: Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury
Director: Don Coscarelli
Reviews for Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
1 - 9 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
It's all fairly absurd, but Coscarelli retains his enthusiasm and imagination with a healthy sense of ridiculousness.
05/31/07
Sure, there's still the '71 Hemi 'Cuda and the four-barrel shotgun, but it's not enough to get past nunchucks and biker zombies.
05/10/07
The first film is like an actual nightmare, whereas the sequels feel more like someone's garish descriptions of a nightmare.
04/12/07
don't really get it
04/11/06
Falls back on mystery-sapping exposition.
10/31/05
No review available.
12/31/04
No review available.
06/20/03
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