Phantasm II (1988)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Don Coscarelli

Writer (WGA):

Don Coscarelli (written by)

Release Date:

8 July 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Now, the horrifying truth is about to be revealed...and all it took was a little digging.

Plot:

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.

Plot Keywords:

Tall Man | Psychiatric Hospital | Cemetery | Oregon | Sphere

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

James LeGros	...	Mike
Reggie Bannister	...	Reggie
Angus Scrimm	...	The Tall Man
Paula Irvine	...	Liz
Samantha Phillips	...	Alchemy
Kenneth Tigar	...	Father Meyers
Ruth C. Engel	...	Grandma
Mark Anthony Major	...	Mortician
Rubin Kushner	...	Grandpa
Stacey Travis	...	Jeri
J. Patrick McNamara	...	Psychologist
A. Michael Baldwin	...	Young Mike
Amanda Gray	...	Background Player
Elizabeth Quezada	...	Background Player
Lauren Gray	...	Background Player

Also Known As:

Phantasm II: The Never Dead Part Two (Australia) (video box title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | Italy:VM14 | Australia:R | France:-12 | Hong Kong:III | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Iceland:(Banned)

Company:

Spacegate Productions

Trivia:

This is the first entry in the series to feature the biggest, most destructive and deadliest kind of sphere: the Gold Sphere. It's the one armed with a laser, that pursues Mike and Liz crashing through several doors and ends up killing an undertaker by drilling his body from the back to the mouth.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Mike pushes Liz out of the way of the sphere, you can see a wire on the sphere as it passes, making it fly.

Quotes:

Reggie: Come on. Lets go kick some ass.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Storm (2005)

Bigger,better,balls.

Almost better than the 1st,Phantasm 2 picks up where the first left off with an now-grown Mike along with Reggie out for vengance and hot on the Tall man's trail,who is slowly turning the southwest into a graveyard.

This is a rare feat of a sequel being almost as good as the 1st.The spooky music and atmosphere is all here again.The special effects are great to watch and still look great today in an age of overdone CGI.

James Le Gros does good with the adult mike.Reggie Banister morphs into a full-brown action hero this time,and makes Reggie the scene stealer.The Tall man is much more evil this time.The rest of the cast,Paula Irvine,Samantha Philips,and Kennith Tiggar do well with what they are given.

9.5/10