Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

1994

Action / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 11408 11.4K

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Plot summary

The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies.

Director

Don Coscarelli Photo
Don Coscarelli

Top cast

A. Michael Baldwin Photo
A. Michael Baldwin as Mike
John Davis Chandler Photo
John Davis Chandler as Henry
Cindy Ambuehl Photo
Cindy Ambuehl as Edna
Angus Scrimm Photo
Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
779.33 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 5
1.46 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dieseldemon85 5 / 10

Not as good as the first two.

The first two were enjoyable due to how dark they were and playing on fears. I prefered LeGros Mike in the second film to Baldwin's Mike. Baldwin is back in this installment of the series. I wasn't a fan of how they tried to make this one humourous, and have those 3 dead assistants keep having to be re killed. The two new companions for this film were good, the sentinel spheres were getting a bit too silly, with all the new add ones. Overall this one just didn't measure up to the first 2. Also the dispatching of the tall man was a bit lame. 2/5
Reviewed by dworldeater 6 / 10

Flawed, but still enjoyable sequel

I grew up loving The Phantasm series and in my book the first and second film are untouchable. Phantasm 2 was a studio film with a decent budget. The third film brings Don Coscarelli back to his low budget roots. That is not necessarily a bad thing, the 1st film was made with almost no money, but came out great. James Legross is out as Michael. The original Michael (Michael Baldwin) is back. Of course Reggie Bannister is back to hit the road and try to take out The Tall Man. Angus Scrim also returns to the iconic role of villain. The Phantasm series gets weirder and more sci Fi as it goes. This is no exception. The storyline however is less believable and is riddled with plot holes and supporting characters that come across a little ridiculous. Reggie Bannister is the heart of the movie and should have been an action hero with a billion dollar paycheck. Speaking of action, Phantasm 3 is action packed. However, it was not done as well as it was in the second film. I'm guessing the problems that the film has could have been fleshed out provided there was more time and money to shoot this. I still found Phantasm 3 pretty enjoyable as a whole. I liked it much better when I intially rented it on its video release. The next film from what I remember was really strange and for a Phantasm film, that's saying a lot.
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