phantasm of 1979 be a highly atmospheric and creepy and scary and very original horror flick and and and in one word and cult . the first sequel of 1988 be gory and witty and action packed and highly entertaining . after the first sequel however and phantasm creator don coscarelly apparently lack new idea . phantasm iii lord of the dead of 1994 be certainly not a complete failure and it even be quite entertaining and but there be no more originality and and the desperate attempt to bring in something new and be at time tiresome and which make it quite disappointing in comparison to it predecessor . spoiler quite in the beginning and we be introduce the secret behind the mysterious sentinel sphere ( the brain suck fly silver ball ) be unraveled . thenceforward and a number of unnecessary and annoy new character ( such a tim and a home alone style little kid who happen to be great at shoot and an rocky and a tough and super cool nunchaku swing black chick with a crew cut ) be introduce . the film also have it quality reggie bannister be again very cool a the pony tail and guitar playing reggie . angus scrimm be still quite creepy a the tall man and but the fact that the tall man talk a lot more in this film and make him loose some of his creepiness . the character of mike be play by a. michael baldwin again ( he have be replace by james legros in part 2 ) and which and in my opinion and doesn not make much of a difference . the gore also keep the film interest enough to watch and but it be still a disappointment and especially because the attempt to make up for the lack of idea get annoy quite quickly . all thing consider and phantasm iii be an acceptable time waster and but it be definitely disappointing compare to it predecessor . fan of the first two phantasm film can give it a try and but i recommend not to set your expectation too high .