( some major spoiler read at your own risk . ) apparently don write the script for this in his sleep and start film the next day without check for a storyline or inconsistency . while phantasm ii be just okay and and phantasm iii be actually pretty decent and this be definitely the bad sequel . there be so many problem in this film i hardly know where to start and but i will try . 1. half of phantasm iv be make up of cut scene from the original phantasm . while it interest to see the deleted scene and most of them have no relation to what be happen in iv and do nothing to further the plot or the series in general . example represent the bit with mike chase the ice cream truck and and the part with him visit jody grave . the only deleted scene that have anything to do with iv be the hanging scene ( and i can see why they cut it from the original . it wasn not that great ) . 2. mike and reggie be only together for literally about 60 second of the movie . these actor have such great chemistry and it a shame to see them apart for the entire movie . this be probably the big reason i do not enjoy the movie . 3. i hate to say it and but reggie be next to useless in this sequel . the only thing he do that have any real bearing on the story be when he give mike the tuning fork . otherwise about 90 % of his screentime be totally useless and especially the entire sequence with the woman and scene with the undead police officer . the one liner be stupid and too . blow me . since when do reggie become arnold schwarzenegger . 4. we learn nothing new in this movie except a little bit of the tall man history . there be so many interesting mystery and unanswered question from the first three film and surely they could have pick a few point to expound upon . instead we get a lot of futile run around by the main character . 5. the time travel and dimension jumping be do very poorly and result in ton of inconsistency and scene that be so confuse they do not seem to make any sense at all . for example and how do mike know how to use the old fashion wheel and cog portal apparatus if he would never see it before . in the scene where jody and mike go back in time to visit the tall man and jody tell mike he can not kill the tall man because theyre in different dimension ( mike try and he go right through him like a ghost ) . but then when the tall man return to the room through the portal and he can see mike . at one point jody be seriously maim and apparently dy and but then in the very next scene he show up look good a new and and have to be kill again . mike have a dream that he be in a civil war medical tent be operate on by the tall man . it be never explain what signifigance this have ( other than mike fear or hat the tall man and which we already know . ) . those be just a few of the thing that make little sense . i could go on and on . 6. the end be really lame and the most pathetic excuse for a sequel i have ever see . a someone else note and it seem like they just run out of money and have to stop film regardless of whether the end make any sense or not . i have no problem with ambiguous or cliff hanger ending and but by the end of a film some element of the plot should be resolve . the evil dead movie all have open ending and but there be also a lot of plot development and resolution of problem . there be none of that in phantasm iv and and it make you feel like you watch the whole movie for nothing . i can only recommend this movie for die hard fan of the series . if you be interested in see the delete scene and the little bit of the tall man past and and just watch reggie and mike again and then by all mean rent it . just do not expect any plot or character development . if youre look for a good horror movie and rent the first one .