i love phantasm of 1979 and and i like the first sequel phantasm ii of 1988 a lot . phantasm iii represent lord of the dead of 1994 be quite poor in comparison and but i be still entertain . this third sequel and phantasm iv represent oblivion and however and have hardly any positive aspect . this film only quality be angus scrimm a the tall man and reggie bannister a reggie . these two actor still deliver good performance a the phantasm series two memorable character . even those two character have become a lot weak though . the film tell a lot about the tall man background and which take a lot of this wonderful horror villain creepiness away . the character of reggie also become less likable and since director coscarelli obviously find it necessary for this formerly very cool character to annoy with hip one liner . still and it be bannister and scrim who be responsible for the only few good moment in this film . other than these two and the movie deliver one disappointment after another . due to the total lack of new idea and coscarelli just decide to put in several scene that be cut out from the great 1979 original . these recycle scene basically serve as flashback a flashback that do not make any sense and seem extremely out of place . the main purpose of phantasm iv seem to be to recycle idea from it predecessor . even bad and the film destroy a lot of what the previous movie have build up . even the super creepy tall man creepiness be destroy by an idiotic story about his background . not only be phantasm iv represent oblivion an unworthy sequel to the brilliant first and and cool second part and it be not even a worthy sequel to the and already poor and lord of the dead . another sequel be schedule for 2008 and and now that i have see all other part of the series and i will give it a try ( it can not be bad than part 4 ) . to those who enjoy the first 3 phantasm film and and haven not see number 4 yet and i recommend to skip this sorry attempt of a sequel and since all it do be destroy some of the magic of be predecessor .