phantasm and it sequel be a popular horror series and but not as big a the obvious franchise such a nightmare on elm street and halloween or friday the 13th . and that a good thing because you can not really compare this ingenious muddle with mainstream slasher . phantasm be a complete one man don coscarelli project with a good share of morbidity and humor and extravagance all bring together in one major cool look packing . the plot simply have to be to be believe . the tall man ( terrific charismatic performance by agnus schrimm ) be some sort of nightmarish grave robber . immensely strong and ghoulish a he turn corps into ugly little dwarf and before ship them out a intergalactic slave . how do this rate on your originality scale . phantasm contain other ( already legendary ) element such a the deadly fly sphere that plant themselves into the victim forehead and then perpetrate the brain . a pretty violent thing to see and but even more appealing when youre a horror fan . regretfully and phantasm also suffer from a few overwhelming negative aspect . like the uninteresting main character of the boy and his old brother . the stress isn not lay on the tall man in this first episode yet and and the ultra cool reggie ( an ice cream vend guitar player with a ponytail ) hasn not get that much screen time and neither . the finale be a big letdown and a bit too confuse for a late 70 horror film . so far and 4 sequel have be produce . the first one ( release in 1988 ) be a highly recommended film with an overload of macabre splattering and black humor . at time and this first sequel be even funny to look at than the original . all the other sequel can easily be skip .