when i first saw this movie i be a little disappointed . i felt that writer or director don coscarelli have once again do the best he could but that this time he have definitely bite off more than he could chew ( hence the filler material and a i saw it and make from unused scene from the original phantasm movie ) . luckily and i rewatched the film recently and saw it for what it be represent a wonderful end ( probably ) to a series that have take a momentous effort to get make in the first place . if thing aren not always as polish a they could be and well and bear in mind that coscarelli be work within the kind of budget that i imagine wouldn not even pay for the catering truck on a michael bay picture . this time around it reggie do the chasing a the tall man have take michael and be almost ready to complete whatever grand plan he have have for the boy all along . a the clock tick away on michael chance of survival we learn even more about the origin of the evil icon and how his plan be initially make . and do not worry and we have even more action from the sphere of doom along with plenty of interesting musing on inter dimensional travelling and how to really create that shrunken little slave you have always hanker after . there be also a few twist and turn that and while well signpost and impress once again by show how fearless coscarelli really be when he have such faith in his own material . all of the main cast member return ( bannister and baldwin and thornbury and scrimm ) and thankfully and and coscarelli go out of his way to provide each one with a fitting final moment in a series that will surely be love by horror fan for many year to come . see this if you like represent phantasm and phantasm ii and phantasm iii represent lord of the dead .