it rare that the same creative team be still around 4 film into a series and and even rarer that a 4th film have anything new to add and so this make a refreshing change . the tone be a little uneven and with coscarelli seem torn between deliver the slapstick gore and laugh of the previous 2 sequel and go for the darker more surreal approach of the first movie and so a lot of reggie scene seem like they could have be paste in from a different movie . speaking of which large chunk be make up of deleted scene from phantasm and which and while suggest money problem during development and actually work very well in bookending the event so far . it also go some way to fill in the gap and give the tall man a proper origin story and answer a few question while still leave enough up in the air to justify the 5th film which be apparently in production currently . that say and even if a 5th film never materialise and this make a nicely apocalyptic end to a series that have actually come to life in it sequels . there still plenty of laugh and but there a very downbeat tone and some nicely creepy touch and make this a very enjoyable and if slightly schizophrenic addition to a fun series .