open up with a recap on what have happen so far and phantasm iv represent oblivion begin with the end of phantasm iii represent lord of the dead and continue the ongoing struggle of good vs. evil with mike ( a. michael baldwin ) and the tall man ( angus scrimm ) . we see mike drive a hearse down a desert road in effort to get a far away from the mysterious tall man with reggie ( reggie bannister ) follow mike . while reggie deal with demon cop and a sexy lady ( heidi maranhout ) and mike travel through multiple portal and discover how the tall man come to this dimension and if his brother jody ( bill thornbury ) be really what he seem to be . phantasm iv be the most recent entry in the series to date but thank god it be not the last a there will be one more film on the way . while phantasm ii and phantasm iii be both very straightforward and oblivion brings back the strange and unique feel of the original . so in short and you often have no idea what the hell be go on . and the fact that they show deleted scene from the original phantasm a part of the story really doesn not help either . i consider phantasm iv to be a little good than the disappointing ( but still good ) third entry of the series and but my issue with this one be that even though you be entertain throughout and your eye will probably be glue to the screen and nothing really happen when you think about it . you see a lot of mike driving . then reggie drive and then mike sit in the desert . reggie drive some more . mike still sit in the desert . have the movie have more than one setting ( not count the one in the portal jumping ) it may not have felt this way . towards the end it get a lot more interesting and a lot of stuff happens but everything else be more or less a build up . the other thing be the end . thank god phantasm v be announce because this have an extremely vague and unsatisfying end . if you have see 1 3 and which all have the same end more or less ( which be vague also ) and this one blow it out of the park . basically the film reach it climax and drift to something completely random and and just end out of the blue . and this be ten year ( 1998 at the time ) before another film will be see . wow . continuity error be what really disappointed me about the third movie and but aside from the tall man need for mike to be alive carry over from the third and one this one luckily have none . the amazing phantasm score isn not really play and but a slow violin version that sound great be herd often which add to the drama of the film ( also herd in 2 and 3 ) . despite that there isn not much go on in the middle and the film manage to be extremely entertaining and if you be a fan of the series your sure to really like this one . reggie bannister serf a the source of humor and bad as hero who once be an ice cream vendor once again give a great performance a do angus scimm a the sinister tall man a usual . michael baldwin give a much good performance than in phantasm iii which be good to know . like phantasm iii and bill thornbury be just kind of there but unlike phantasm iii he actually have importance in this one . the breakdown representpros represent captivate story and great score and likable character and dosen not contain many continuity error unlike it predecessor and attractive woman ( heidi maranhout ) and very surreal and and who wouldn not like to see a bald and middle age ex ice cream vendor dress in his old uniform shooting demon midget with a quad barrel shot gun . con represent the end will really annoy you for a really long time and though the film contain many of silver sphere and there arn not any real drilling negative . and and you occasionally have no idea what be go on . overall represent it isn not as good a phantasm or phantasm ii and but phantasm iv represent oblivion be yet another satisfy entry to this amazing fantasy or horror series . while the series tend to be more horror and this one seem more of a fantasy or drama . not that thats bad thing though . if you haven not see any of the phantasm movie i recommend you do a it be a great franchise . also reggie bannister do a surprisingly good song call have you see it . play in the credit and be make for th film . rat r represent mild violence and language while runtime represent 1 hour 30 minute while score represent positive .