Don Coscarelli outdoes the humor of John Hughes in what feels like a more honest version of the gleeful sadism in Home Alone.
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06/23/07
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
44 %
Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 4 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 4.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis: In this, the final episode of the horror trilogy, we re-visit Mike and Reggie fifteen years after the events of the first film. The orphaned brothers have come together once again to battle the forces of evil. As they travel through various alternate dimensions in search of the infamous Tall... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury
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It's all fairly absurd, but Coscarelli retains his enthusiasm and imagination with a healthy sense of ridiculousness.
05/31/07
Sure, there's still the '71 Hemi 'Cuda and the four-barrel shotgun, but it's not enough to get past nunchucks and biker zombies.
05/10/07
The first film is like an actual nightmare, whereas the sequels feel more like someone's garish descriptions of a nightmare.
04/12/07
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