Phantasm IV: Oblivion
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| Directed by | Don Coscarelli |
| Produced by | Don Coscarelli |
| Written by | Don Coscarelli |
| Based on | Characters by Don Coscarelli |
| Starring |
A. Michael Baldwin Reggie Bannister Bill Thornbury Heidi Marnhout Bob Ivy Angus Scrimm |
| Music by | Christopher L. Stone |
| Cinematography | Chris Chomyn |
| Edited by | Scott J. Gill |
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Orion Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $650,000 |
Phantasm IV: Oblivion is a 1998 American horror film. The film was written, produced and directed by Don Coscarelli and starring A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm. It is the third sequel in the Phantasm series and is followed by Phantasm: Ravager.
The film opens where its predecessor, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994), left off. Mike flees from Boulton mortuary in the hearse, while Reggie is trapped inside by The Tall Man's spheres. Rather than kill Reggie, The Tall Man lets him go, saying he is doing so "to play one last game", then The Tall Man leaves Boulton.
Mike's brother Jody, now a steel sphere who can occasionally resume his human form, contacts and persuades Reggie to search for Mike. On the way, Reggie survives a demon attack and rescues a woman, "Jennifer", from a car accident. They stay the night at an abandoned motel where Reggie tells her the story of The Tall Man. Jennifer is not who she seems to be. She attacks Reggie with two spheres, hidden in her breasts. Reggie vanquishes Jennifer with the use of his sledgehammer and tuning fork.
Mike, tries to uncover the mysteries of The Tall Man in order to escape his transformation. He drives, in his getaway hearse, through abandoned areas, recalling the last days of his youth before The Tall Man's arrival, and ends up in Death Valley. He writes a last testament, in which he expresses his intent to force The Tall Man into a "final" confrontation. As the Tall Man interrupts his attempted suicide, Mike passes through a gateway. He meets a kind man, named Jebediah Morningside. The man tries to speak to Mike, who is frightened away, because Jebediah appears to be the Tall Man.
Back in Death Valley, Mike realizes that he can move rocks with the power of his mind. Jody appears, but a distrustful Mike accuses his brother of having abandoned him. After defending his behavior, Jody disappears. Mike begins working on the hearse's engine, seemingly using parts to build a makeshift sphere. Theorizing that Jebediah must somehow become The Tall Man after traveling through the space gate, Mike plans to prevent Jebediah's first journey. Mike goes through a gate, but finds himself in a deserted city and escapes The Tall Man only with Jody's help.
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