I love this movie so much

Very best movie i ever watch

Sorry, this movie sucks

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

I can't say I really liked Coscarelli's follow up to "Phantasm" much, at least I can't say I enjoyed the first hour a whole lot. Where the original film is like a waking nightmare, this is a pretty routine horror action flick filled with weird plot gaps and silly ideas. But then the last half hour happened, and I have to say I begrudgingly endorse this flick ... but only for the gleefully outrageous gory climax.

The late 80's was a great time for sequels for classic 70's horror films. With The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Evil Dead getting really good , but different and effective sequels it was now Phantasm 's turn to resurface. While the previously mentioned franchises crossed comedy with horror , Phantasm II combines action with horror . Reggie and Michael ( replaced by James Le Gross) hit the road to find and kill The Tall Man. Armed with some cool weapons ( a 4 barrelled shotgun and a flamethrower ) our heroes can more than hold their own against the forces of evil. Reggie is a very tough and charismatic action hero with a cool car and stylish skullet to boot. Reggie and James Le Gross make a good team and have great chemistry. Plus there are hot chicks, great f/x , as well as great atmosphere, story and sci fi weirdness that made the first film great. Phantasm II is a great movie and an excellent follow up to the original film.

One does not need to have seen any of the other films in this series to enjoy Phantasm II. The story, though odd, is easy to pick up on. Once we are introduced to everyone, it is easy to figure out what they represent, and what they have on their agendas. The story centers around two men (Reggie Bannister and James Legros) attempting to track down and kill "The Tall Man" played with sinister creepiness by Angus Scrimm. When you are name "Angus Scrimm", its a pretty good bet you are going to end up as a horror movie actor. Angus Scrimm the Pediotrist just doesn't sound right. But this Tall Man and his minions travel from one small town to the next robbing graves and turning the corpses into evil dwarfs resembling Jawas from Star Wars. And in Phantasm II, The Tall man has apparently made the jump from not only harvesting the dead, to also preying on the living. Needless to say, he must be stopped.This is a gory, campy film that is fairly well-paced. The acting is as good as one could ask for, though the experience of the cast is fairly limited to this series itself, and other genre pics. Only James Legros really went on to do more high profile projects after this. And he seems to have peaked in the 1990s. The action is played out in a series of explosions, characters battling each other with hardware store equipment, and using mortuary devises to inflict painful death. The Tall man has quite a lot at his disposal. He has his dwarf army, creepy mortuary workers, gas mask-wearing grave diggers, and chrome spheres that seek out and suck the brains from the nearest person they find. But our heroes are also heavily armed, drive a fast car, and have a determination to see this thing through to the end.The only trouble is, this is just one of four parts to this series. Even though things seemed to be wrapped up nicely until the final frames, apparently this story goes on and on. And though I enjoyed this film, I'm still not compelled to seek out the other three. I got the point just fine with this one. The writer/director of this film has not done a lot else outside this series. Perhaps he has ideas and just can't get funding. Or maybe just no additional ideas. If you are a true fan of this series, more power to you. If not, and you still come across Phantasm II, give it a look. Its well-made, gory, suspenseful and the production values aren't dirt-cheap. 7 of 10 stars.The Hound.

After seeing "Phantasm" three times, I finally got around to seeing part two (and am eagerly awaiting parts three and four, but Netflix does not have them). I have to say right off the bat, it is not as great as the first film, though it is hard to compete with such a classic.There are good aspects -- the four-barreled gun, the chainsaw duel... the return of Angus Scrimm. If you want a decent sequel, you could do worse than this. Having Reggie and Angus return to reprise their roles was a key factor in making this work.That being said, the single worst part of this film: replacing the actor who played Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) in the first film with another guy. I have met Baldwin, he is a great guy, and he returns for the third and fourth installment. If the story is true that Universal forced his role to be recast, that is just sheer stupidity from them. The key to a good horror sequel, to me, is continuity.