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the sphere he created and impales The Tall Man's neck, before activating the hearse's motor to explode, seemingly destroying him before a new Tall Man immediately comes through the gate, and removes the golden sphere from Mike's head, before departing. While Reggie goes on to pursue the Tall Man. Left to die, Mike recalls a childhood memory, where Reggie gives him a ride; they both hear their future exchange before Reggie's departure. The younger Mike brushes it off, declaring "it's just the wind."
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through the gate to Jebediah's house. Invisible to the old man, they witness him approach the inter-dimensional gate, to learn the secrets of the world of the dead. Mike unsuccessfully tries to stab Jebediah, who vanishes and moments later is replaced by the Tall Man incarnation who emerges in his place. Mike escapes through the gate again, and Jody attacks him under the Tall Man's thrall.
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spheres. Rather than kill Reggie, the Tall Man releases him, telling Reggie their final "game" begins. Mike's brother Jody, still a black sphere that can occasionally resume his human form, contacts Reggie to search for Mike. On his way, Reggie survives a demon attack, rescues a woman named Jennifer
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Awakening on an embalming slab, Mike uses a tuning fork to immobilize Jody and the Tall Man as they attempt to cut open his head, before making the Tall Man kill Jody. The Tall Man quickly revives and pursues Mike to Death Valley. Reggie tries to shoot the Tall Man, but is overpowered. Mike summons
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when he kills a dwarf with a large boulder. Jody appears to him, but a distrustful Mike accuses him of abandoning him. Mike begins working on the hearse's engine, using parts to build a makeshift sphere. Meanwhile, Reggie and Jennifer stay at an abandoned motel, where he tells her about The Tall
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Mike goes through a gate, finding himself in a deserted city where he escapes the Tall Man, with Jody's help. Reggie arrives at Death Valley and fights off a group of dwarfs, shortly before Mike and Jody reappear. Mike warns Reggie not to trust Jody before departing yet again. Mike and Jody pass
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Mike emerges from an early version of the gateway in an 1860s era laboratory. There, Mike is greeted by a kind man, Jebediah Morningside; an elderly scientist and creator of the gate who looks exactly like the Tall Man. Mike is frightened away after seeing Jebediah and that the Fortune Teller is
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Meanwhile, Mike tries to escape his transformation, driving through abandoned areas, recalling the last days of his youth before The Tall Man's arrival. After seeing visions of the elderly Fortune Teller he consulted years ago, the Tall Man appears, declaring he is taking Mike "to prepare for
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wrote and directed this fourth installment as a precursor to the project, using numerous outtakes from the preceding films. Avary also appeared in the film as one of the Civil War soldiers. Despite these efforts, the budget for the sequel, now retitled
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movie without significant scenes inside a mausoleum setting, except the very beginning and toward the end. The swarm of spheres was done by several fans of
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Man. Jennifer is soon revealed to be one of his minions, with two spheres in place of her breasts. Reggie manages to fight her off and kill her.
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Rumors of a sequel were reignited in June 2007 by footage contained in Don Coscarelli's
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had a budget of $ 2,500,000, the filmmakers were only able to secure $ 650,000 to make
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left off. Mike escapes Boulton mortuary in a hearse, while Reggie is trapped by
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On March 25, 2014, it was announced that a fifth installment in the series,
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s budget was considerably lower than the previous two Phantasm films. While
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mysteriously present. In the desert, Mike realizes he is slowly developing
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Phantasm IV: Oblivion DVD (Phantasm: OblIVion / Anchor Bay Collection)
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as a co-star. As the project ran into financing difficulties,
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horror film. The film was written, produced and directed by
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