Howdy fellow film freaks, Robert here. I was late to the Phantasm party; I saw Phantasm for the first time maybe six years ago, and discovered that it wasn't as bad as I'd heard. There was more of a mystery behind this story than one usually gets with horror movies, especially ones featuring the standard unstoppable force of nature monster at it's center, as Phantasm does with the demonic Tall Man, played by the late Angus Scrimm. I eagerly watched through the remaining three movies, ending with 1998's Phantasm: Oblivion, which ended on a cliffhanger that left me hoping a fifth movie would be made one day. Now that day has come. I need to be more careful what I wish for.
