Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) on Netflix
R19941h 31mActionFantasyHorror
Reggie keeps hunting the Tall Man, who took Mike Pearson. In the ghost town of Holtsville, Idaho, three looters lock him in a car trunk, and a boy named Tim frees him.
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Plot summary
After Reggie is thrown from the hearse and the vehicle explodes, he finds Liz Reynolds dead and drives the Tall Man off by threatening to blow them all up with a grenade. The Tall Man leaves with Liz's head and says he will return when Mike Pearson recovers. Two years later Mike lies comatose in a hospital, where a visit from his dead brother Jody is interrupted by the Tall Man. Reggie reaches Holtsville, Idaho, the town the Jody-sphere names, and finds it empty. Three looters seize him and lock him in the trunk of his car. A boy named Tim lets him out and tells him the Tall Man took his parents.
Cast
- Duane Tuckeras Motel Owner
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The MPAA gave Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead an NC-17 rating for violence, particularly the scene in which Sarah Scott Davis's character Tanesha is killed by a killer sphere. Coscarelli's appeal failed and the film was granted an R only after the sequence was significantly cut.
- Phantasm III performed well in its May 1994 test-market release in Baton Rouge and Grand Rapids, but Universal Pictures, which had distributed Phantasm II, declined to give it a wide release. Reggie Bannister said the studio refused to distribute it because of a conflict with director Don Coscarelli.
- A. Michael Baldwin was forced out of the second film, Phantasm II, by studio interference, and was brought back for Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead.
