Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) on Netflix
Mike Pearson flees the Tall Man across time and dimensions, trying to learn where his enemy came from and what happened the night his brother died. Reggie goes looking for Mike.
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Plot summary
Mike Pearson drives off from Boulton mortuary in a hearse, leaving Reggie caught by the Tall Man's spheres. The Tall Man frees Reggie instead of killing him and tells him their last game is beginning. Jody, Mike's brother, now a black sphere that can sometimes take human form, asks Reggie to find Mike. Mike roams empty country and recalls his youth before the Tall Man arrived. The Tall Man declares that Mike must be prepared for a passage.
Cast
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- $650,000 covered Phantasm IV: Oblivion after Phantasm II cost $3,000,000 and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead $2,500,000; for the Civil War dream sequence, the filmmakers hired a Civil War reenactment group for a $200 donation.
- Canadian filmmaker Roger Avary, a self-professed hardcore Phantasm fan, wrote an epic screenplay titled Phantasm 1999, a post-apocalyptic sequel to Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead that would have featured Bruce Campbell as a co-star; when financing ran into difficulties, Don Coscarelli wrote and directed Oblivion as a precursor using outtakes from the earlier films.
- Because the production could afford only a few sets, several key scenes were filmed in the desert, with filming taking place largely in Death Valley and Lone Pine, California, making Phantasm IV: Oblivion the only Phantasm movie without significant scenes inside a mausoleum.
- The swarm of spheres was created by several Phantasm fans, who showed their work to Reggie Bannister, who passed it on to Don Coscarelli; the KNB EFX group also pitched in as a favor to Coscarelli.
