Like the other Phantasm movies, "Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead" has a colorful--arguably a little TOO colorful--set of characters. A kid with absolutely incredible marksmanship skills? A man who can transform into a small flying sphere and back again? Three zombies that look like rejects from a Quentin Tarantino movie?
Adding to the whackiness is the plot itself. The Tall Man kidnaps and hides Mike inside a wall for a while; Reggie and Jody (the transformer) rescue him, and then hide out in "the largest mausoleum in the western U.S." Their hiding plan sounds crazy enough to work, but it doesn't work and Mike gets caught again. Tall Man performs a little brain surgery and Mike can bleed yellow and make his eyes turn silver now. Reggie finds out that the Tall Man has a lot of balls and gets nailed to the wall while some dwarves take that Tim kid away...Now try to explain all that with a straight face.
Overall, it's a quirky, decent movie worthy of a 7 rating (10 being the highest). If you like some insanity mixed with horror/gore in your movies, then "Phantasm III" should be right up your alley, as well as the insanely funny gore-fest "Dead Alive."
Adding to the whackiness is the plot itself. The Tall Man kidnaps and hides Mike inside a wall for a while; Reggie and Jody (the transformer) rescue him, and then hide out in "the largest mausoleum in the western U.S." Their hiding plan sounds crazy enough to work, but it doesn't work and Mike gets caught again. Tall Man performs a little brain surgery and Mike can bleed yellow and make his eyes turn silver now. Reggie finds out that the Tall Man has a lot of balls and gets nailed to the wall while some dwarves take that Tim kid away...Now try to explain all that with a straight face.
Overall, it's a quirky, decent movie worthy of a 7 rating (10 being the highest). If you like some insanity mixed with horror/gore in your movies, then "Phantasm III" should be right up your alley, as well as the insanely funny gore-fest "Dead Alive."