This movie is just plain bad

I'll respectfully disagree from obviously one phan to another.

Yes I concede that PIII had some wonderful sphere effects, some great gore, and had some great camera work. The problem with the movie is the acting and the story. There isn't much point to reuniting the cast if they are going to phone their performances in.
It also fell into the same trap that Evil Dead did on it's third sequel. After the first which was a classic, they took the action/comedy route in the second. On the third it just became one slapstick scene after another.

Effects won't make a good movie. In this case, the effects were actually quite crappy when you think it was made in 1994. Terminator 2 was made in 1991 just for comparison.

I'm pretty sure the dwarfs were only at the beginning of this movie. In the first and second his main henchmen were the dwarfs and the gravers, they are totally absent in part 3. Instead we get these 3 stooge zombies



That was part of the problem I had with this one as well. It just seemed like the whole movie was directed by a fan of Army of Darkness and not Coscarelli.


Why the zombies? Dwarfs could have set up every scene that the zombie characters were in, and probably in a creepier way.

I disagree at several levels.
Although Pahatasm 2 was a decent movie, phans were upset that Michael Bladwin was replaced with James Le Gros. Phantasm 3 returned Mike and he remained for the rest of the series, so I think that #2 kind of "sticks out.
I believe that Don was attempting to recapture the energy that Mike originally brought to the movie as a 12/13 yo boy going up against the tall man. Kevin Connors recaptured that and proved a formidable "avenger" against the adversaries. Agreed; the "looters" were rater bafoonish but they started out as humans and were converted by the tall man to attempt to avenge Reggie and the boy. Obviously they were only effective as looters, not as avengers of anything.
The car jump scene with the pink hearse was one of the BEST car jump stunts in history and it was a PRACTICAL stunt, no CGI or effects. Bob Ivy made stuntman history with this, nearly insane, stunt. But it WORKED and made history.
I DID not a bit more humor to this movie. Many horror writers feel that injecting a bit of humor to break the tension is a good thing. Obviously some disagree. Actually I thought that the boy guarding his house against various intruders, borrowed a bit on "home Alone"
but with a much more serious twist. I really enjoyed seeing (once again) a boy standing up to the tall man and his various threats. Unlike yourself. I didnt want to see him die.
He saved Reggie and others more than once. Its hard to downplay his role and importance to the movie.
The "rebirth" of the Barracuda in 3 was also a key component to keeping the movie in the context of the original. The car was a character in itself.
You will also see certain scenes that somewhat "mirrored" scenes from the first one. Iit was an attempt to recreate some of the elements that made the first one special
Phantasm took different twists and turns in each movie. I actually think that Ravager may have been a bigger disappointment to many.
Did it ever really explain or sum things up?

PIII almost killed the credibility of the series, and nearly brought it to the level of the Chucky movies. Lets be honest here. It was just a bad movie.

Phantasm was a all out assault on the psyche and even if you hated it, the movie made an impression in your psyche. While PII was more of an action film it kept enough elements of the first one to keep us fans of the original entertained. PIII was a disaster though because Coscarelli thought he knew how to be funny intentionally. He can't. It's only the unintentional *beep* like fingers that turn into giant flies for instance that we find hysterical. I just don't find zombies ,or Reggie trying to mack on Rocky every five seconds very funny

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Phantasm III is a poor movie. Lousy acting and dicombogulated plot lines that never quite fit together.
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You honestly thought the black bitch was a good actor? Hahaha. Also the kid was terrible. Cute but terrible actor. Some kids can actually act like Haley Osment or even that Home Alone kid whatshisname.