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Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead 1994

Mike and Reggie find themselves battling the Tall Man’s growing influence, which threatens to consume them. Their journey takes them through a desolate, post-apocalyptic world where they seek to end his reign of terror. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of characters – both helpful allies and dangerous adversaries – including a ruthless killer and two formidable warrior women. The stakes are high as they fight to save the undead-haunted towns and confront the Tall Man’s sinister power.

Mike and Reggie find themselves battling the Tall Man’s growing influence, which threatens to consume them. Their journey takes them through a desolate, post-apocalyptic world where they seek to end his reign of terror. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of characters – both helpful allies and dangerous adversaries – including a ruthless killer and two formidable warrior women. The stakes are high as they fight to save the undead-haunted towns and confront the Tall Man’s sinister power.

Does Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead have end credit scenes?

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Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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Rotten Tomatoes
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38%

TOMATOMETER

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43%

User Score

IMDb

6.0 /10

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TMDB

58

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Immediately following his presumed death at the conclusion of Phantasm II, a new version of the Tall Man emerges from the white room’s dimensional fork. Meanwhile, the hearse transporting Liz and Mike continues on its journey, ultimately resulting in a fiery explosion. As chaos ensues, Reggie, who has been attacked by the Alchemy/Tall Man creature, rushes to the scene only to discover Liz lifeless and a dwarf feasting on her face. Armed with his formidable four-barrel shotgun, Reggie dispatches several dwarfs before confronting the Tall Man. He manages to frighten the Tall Man into retreat by threatening a grenade, but the Tall Man makes it clear he intends to return for Mike once he has healed, leaving with Liz’s head in hand.

After spending what seems like two years in a coma, Mike experiences a near-death vision where his brother Jody appears, insisting he is not ready to cross over into the light. As Mike attempts to continue his journey, the Tall Man obstructs his path, forcing him to awaken. Just as Reggie arrives, Mike is ambushed by a demon nurse but bravely fights her off. A sphere erupts from her head, shattering through the window. Back at home, Jody appears once again to caution Mike, but before they can act, the Tall Man arrives through a dimensional portal. He combats both Reggie and Jody, who has now transformed into a charred flying sphere, before pulling Mike through the gate with him.

The following morning, Reggie, accompanied by the Jody-sphere, ventures to the eerily deserted town of Holtsville. Despite being captured by three looters who lock him in his car’s trunk, he is rescued by a young boy named Tim, who takes out the attackers. Together, they bury the looters in the yard, and Tim shares the grim tale of how the Tall Man took his parents and obliterated the town. However, their graves are found empty come morning, as is their pink hearse, pushing them to locate the Tall Man.

Venturing into the Holtsville mausoleum, Reggie is met by a hostile sphere. Before he can destroy it, he is overpowered by two young women, Tanesha and Rocky. Despite his warnings, the sphere eliminates Tanesha, severely damaging Rocky’s nunchaku. With Tim’s intervention, they manage to shoot the sphere out of the air. Uniting their strengths, the trio sets out for Boulton, a town with a large mortuary. While camping out, the Jody-sphere guides Reggie in a dream to the Tall Man’s hideout, where Mike is imprisoned. Though they manage to liberate him, the Tall Man soon appears, initiating a frantic chase. In a twist, Jody transforms back into a sphere, prompting Reggie to wake up and close the gate just in time to sever the Tall Man’s hands.

Their ordeal leads them to Boulton’s mortuary, where they stumble upon a cryonics facility that reminds Mike of the Tall Man’s aversion to cold. During a tense confrontation, Mike learns from the Jody-sphere that the Tall Man is amassing an army from the dead, fashioning dwarf creatures from their remains. The Tall Man, sensing their presence, paralyzes Mike, who then finds himself helpless on the operating table as the Tall Man welcomes him. Outside, Rocky battles attackers and Tim escapes briefly before confronting more looters.

In a climactic showdown, Rocky manages to strike the Tall Man with a spear dipped in liquid nitrogen, causing his body to begin to melt. Working together, Rocky and Reggie trap him in a refrigerator room, but not before a golden sphere bursts forth from his head, wreaking havoc. In a twist of fate, Reggie grapples with the powerful sphere, managing to neutralize it with the nitrogen tank with the help of Rocky and Tim.

As Mike awakens to find yellow blood oozing from his wound, he struggles with the realization of a golden sphere developing in his own head. After the tall man’s sphere is vanquished, Mike emerges, now seemingly cold and different, warning Reggie to keep his distance. While Reggie contemplates exploring the mortuary further, Rocky decides to leave, fed up with the undead threats, while Reggie and Tim head back inside. Tim reveals Mike’s ominous message: “There are thousands of them.” Unbeknownst to them, a multitude of spheres looms above, heralding an ominous danger that is a signature of this franchise’s suspenseful ending.

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Cars Featured in Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

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Explore all cars featured in Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, including their makes, models, scenes they appear in, and their significance to the plot. A must-read for car enthusiasts and movie buffs alike.


Cadillac

1968

Funeral Coach

Cadillac

1969

Funeral Coach

Chevrolet

1954

Advance-Design 3100

Mercedes-Benz

1968

280 SE W108

Plymouth

1970

Hemi 'Cuda

Plymouth

1971

Hemi 'Cuda

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tall mancult directorcult filmalien invasionfuneral homecliffhanger endingcontinued from the ending of previous moviesupernatural villaindeserted townunstoppableunkillablekilled with a drillflying spheredronefemale soldiertough womaninterdimensional beinglove interest killedteam uppost apocalypseboyweirdfetishcringe humorsexual humornude black womandark comedywritten by directordecapitated headgrenadebooby traphatchet to the headpit trapman in a car trunkdigging a gravehandcuffed to a bedvillain not really dead clicheno opening creditsgas stationmotelnursecryogenicsclose up of eyerepeated scene from a previous filmsevered headfacial scratchquad barrelled shot gunman on a ventilatoryellow bloodstuffed in a trunk

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