Phantasm IV: Oblivion
You Can't Go Forward Until You've Gone Back.
Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
Timing:
1:30 (90 min)
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Country
Production
Genre
Horror, Science Fiction
Budget
$650 000
Revenue
$0
Website
Director
Actors
Angus Scrimm, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Heidi Marnhout, Bob Ivy, Christopher L. Stone, Chloe Kay, Sylvia Flammer, David Gasster
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Chris Chomyn
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Scott J. Gill
All team (48)
All team (48)
Short description
Taking off immediately where the last one ended, in this episode Mike travels across dimensions and time fleeing from the Tall Man, at the same time he tries to find the origins of his enemy, and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles the spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film consists almost entirely of fragments from the previous three films, presented as Mike's memories.
- The film was shot in 23 days.
- Due to the small budget, the film crew was unable to block off one of the widest streets in Los Angeles, which, according to the plot, was supposed to be deserted. Instead, filming was scheduled for early morning after Thanksgiving, and the street was actually completely empty for 10 minutes.
- The reaction to the third film in the franchise, “Phantasm III” (Don Coscarelli, 1993), was mixed, and the reviews were quite critical. The director and screenwriter, Don Coscarelli, decided to move away from the emphasis on action and comedy and “return to the roots” by creating a low-budget “horror film” focused on the horrors and surreal aspects of what was happening – in the spirit of his film “Phantasm” (1978). On the other hand, materials from the original film that started the franchise, long thought lost, were discovered. The combination of these two factors predetermined the main features of the film “Phantasm IV: Oblivion.”
- The scene in which Reggie Bannister’s character stops at an abandoned motel in the desert was filmed without the owners’ permission. In reality, the building looked old and incredibly dilapidated, but it was tidied up for filming.
- While performing the stunt with the exploding police car, Bob Ivy suffered burns to his legs.
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