Phantasm IV: Oblivion

Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

You Can't Go Forward Until You've Gone Back.

Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.

Date of release
1998-07-31
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (241)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Don Coscarelli
Collection
Phantasm Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $650K

Phantasm IV: Oblivion is a 1998 American science fantasy horror film written, produced and directed by Don Coscarelli and stars A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm. A sequel to Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994), it is the fourth installment in the Phantasm franchise. The film was followed by Phantasm: Ravager.

Production

Canadian filmmaker Roger Avary, a self-professed hardcore fan of the Phantasm series, wrote an epic screenplay titled Phantasm 1999 as a sequel to Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead. It was set in a post-apocalyptic near future and would feature Bruce Campbell as a co-star.

Oblivion's budget was considerably lower than the previous two Phantasm films. While Phantasm II had a budget of $3,000,000 and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead had a budget of $2,500,000, the filmmakers were only able to secure $650,000 to make Phantasm IV: Oblivion. The filmmakers had to be inventive with the budget, much like the first film, which had only $300,000 budget.

The swarm of spheres was done by several fans of Phantasm, who then showed it to Reggie Bannister who, in turn, showed it to Coscarelli. KNB EFX group also helped out a bit on the film as a favor to Coscarelli.

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