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  • The Beastmaster (1982)
    Review preview for The Beastmaster

    Ultimately, The Beastmaster is low grade pulp with little sense of purpose, but Singer's clumsy dialogue and attempts to combine beefy manliness with chatting to ferrets lend it a certain camp charm.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A warrior with a psychic connection to animals fights against an evil sorcerer.
  • Bubba Ho-tep (2002)
    Review preview for Bubba Ho-tep

    It's gleefully performed and directed, with enviable zest and energy

    Scott Macdonald · 3.5 out of 5
    Elvis and JFK survive an undead mummy attack in a Texas retirement home.
  • John Dies At The End (2012)
    Review preview for John Dies At The End

    It may sound like a spurious stream-of-consciousness from someone who’s taken too many drugs in their life, but it’s not.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4 out of 5
    Two friends use a drug that enables them to warp space time in an attempt to save the world.
  • Phantasm (1979)
    Review preview for Phantasm

    You can turn it upside down, inside out and back-to-front and you might be able to work most of it out, but there will always be one thing that doesn't fit.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Baffling Seventies horror flick about a scary tall mortician, killer dwarfs and sci-fi spheres
  • The Phantasm 5 Disc Boxset (2005)
    The five disc set of spooky adventures with the Tall Man.
  • Phantasm II (1988)
    Review preview for Phantasm II

    Angus Scrimm is so wonderfully silent and unholy that no matter how slick and entertaining the rest of the film might be, he comes out on top.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    The continuing horror of the Tall Man who empties graves
  • Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead (1994)
    Review preview for Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead

    I don't feel that Coscarelli has found the perfect mix of action, sci-fi and horror with this third outing to best suit the series, but it is entertaining.

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    The franchise becomes increasingly weird and bloody, with intriguing sci-fi bits.
  • Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
    Review preview for Phantasm IV: Oblivion

    The answers are hinted at rather than announced and the dialogue is sparse without being empty.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Not the end quite yet, but the chase goes on, and the atmosphere is darker and the Tall Man more iconic

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