Review of Phantasm: Ravager

I enjoyed the first four Phantasm films, but the fifth and final edited, co-written and directed by David Hartman has finally reached its end of life with me. Which is sad, because there were elements that were positive about it like questioning what is reality and what is perhaps just a delusion. But, this story is 18 years later and now everybody is old...not just The Tall Man. Reg (Reggie Bannister) now has dementia and Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) is wanting to hear his story of how he got there to engage his mind by orders of his doctor. So, we the viewer keep dropping from one reality to the other along Reg's storyline until we are not really sure what is reality. The two bad points that drop this movie are what was humorous or funny in previous entries they have now brought in silliness or making things ridiculous which strains on making something believable. Which maybe in part has to do with Reg's dementia, but I do not feel that was the reason behind why they did this. The other is this is the first Phantasm movie where the effects sucked. And yes I thought they were just brutal computerized effects that looked like some grade seven student performed on his home computer. As well Gloria Lynne Henry returns as Rocky...for like 2 minutes...after the final credits have started. Why? Is there a really good reason why she couldn't have been included in the script. I would have rather had her than the Dawn character (Dawn Cody) and Reg striking out trying to bed her. Will likely be the last Phantasm due to the fact that Angus Scrimm who played The Tall Man has passed away.