Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: PHANTASM 2
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- Sequelween concludes with Don Coscarelli's "Phantasm 2".
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What's your favorite movie in the Phantasm franchise?
Batman mask of the Phantasm! XD
I'd have to say II is my favorite. It's also the first Phantasm I saw.
Godzilla vs destoroyah
In my oppinion Phantasm 3 Lord of the Dead is the best of the series.
One. I've spent time in the areas where it was filmed and the surrealist quality to the movie is really unique and haunting.
Cool fun fact I learned from Joe Bob Briggs: Angus Scrimm was SO deep in character, that he refused to flinch during the VERY real house explosion behind him.
R.I.P. Angus, you ruled. Happy Halloween everyone!
He did the first film on the old show with Angus guest starring.
@@thEannoyingE I miss those days so much -- getting out of school, bringing in the weekend by watching Joe Bob on Friday nights and MST3K on Saturdays.
When Don Coscarelli told Scrimm what needed to be done, Scrimm responded with, "I don't know if Angus Scrimm can do it... but the Tall Man can."
Did he die from the house explosion?
@@obivincinninninnina3041 That's a dumb question, BOYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! LOL
Interestingly, Angus Scrimm (real name: Lawrence Rory Guy) was originally a journalist, and also worked for Capitol Records, where he won a Grammy for writing liner notes. I didn't even know they awarded Grammys for that, but apparently they do!
Angus Scrim made the Tall Man creepy with little effort. Even in the last one, he was excellent. RIP
Did they ever explain what actually affected him when he went through the first gate, originally ? Cause he started out as a relatively nice normal man, and returned as ....something different. I always wondered what happened to him (the person he was inside, etc)
@@AlekTrev006 I don't think it was ever explained in the movies. Maybe in a press release or comic book but I don't remember any definitive explanation in 1 through 5.
I like the fact that he has a very "classic" boogeyman look to him. Instead of looking freakish like Freddy Kruger and Pinhead, he just looks like a creepy ghostly figure from a child's nightmare.
@@AlekTrev006 I think some thing from that red dimension used his body as a vessel and decided to invade our reality.
@@AlekTrev006 I just always assumed he got "Lovecrafted".
The Tall Man is a beloved in some circles, yet still underrated horror icon.
Booooooooooyyyyy!!!!!!
@@ellnats Atreus: What now??
@@craigh5236 ha ha ha
> Be 8 year old me in 1979
> See Phantasm trailer on TV
> Holy shit want to see that
> See it years later on video, loves it
> Visit my dad in 1988 (yeah divorce whatever)
> Go see Phantasm 2 with my dad
> Dad has no clue what's going on, but likes the movie
> Bonding intensifies
Thanks Brandon. I'm from Detroit and you ain't wrong. Love your channel. You make an old man happy.
Ahhh the quad-barrel shotgun.
Phantasm's answer to Evil Dead's chainsaw-prosthetic.
So,this is where they got the idea for it in Project Brutality.
@@doublep1980 bro you play PB??????????
@@jakeen229 Oh yeah!
Fourth Horseman before it was a thing.
We now require a quad shotty that shoots buckahot full of chainsaws.
6:23 Ngl that would be an amazing crossover! And shockingly makes a lot of sense too considering The Tall Man is an alien of some kind
"You think when you die you go to heaven - you come to us" is almost Hellraiser-level good 12:10
I prefer “the funeral is about to begin.”
Arguably better... As The Tall Man developed and became more and more powerful, his lines became more and more epic. And unlike Pinhead who became a horrible horror trope of silly later Freddy level cliche, the Tall Man and his lines only ever became more amazing, and grandiose.
@@thenoctambulistnarratives223 Huh. I never thought about it like that. I would say Pinhead was better, but I agree, there's no arguing he crashed and burned after the first 2 movies.
@@nospam3327 I cannot argue with that... Although Bloodlines tried, the first two are amazing and the rest are trash.
@@thenoctambulistnarratives223 Agreed
Did anyone else notice that both houses blowing up were different angles of the same house exploding?! I love the 80s!
Considering that that time in filmmaking used recycled footage a lot to save costs, yeah. Remember, this film only had a couple of million dollars, and it only marginally looked better than the low budget original. Compare that with today's $200 million plus movies, and tell me that except for visual quality, how modern films still fail to capture the essence and awesomeness of movies that only cost a fracture of a percent of what old movies did. :)
I thought it was the same house just because I knew the budget was low but i wasn't sure i knew
@@bentramer682 you are living the 80s bro! Is this the Ben Tramer from Halloween? Lol
@@douglascoates8447 the one
@@bentramer682 glad to hear you survived that horrific car accident/explosion!!!
Angus Scrimm was so good as The Tall Man it is a shame this series wasn't as popular as Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, or Halloween. Plus Angus was one of the nicest people I met him at a horror convention you never would have guessed this dude played one of the creepiest villains ever. RIP to Angus Scrimm.
"The Tall Man just dug up RoboCop!" Well played Sir, well played...
I remember watching the first and second movies with some friends who had already seen them.
They kept talking ominously about "The Ball" beforehand and I asked "So, what's the ball?"
They both turned to me with dead-serious faces and said "Oh, you'll find out."
Great times!
I absolutely loved how you transitioned from the golden orb breaking through the doors to the evil dead scene.
Original and III.
I enjoy all of them for what they are.
Coscarelli has gifted us some excellent horror mythology in PHANTASM.
...also, Bubba Ho-Tep is awesome.
The Tall Man deserves to be in the same pop culture zeitgeist as Freddy and Jason.
Let's be honest here. The most horrifying & heart-wrenching moment is when they wreck the 'cuda.
Reggies purple Cuda
Yeah the director needs to be brought up on charges. That was unacceptable! I can't imagine what that actual car would be worth nowadays
@@henrytoledo4103 I fear that the deserved sentence for that is gulag, at least.
Coscarelli revealed just last Friday that the actual 'Cuda they wrecked was a junker.
This series totally caught us by suprise back in the day. Great, creative stuff.
I wanted to make an qurad shotgun
The Tall Man, his very presence breathes intimidation.
This channel is hella underrated he deserves more subs
Actually, the studio gave Coscarelli two choices in either recast Mike or Reggie. So obviously Coscarelli kept Reggie Bannister and recast Mike. Brad Pitt was among the actors who auditioned for the role of Mike.
It wasn't "obviously." Coscarelli said that after auditioning about 50 bald guys, he just decided it would be easier to recast Mike.
@@ConstantineFurman Ah ok. I meant obviously since you can tell while watching the movie who was left & who was recast.
@9:46 - That scene freaked me out when I saw it back in 1989 as an Eight year old kid. I couldn't sleep the whole night I saw it.
Unfortunately from this point Phantasm gone really downhill. Its not only about money, but plot of next movies is really hard to follow, especially when they find sphere in Mike's head.
The Tall Man is the most underrated horror movie villain ever.
LOL, how? Every horror fan knows who the Tall Man is.
Annoying saying boy
Angus scrimm that was his name😎
Phantasm is the most underrated horror franchise ever.
Been saying this for years man!!!
Leanne Quigly. She was my first crush, back in the day. Return of the Living Dead. It didn't matter that she might eat your face. She was the girl. Good ol Lee Quig.
Phantasm movies are criminally underrated.
Tall Man is easily up there with Freddy and Jason when it comes to horror villains.
I actually think he's scarier than Freddy or Jason, both of them especially Freddy were reduced to almost cartoon-like characters in all the later sequels, the Tall Man always remained a very sinister and no-nonsense villain with a real motive rather than just killing for the sake of killing.
..and The Tall Man was never turned into a joke in his own series, like Freddy & Jason were.
Thus, The Tall Man reigns SUPREME, BOOOOOOOY!!!!
Hell, the actor is called Angus Scrimm. Angus Scrimm! Even the name of the actor sounds like a badass horror character.
@@SsnakeBite WORD !
@@SsnakeBiteWell, his real name was Lawrence Rory Guy
"Alchemy, huh? Were you a witch or a stripper?"
COMING THIS FALL! STRIPPER WITCHES!!!!!!!!!!
Zombie Stripper witches
Dusk to Dawn brought us the hottest vampire exotic dancer
You know lockdown's gone on WAY too long when -the most exciting thing on your street is a hole the utility people are digging- YOU DESPERATELY NEED TO SEE THAT FILM!!
ALSO This FALL :
“Which Witch eats Which ‘wich ?”
The new game SHOW WHEREIN the contestant must match up
Wiccans and nuns with their grilled cheeses, patty melts, club, BLT.
Ah yes....I remember after having seen the original Phantasm, being all excited this was going to be on Monstervision with Joe Bob Briggs. I was hyped and this lived up to the hype in my mind.
Phantasm 2 is freakin' awesome!! Definitely one of the better horror sequels in a franchise!!
Haven't seen the others yet. I own the complete set, so I should really get around to watching the rest of them!!
Yes, yes you should...
Phantasm II was actually first in the series that I saw. I was 12, max. It gave me nightmare fuel for years. Absolutely love it, I think it was THE movie that put me on the path of horror fandom.
"And what did you learn?!"
XD
Phantasm 2 was my introduction to the series.
One of my favourite horror movies. I saw it in the cinema in 1988 (I was 21) and fell in love. The entire movie has such a weird dreamlike quality that only a few movies have ever managed (e.g The Mummy in 1931).
Damn I love this flick. It came on one Halloween back in the day. Best Halloween ever!
The real star of the movie was the 1970 hemicuda.
I think I cried when the 'Cuda ate it.
Only to scream, "NOOOO!!! Not the car!!", @@rujo2k. lol
Joe Bob constantly complains about Phantasm movies trashing the hemicudas
Well, @@nospam3327, he is not wrong in doing so...
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Happy Halloween 🎃
Whats yall favorite scary movie?
Happy Halloween.
The og A Nightmare on Elm St
the Beyond, the Church,troll, are my top 3....troll was the 1st movie I was allowed to rent and my whole family enjoyed it that night.
I think when Reggie's house blew up, it was the back yard of the Baldwin house. That way they only have to blow up one house
on the subject of completion: there are two more tales from the crypt movies, one from 1972 and "vault of horror"
Dr Terrors House Of Horrors is one of those films as well
James LeGros is a highly underrated actor. He was awesome in Living in Oblivion
I friggin love the channel, now that it of the way I think it overdue for "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and it's sequels!
I've never seen a Don Coscarelli movie I DIDN'T like: Beastmaster, Bubba Ho-tep, Survival Quest, this series...the best Ronnie James Dio video (It had Borgs! Before there WERE Borgs!) I Was a bit disappointed in John Dies At The End, but mostly for the budget limitations. I wish his oeuvre was more extensive.
Interesting. I liked John Dies At the End, but probably mostly because I love the book. I was a bit disappointed with Bubba-ho-tep, I just feel like that one should have been better. (Maybe I let my expectations get too high, which is always a mistake with these kinds of movies. But Bruce Campbell as Elvis!! That should have been amazing.) But Coscarelli doesn't get the credit he deserves (nothing like what Romero gets).
Ps Vinegar Syndrome is releasing a blu ray of Beastmaster this month, I am soooo excited!!)
Hope you continue with the sequels.and if they ever rebooted the movie and Angus scrimm he’s a legend r.i.p.. Clancy brown would make a great tall man
2 will forever be a great movie just for giving Reggie the 4 barrel shot gun.
The fact that MPAA somewhat neutered this film regardless of the R rating is a damn shame.
It should have been a gore hounds dream but obviously because of the times it was not to be.
Okay... that golden ball kill actually got me. That was messed up. Props to you, Phantasm II.
Phantasm II is undoubtedly the best in the series...it's also the first one I saw.
Happy Halloween 🎃
They deftly went hard with the promotion of in search of darkness 2 I gotta give em credit for that
"Sorry Grandma" That was the best line in this movie. Made me laugh out loud.
I feel that this movie reminded me of the TV show Supernatural. 2 close friends/brothers going from town to town getting rid of monsters and chasing the big bad behind it. just saying
I wondered why Mike's actor seemed so familiar, after looking to his rather extensive filmography (of which I have seen pretty much none) it all clicked when I read "Thursday" in it, pretty cool movie and his role is small but memorable, not a Halloween movie though but I like it and recommend it quite a lot, it stars with Tom Jane and Aaron Eckhart with Mickey Rourke some others like the wife of the late The Cars's member Ric Ocasek.
Alchemy looks like a young Milla Jovovich
She was hot - a little flat-chested but I bet she f$&@s like a racehorse!
@@Wildcock23 She didn't stay that way. Sam Phillips: Penthouse model, top rock video girl, skinemax queen, she's had extensive, ah...media exposure.
@@davidhanson4909 That’s kinda what I noticed when I looked her up
Wow... she's unrecognizable. She got implants, became a blonde and started doing porny-ish stuff.
Some years ago I would have preferred her new look, but in my old age I much prefer her old one. Funny how these things go.
Im glad you pointed out that you were Brandon from Brandon's cult movie reviews at the beginning; I was having a really hard time placing you.
I actually saw this one before the first one! And loved it :D
This series was so wicked, Turok 2 added the ball that drains your head as a wep.
Brandon you devilish boi, you added that to this review!
19:15 This whole sequence of events, particularly your reaction to the ball crunching got a good laugh out of me. Nice job, Brandon.
13:43 why is the slap she gives him on the head so funny 😂
"The Ball...is back!"
19:20 That is the best reaction I've ever seen from you.
I'm glad he didn't use the "A*P*E" clip because Brandon does it soooooooo much better.
Hey, it could've been worse. Brad Pitt was originally considered for the role of Mike in Phantasm II.
Robocop VS Phantasm would've made an awesome movie.
Robocop in anything is awesome.
My favourite film in the franchise! Sucks about Baldwin being replaced (especially considering how stupid the rationale behind it was), but Le Gros does a good job and everything else is amazing. It reminds me of Hellraiser 2 in the sense that it's a rare case of a horror sequel that surpasses the original thanks to being able to have a much bigger scope and really expand the lore and improve the visuals.
19:30-Brandon, that was PERFECT.
It should be a meme.
I fucking love the phantasm series to pieces. So creative and genuinely bizarre in the best possible way.
The Phantasm theme is one of the all-time epic horror movie themes, right up there with Halloween and the Exorcist.
I love the Dave Chappelle gag! It always cracks me up 😁
I'm just going to keep (heh) suggesting The Keep (1983). C'mon, A Michael Mann film that's never had a dvd, much less an HD release? With such an amazing cast? There's an interesting story there.
@@rosselliswilkinson Really? I'll have to look it up. Thanks!
I have an HD master of "The Keep." It's just unable to be released commercially because Michael Mann will not let Paramount release it.
The Aussie DVD happened because Mann has no say overseas.
I need to rewatch the Phantasm review now 😊
That's the one I remember from my childhood TV. They strangely never aired Part One much.
FINALLY!!!! IT'S HEARE! I've waited a long time for this video! Thank you, Brandon!
NOW, do the third movie or I'LL be at your window with a pair of garden scissors!
I've always found it weird that every streaming service that has the Phantasm movies never have Phantasm 2 in their lineup.
Thanks for review and Happy Halloween, Brandon.
17:15
Love that this kill gets referenced in JJBA during the Diamond is Unbreakable arc
I originally found you by looking for Godzilla videos, then I discovered all these cool movies I had never heard of before. I love your content and humour, I know you get a lot of suggestions and here is one more (sorry). The Island at the Top of the World. In 1907, four explorers discover a lost colony of Vikings in the Arctic.
when Brandon looks into the camera it's like he's looking into my soul... and I like it. lol. Thanks for making me laugh bro, even if you steal my soul, Im down!
I wonder when you'll do the remaining three sequels.
I felt that part when the padre's ear got cut off, since my left ear was cut off once, too.
"Bfg's were out of stock" this is why I subbed lol great work from sasks finest b horror film reviewer.
Is "Ashification" a word? Because this was definitely trying to turn Reggie into Ash from Evil Dead.
The real way to watch the movies is 1-4 and if you want some more story 2 -3 and 5. ... 4 was made with footage that didn;t make it into part 1 since the first cut was like 4 hours. it is sooooo dream like and explains that the tall man is "out of phase" and basically a time lord. this is why he has been able to manipulate things so much and create the confusion he has for Michael. these two movies are Gems, although not for everyone, 2 and 3 are fun, but 1 and 4 are truly cerebral in nature.. the 5th was very disappointing, but i was glad to see Mr Scrim one last time though.
Would love to see a review of the third film. Only recently did I watch three through five. And I love the mythology of it all. But the third movie is so much fun.
The gas mask definitely reminded me of My Bloody Valentine, lol. I could see the Evil Dead influences as well--especially when Mike and Reggie construct their weapons. When i saw that, the first thing i said was, "Groovy." I just watched this movie last night. Its funny how the orbs were treated as the main focus of the trailer but only appeared in the movie for a few minutes. I guess these days those effects could easily be achieved by any 12-year-old with a laptop, but back then it was a big ordeal.
The Tall Man is truly one of the best horror villians ever. RIP Angus, you nailed it. P2 was criticised but it was a worthy sequel for me. The other Phantasm movies were dreadful.
The most horrific and painful scene for me was watching Mike's 1972 Plymouth Barracuda explode.
Considering that car would be worth 100k in a few years.
16:49 Damn you, MPAA!
Why do you guys have to blue-ball us from a perfectly good kill?
It was retribution for Coscarelli going around the MPAA and getting the first movie released without their demanded cuts.
It's left in the DVD release
After he drains the bodies, he replaces them with *_Thomas's Pick me ups_*
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Phantasm 3 was my first one to see, I was about to go to church and it was on sci-fi or something, and I was watching the part where the kid kills the three bad guys and then they go to the church and the bad guys show up and the balls and the tall man, I love the 3rd one, it has some kind of charm to it, my favorite order would be 3,1,2,4,5. Love these movies, I'm so glad I was able to buy the bluray collection.
I'd go 3,1,5,4,2 in order of enjoyment. But I love them all.
@@LittleMissGrosser Same here, we can all agree on that, lol!
The wire effects shot was hilarious!
When Reggie used that quad shotgun finally for the first time i Think: man, these monsters are lost. Then he throw It away like you said.
16:37 Beautiful transition there!
4:03 oh my! Take on me joke is missing! :D
I just found out about your channel last week & have already been through a lot of your episodes! I also subscribed, looking forward to new ones. Just throwing it out there, American Gothic would be cool. I'd also wonder what your episode talking about the spoof Student Bodies would be like. Peace, man!
19:15 that pop the thing makes just makes me laugh.
Brandon you should review irish martial arts film fatal deviation I'm sorry I dont have patreon
Alchemy is played by Samantha Philips, who would later go blonde and star in a bunch of late night Cinemax films.
Oof, that Detroit burn.
I cried when they wrecked the car. Just like in The Road Warrior, I root for the muscle car every time! 🚘
This, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Thing, they just have a mood, the music, the visuals, they remain classics to this day
HAPPY HALLOWEEN THIS KIND OF MAKES UP FOR NOT DOING THE NIGHT STALKER WITH DARREN MCGAVIN
1:29 aka "Don Coskereezee"
1:59 Notice how that drill bit is reverse-threaded (w/counterclockwise twist). I never noticed that before. I'd bet you anything the actual props have clockwise-threaded drill bits.
2:09 The Tall Man must have forgotten that "cool guys don't look at explosions."
6:40 That tool right there is called a "bush hook." It resembles a medieval infantry pole arm called a "billhook" (which was a lot longer, had a more complex blade design, was cheap to mass produce, and was versatile and effective).
6:34 They only have sporting-style weapons which is realistic for the time and place. Pump-action shotguns would be prime choice. Lever-action rifles aren't bad either, but believe it or not, leverguns are actually more high-maintenance than semi-autos. Or rather, they can be after drastically extensive use.
6:50 In realistic terms, he'd be better off with a plain ol' pump-action shotgun. Skip double-barrels entirely. That is, unless you intend to trim down a double-barrel into a Mad Max-style pistol-size "hogleg" and use it as a compact lightweight backup weapon that offers "Max Damage" (Carmageddon reference). If you do use a double-barrel, then the best type is an over/under hammerless boxlock. Most over/unders are hammerless boxlocks with single-selective triggers and falling firing pins that fire top first, the bottom, and reset to the top when the gun is broken open for loading. Side-by-sides can be hammerless or can have double hammers (aka "rabbit ears"). Typically, they're either hammerless boxlocks or "rabbit-ear" sidelocks. Sometimes you'll find a hammerless sidelock or a "rabbit-ear" boxlock, but those are both less common than the reverse. There are also such things as sidelock over/unders, but the vast majority of over/unders are boxlocks. Btw, when it comes to double-barrel shotguns, it's better to fire two fast consecutive shots rather than one double-shot. If you need to hurl that much lead downrange with one blast, a 10-gauge is the way to go. Good luck finding one, though. 12 and 20 are the most popular gauges.
*Note:* On the topic of shortening shotgun barrels, screw the ATF! They're probably in league with The Tall Man!
6:54 Probably trying to one-up Ash. XD Every quad-barrel shotgun in every FPS game was probably inspired by Reggie's "Dwarf Killer." Bulletstorm even has one with the same barrel arrangement. A 2x2 barrel arrangement would be better, though. There are some rare examples of quad-barrel shotguns with a 2x2 barrel arrangement. They were called "vierlings" named for the German word "vier" for "four." Most vierlings were combination guns with two shotgun barrels combined with two rifles barrels. The rifle barrels were often two different calibers - one small, one large. This type of gun was always custom made to customer specs and was super Gucci to the max. They were intended for "mixed bag" hunting.
7:02 Blood 2: The Chosen had one of those, but you had to play as Ishmael to get full use out of it.
7:35 Notice how Reggie, who's right-handed, is wearing his bandoleer properly in right-handed configuration. It always cheeses me off when actors wear their gear wrong. Also notice how those shotgun shells are yellow, indicating that the Dwarf Killer might be a 20-gauge. That would explain why he's able to fire a quad-blast without it flying out of his hands.
11:15 Another use for trimmed-down shotguns. Still don't understand why they didn't take ALL of those pump-action shotguns since those really were the best of what was available. They should have taken more than just too, that way they could "deputize" and equip others should they happen upon them. I think that's what Rick Grimes intended to do in the first season of 'The Walking Dead'.
11:23 Samantha Phillips was 23 at the time.
14:00 That's right! They set up a trap with a hand grenade, didn't they? Where did they get a hand grenade?! Was it at the hardware and sporting goods shop? XD
14:21 They'd hadn't yet established competent and consistent protocols of operation yet. See also Zombieland and Zombieland 2. Ten years later and they still hadn't established even the most basic competency in firearms handling or team tactics. Or even basic details like watching out for each other and knowing where each team member is so they don't hurt each other.
14:36 If yer gonna use a shotgun as an anti-vehicular weapon, of course, it's best to use slugs. 12, 20, and 10-gauge slugs will all do just fine.
14:04 Reggie always gets his Hemi-Cuda back and he always retrieves the Dwarf Killer. No mind paid to continuity. Full Moon movies are even worse about that, though. I still love 'em, but I also respect continuity and attention to detail.
15:44 They never explain why Reggie took the butt pad of that shotgun's stock. If he intends to be firing quad-blasts out of that thing, he should put MORE of a butt pad on it, not LESS. Also, we can assume that he trimmed to barrels to a wedge shape thinking that it would increase the spread. Fact is, shotgun patterns don't work that way. Plus, shotshells contain wads which keep the pellets together and fall away in-flight, so trimming the barrels like that wouldn't affect the pattern. Or at least, not in the way we're led to believe.
17:31 / 17:35 There was a scene like that in 'Mandy'. There was also a chainsaw duel scene in 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Part 2'.
18:20 They never explain why he ditches it. Yeah, his bandoleer got cut, but he can just retrieve it and fix it (or find a new one). The ammo is still good. I hate it when characters make dumb decisions for no reason. It insults the audience. Reggie gets his Dwarf Killer back in the next one, but it's out of nowhere with no explanation.
19:43 Also reminiscent of Street Trash.
20:39 Why did Reggie put the flashlight on top where it obstructs the...sights? Oh, yeah. No one uses sights in movies. Plus, for that thing to have functional sights (and yes, you DO need sights on a shotgun), he'd have to do some more custom work on it.
Why did Mike ignore everything his psychic visions were telling him? Tall Man can take form of an attractive woman or use them as lures. Hitchhiker girl is a zombie. Stuff like that.
Or am I misremembering?
I actually like the actor they picked to replace Mike in this one and sort of wished he stayed for the other sequels. He does a good job with what he was given. The other sequels, in my opinion, kinda suffer from bringing back the original actor because he really doesn't do a good job.