It is directed by David Hartman and stars A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, and Angus Scrimm in his final appearance as the Tall Man.

In the apparent dream world, Reggie meets a woman named Dawn on the road, and gives her a lift.

One is Chunk, a man with dwarfism, and the other is the woman Reggie knew as "Dawn"; she introduces herself as "Jane" and doesn't recall their encounter.

In their "nightmare" world, Jane is captured by The Tall Man, luring Mike, Reggie and Chunk through a gate to his dimension.

Rumors about a sequel were reignited in June 2007 by footage contained in Don Coscarelli's Farewell to the Alamo Drafthouse, featuring Angus Scrimm and A. Michael Baldwin in their roles.

According to what Coscarelli and new cowriter/director David Hartman told Entertainment Weekly, the film was shot secretly[5] in and around southern California during 2012 and 2013.

[7] In a 2014 "sneak peek" video preview on the official Phantasm website, director Hartman mentioned : "This thing is going to be in the can 2015... for sure.

[17] Joe Leydon of Variety and Marten Carlson of Consequence of Sound both criticized the film's narrative cohesiveness.

[18] Leydon, though describing it as "a patchwork quilt of outtakes from its four predecessors", also cited the appeal to fans to revisit their favorite characters.

[19] Though recognizing the film's narrative weakness, Michele Galgana of Screen Anarchy wrote: "Still, it's impossible to overlook the fun that you see all these guys having, and their hearts are all in the right place.

"[20] Simon Abrams of Roger Ebert.com gave the film two and a half stars saying the "CGI-intensive action scenes are distractingly ugly-looking.

The camerawork is also amateurish, and the film's drab, undistinguished dialogue is only interesting when it's explicitly calling back to the original Phantasm.

"[22] Carlson ultimately said: "All formal complaints aside, Ravager is successful in its attempt to capture the spirit of the series.

Phantasm has always been about family, the love between brothers and friends, and seeing Reggie and Mike together again, we can only feel the sincerity of their relationship.

"[22] Reviewers at Bloody Disgusting were split with Trace Thurman placing it on his "5 Worst Horror Movies of 2016"[23] yet John Squires loved it.