Phantasm IV: Oblivion

'Where he came from, nobody knows.

'His evil spread like a plague...

'destroying towns...

'maiming and killing.

'We called him The Tall Man.

'At first we thought he was just an undertaker.

'His hordes pillaged graveyards, rooted up the bodies...

'and spirited off the dead to a place worse than hell.

'We were just three friends.

'Jody was taken from us, turned by The Tall Man into an alien form.

'His younger brother Mike I've tried to protect as he's grown.

'The Tall Man wants to transform him into one of his kind.

'My name is Reggie. I was an ice-cream vendor by trade.

'Now... I'm a soldier...

'a soldier in a war against his army of the living dead.

'On his own, Mike fled into the wastelands, trying to escape the transformation

'that was taking place inside him.

'His only hope was to somehow uncover the mysteries of The Tall Man.

'As for me, I was left deep in the catacombs of The Tall Man's lair.

'Mike left me hanging.'

Small man, your end approaches but it is not yet.

Take great care how you play.

The final game now begins.

'Reggie, I've been moving southeast for three days now.

'I know he's behind me somewhere.

'Don't try to come after me.

'There's very little left alive out here any more.

'The towns have all been abandoned.

'Do you remember our old town?

'That last perfect day before he came?

'It was the very next day that he arrived.

'I remember, Reggie.

'I was with my brother.'

'Where are you, brother?

'What's become of you?'

Jody died in a car wreck.

- Hey, Reg. - Goddamn it.

Not you again.

Why don't you just get the hell away from me, man? I'm done with you.

That's a fine, "How ya been?" Reg.

If you think I'm going to help you find your brother Mike, you're wrong, dead wrong.

You're his only friend. He can't make it without you.

I wish things had been different...

but they're not.

No. Forget it. I'm done with that shit.

And besides, I thought you said you were going to stay in touch later.

Like, later being the operative word here.

Well, as it turns out, we need you sooner.

I'm going after Mike now but I know for sure we're going to need some backup,

from somebody he trusts.

Not me. Besides, I wouldn't know where to look.

You just keep driving southwest a few hundred miles

and it'll become pretty obvious.

No thanks, Jody.

Not to mention the damage to my car.

I mean... the convertible roof, the tyres all messed up.

And look at what that zombie bitch did to my lacquer paint job.

Goddamn it.

Well... I guess I know where I'm going, huh?

No.

Yes, boy.

The coach will drive itself.

God damn you to hell.

Not possible.

- Where are you taking me? - Where you belong.

This experience may seem strange to you, this evolution,

as you prepare for passage.

I still have a friend. He'll follow and find me.

You have no one... but me.

Son of a bitch.

- Just what I need. - (Car engine stops)

Now I've got to deal with a fucking over-amped cop.

Shit.

Licence and registration.

What the hell?

Don't kill me. Don't...

Don't kill me.

Ah. Ah.

Aow!

- (Splatter) - Oh!

Fuck you!

Come on.

Blow me.

Huh?

Urgh!

Oh! Oh!

Oh, no.

Wow.

Some cops can be real assholes.

'Reggie, I don't yet know why he's brought me here.

'It feels like I'm at ground zero of his experiment.

'There is one escape from him, though.

'And I've got a plan.

'When the sun comes up, I'm going to force him out.

'See if I can take him down with me.'

Let me release you from this imperfect flesh that ties you to time and space.

All that is unknown will be known to you once more.

'Where do you think you're going, boy?

'Death is no escape from me.'

'Cut me down, boy.

'Cut me down, boy.

'Cut me down, boy. (Echoes)

'Boy...'

Cut me down, boy!

No!

Cut me down!

No!

I won't hurt you.

You're killing the world.

I'll go away and I won't ever come back.

You will?

Yes.

Boy!

I've been waiting for you for a very long time.

And no, you may not take your own life.

That is my domain, exclusively.

Come, boy.

We have things to do.

Careful what you look for.

You just might find it.

Can I assist you?

Have we met?

I don't believe so. Have you travelled far?

Wouldn't you like to sit down?

But let me offer you some lemonade.

We don't receive many visitors and your clothes are different.

You don't look like you're from around here.

Did you make passage through the dimensional fork?

You're him, right?

Jebediah. Jebediah Morningside.

I've been waiting for someone, someone like you.

Jebediah.

Please, don't leave. There's so much you can tell us.

Things we need desperately to know.

Hmm.

Oh, man.

Jesus Christ.

My God.

Help me! Help me! Help me get out of here!

Oh! Help me, please!

Help me. Please, God, please...

Get me out!

- Oh! - Help me, please!

- Let me out! Get me out of here! - Get back! Cover your eyes!

- Help me. Let me out. - Give me your hand.

We gotta move away from the car before the gas tank blows.

Wait. I thought cars only blew up like that in the movies.

Yeah. Me too.

Hey, brother.

I was wondering when you'd show up.

- You can't stay here. - I don't see many options.

What's wrong? Can't you fix it?

I'm not trying to. I've got other plans.

Hey, what are you anyway?

I thought you were my brother.

Reggie said you died in that car wreck.

No. That was a lie.

But I remember the funeral.

Mom and Dad. Seemed so real.

So what is it with you, brother?

Are you alive or are you dead?

You know, Reggie, I can count on.

Reggie's always been there for me.

But you...

You I can't trust.

My clothes, my money...

my car.

My name's Jennifer, by the way.

Thanks for pulling my ass out of the fire.