Full disclosure: I have not seen any of the other "Phantasm" films, and do not expect ever to do so. This one was adequate in some ways. It was a little fun to see such a young James Le Gros, before his countenance doomed him to a career of playing villains. The acting was OK for this type of film, but the script, wow. I'll just say that I laughed out loud at what would have been the most inappropriate time, one of the most supposedly intense and scary scenes. I'm pretty sure they weren't going for camp, but who knows.