Also a fantastic series of films about three friends, Mike, Reggie, and Jody who fight the Tall Man and his flying silver spheres, which are called Sentinels. The Tall Man also has these killer dwarves that he creates by using bodies of the recently deceased. Oh yeah, they bleed yellow blood too.
The films have be watched in chronological order, which is:
Phantasm
Phantasm II
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Phantasm IV: Oblivion
All four films are written, produced and directed by Don Coscarelli. Who also directed The Beastmaster.