Phantasm

Name: Phantasm
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror
Released: June 1, 1979
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 72
Cast: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury

1979

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AVCO Embassy Pictures | Release Date: June 1, 1979 | R

Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury

Summary: A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious arsenal of terrible weapons with him.

Director: Don Coscarelli

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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Jeremiah Kipp

What makes Phantasm special is the way it captures a boy's life in 1978. [Remastered] Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

It deliberately makes no sense, but it has more bizarro gimmicks to the minute than any other horror picture of 1979. Read full review

Time Out London Tom Huddleston

Over the course of three wild sequels, Coscarelli expanded his bizarre universe in a variety of imaginative and deliriously entertaining ways – but the original set the standard. [Remastered] Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Strong point of the feature is that it’s played for both horror and laughs. Read full review

Vincent Canby

It's thoroughly silly and endearing. Read full review

Jay Scott

There is one thing you can say for the new horror film Phantasm (at the York): it certainly has its moment. [5 May 1979]

Soren Andersen

Phantasm remains a pretty effective fright fest. Read full review

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SOSOGAUDOU

Jun 28, 2019

Phantasm est un film d'horreur culte sorti en 1979 réalisé par Don Coscarelli.
Phantasm est un chef-d'oeuvre, mon film d'horreur préféré, où le scénario est excellent pour ma part. Phantasm est un film assez effrayant, il y'a une bonne ambiance et de bonnes scènes, surtout la scène culte dePhantasm est un film d'horreur culte sorti en 1979 réalisé par Don Coscarelli.
Phantasm est un chef-d'oeuvre, mon film d'horreur préféré, où le scénario est excellent pour ma part. Phantasm est un film assez effrayant, il y'a une bonne ambiance et de bonnes scènes, surtout la scène culte de la sphère. On retrouvera un croque-mort terrifiant, qui est très bien interprété par Angus Scrimm. On verra certains moments sexuel pendant les 30 première minutes.

A voir, ma note 10/10… Expand

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Missile44

Sep 9, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A classic horror movie with a brilliant twist ending, imaginative special effects and the classic, creepy tall man. One of the staples in horror that can never be emulated.… Expand

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PhilipBlake

Sep 3, 2019

Phantasm is a really strange horror movie but also an one-of-a-kind story packed up with an eerie atmosphere and a cult synth score from Fred Myrow. Unfortunately the sequels wasn't as good as the first one but the original is still very effective.

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imthenoob

Mar 6, 2020

I don't think it's a perfect movie but I respect Phantasm for being different and for not really fitting in with any typical horror genre. And the fact that it is so hard to place makes it all the more worthwhile to watch.

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HellHoleHorror

Feb 16, 2022

It looks really messy. Some shots are soft, it is a very dirty print, the lighting is generally hard and bad, it looks a bit wobbly. Basically it is an old film and it looks like an old film. The effects are pretty unconvincing but occasionally cool. It was pretty messy sounding too. Most ofIt looks really messy. Some shots are soft, it is a very dirty print, the lighting is generally hard and bad, it looks a bit wobbly. Basically it is an old film and it looks like an old film. The effects are pretty unconvincing but occasionally cool. It was pretty messy sounding too. Most of the dialogue didn't seem to fit the picture, the sound effects were sparse and misplaced (almost incomplete!). There is very little story really. Just a creepy tall man, his dwarfs and balls, an inter-dimensional gate, a big bug and an ice-cream truck. It is awesome! It is so out-there that it works brilliantly. There are some really intense bits too. An instant classic that is still pretty intense and enjoyable today.… Expand

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