Phantasm

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

Genre : HorrorScience Fiction

Runtime : 89 mins

Release Date : 1979-03-28

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There are tall men, and then there's the "Tall Man". I actually saw the trailer, or preview, if you like, for Phantasm while awaiting the start of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in December of 1978. And I remember the trailer quite well, considering that the upcoming film looked scary as the word i...

PHANTASM is an uneven work, too fantastic to be genuinely scary but ferociously unique and fascinating on numerous levels. I think at the forefront there was a desire here to create a warped and entirely original Universe where nothing is as it seems and anything can - and probably will - happen...

Cast

A. Michael Baldwin

(Mike)

Bill Thornbury

(Jody)

Reggie Bannister

(Reggie)

Kathy Lester

(Lady in Lavender)

Angus Scrimm

(The Tall Man)

Terrie Kalbus

(Fortuneteller's Granddaughter)

Kenneth V. Jones

(Caretaker)

Susan Harper

(Girlfriend)

Lynn Eastman-Rossi

(Sally)

David Arntzen

(Toby)

Ralph Richmond

(Bartender)

Bill Cone

(Tommy)

Laura Mann

(Double Lavender)

Mary Ellen Shaw

(Fortuneteller)

Myrtle Scotton

(Maid)

Kate Coscarelli

(Funeral Guest (uncredited))

Dac Coscarelli