Phantoms
1998 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 5.5 · 20% critics
A quiet mountain town is found eerily emptied out, leaving a small group to piece together what happened while an unseen, otherworldly threat closes in. As fear spreads and help arrives, they race to understand what they’re facing and find a way to survive the night.
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-01-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 20/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (397 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a chilly, small-town sci-fi horror with creeping dread, bursts of gore, and a mystery that turns into survival action, like The Relic; Not for you if you need subtle scares or tight, realistic logic.
Pros: eerie deserted-town mystery; tense creature thrills; solid ensemble cast | Cons: uneven tone shift; messy pacing at times; explanations feel clunky
Themes
- sheriff
- based on novel or book
- professor
- colorado
- gore
- deserted town
- rural area
- los angeles, california
- scientist
- u.s. soldier
- military
- alternate life form
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Ben Affleck
as Sheriff Bryce Hammond
Peter O'Toole
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
Rose McGowan
as Lisa Pailey
Joanna Going
as Jennifer Pailey, M.D.
Liev Schreiber
as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
Nicky Katt
as Deputy Steve Shanning
Clifton Powell
as Gen. Leland Copperfield
Rick Otto
as Scientist Lockland
Valerie Chow
as Scientist Yamaguchi
Adam Nelson
as Scientist Burke
Directed by Joe Chappelle