Phantasm
1979 · Movie · R · 89 min · ★ 6.5 · 73% critics
A teenage boy and his friends clash with a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man. Armed with strange, lethal tools, he targets the area around a cemetery and leaves unsettling chaos in their small town.
Also known as The Never Dead · Phantasm 01 Phantasm · Phantasm 1 · Don Coscarelli's Phantasm: Remastered
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Details
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-03-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (779 votes)
- Box office
- $20,000,000
- Budget
- $300,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy Phantasm’s dreamlike, ominous vibe and unforgettable horror imagery, especially if you like the cult-style weirdness of Halloween or A Nightmare on Elm Street; Not for you if you want a clear, fully explained plot and consistently frightening scares.
Pros: great atmosphere; iconic Tall Man; memorable horror score | Cons: confusing plot; uneven acting; not consistently scary
Themes
- funeral
- coffin
- undertaker
- evil
- hearse
- ice cream man
- mausoleum
- tall man
- sentinals
- sphere
Cast & crew
A. Michael Baldwin
as Mike
Bill Thornbury
as Jody
Reggie Bannister
as Reggie
Kathy Lester
as Lady in Lavender
Angus Scrimm
as The Tall Man
- TK
Terrie Kalbus
as Fortuneteller's Granddaughter
Kenneth V. Jones
as Caretaker
- SH
Susan Harper
as Girlfriend
Lynn Eastman-Rossi
as Sally
- DA
David Arntzen
as Toby
Directed by Don Coscarelli