Phantasm

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KING S Great cinematography and just a mix of scary and bizarre in one , the Tall Man was one of the first franchise horror characters in 1979 and has several movies but this is the only one to watch besides the sequel. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review chris h The tall man is awesome in the first instalment.I grew up with this movie and adore it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/24 Full Review Audience Member 45 years later and this remains the only good installment in a series of misbegotten sequels The late Angus Scrimm portrays one of the great horror figures directed by Don Coscarelli What is a phantasm; a dream, a nightmare, a fantasy, an illusion? A young boy named Michael starts to notice strange occurrences in his small Oregon town Many of the residents keep dying under mysterious circumstances and he finds out that the mortician has been using corpses of the dead in the cemetery as reanimated zombie servants A creative and artful and gothic horror movie It perfectly captures the terror and absurdity of childhood nightmares almost plays out like a hazy memory of a paranoid fantasy So much of the visual imagery has dreamlike sequences and vivid colors What's funny is that this makes so many references to other sci-fi stories of the era The Tall Man himself is mysterious and unsettling along with the lighting, the shadows Plus the tone of the movie are very creepy Although it's not very scary but still cool Not to mention the death spheres are slick, too Fred Myrow's synthesizer score works to great effect complimenting the complex themes throughout such as teenage fears, mourning, loss, and confronting death Mike is pretty good as the protagonist but I like his brother more since they both share that strong bond that gets them through defeating the evil mortician, in a way it might even be an exploration of a grieving child's psyche as a coping mechanism given the final scene at the end Low budget and only 89 minutes but has such imaginative dream like quality It's worth a watch after all this time even if the plot goes from mere camp to ridiculousness and the acting is stiff in spots Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/27/24 Full Review Patrick C Worth a watch. Interesting visuals. An effective mystery that never really gets solved lol. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/24 Full Review Jody S One of the most under rated and scariest horror movies of all time. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/24 Full Review William Joseph B While I don't think Phantasm is a masterpiece, I do think it is criminally underrated. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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