Phantasm (film)
1979
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Phantasm is a 1979 American science fantasy horror film that was directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli. The first film in the Phantasm franchise, it introduces the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), a supernatural and malevolent undertaker who turns the dead of Earth into dwarf zombies to be sent to
Mar 28, 1979 · A teenage boy (Michael Baldwin) stumbles upon a plot by a very tall mortuary worker (Angus Scrimm) to steal dead bodies and turn them into midget slaves for an alien world. With the help of his older brother (Bill Thornberry), the boy hopes to cut the tall man down to size.
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- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Don Coscarelli
- 1979-03-28
phantasm. noun. phan· tasm ˈfan-ˌta-zəm. variants or less commonly fantasm. Synonyms of phantasm. 1. : a product of fantasy: such as. a. : delusive appearance : illusion. b. : ghost, specter. c. : a figment of the imagination. 2. : a mental representation of a real object. phantasmal. fan-ˈtaz-məl. adjective. phantasmic. fan-ˈtaz-mik. adjective.
Phantasm is an American horror film series that consists of five films, novels, comic books, and merchandise. It is mainly about the Tall Man ( Angus Scrimm ), a supernatural and malevolent undertaker and the main antagonist who turns the dead into dwarf zombies to do his bidding and take over the world.
The residents of a small town have begun dying under strange circumstances, leading young Mike (Michael Baldwin) to investigate. After discovering that the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), the town's ...
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- Don Coscarelli
- R
- A. Michael Baldwin
Made with in San Francisco. Remastered 1979 horror classic about two brothers who discover that their local cemetery is run by a ghoulish mortician wreaking havoc on the damned.
Since its release in 1979, director Don Coscarelli‘s epic tale of The Tall Man, his deadly silver Sentinel Spheres, and the group of friends who must band together to stop his dimension-hopping schemes has captivated and terrified horror and sci-fi fans around the world.
