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 his planet and used as slaves.
Phantasm. Newly orphaned teenager Mike Pearson, his older brother Jody, and their friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons in their southern California town.
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.
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.
After discovering that the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), the town's mortician, is killing and reanimating the dead as misshapen zombies, Mike seeks help from his older...
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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.
