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Genres:
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Fantasy /
Horror /
Mystery /
Sci-Fi
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Release:
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Director:
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Don Coscarelli
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Actors:
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A. Michael Baldwin,
Bill Thornbury,
Lynn Eastman-Rossi,
Kathy Lester,
Terrie Kalbus,
Kenneth V. Jones,
Susan Harper,
David Arntzen,
Ralph Richmond,
Bill Cone,
Laura Mann,
Mary Ellen Shaw,
Myrtle Scotton,
Reggie Bannister,
Angus Scrimm
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Duration:
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91 min.
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Rating:
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(6.7/10)122.5
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Plot Summary:
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Mike cannot choose what is official and what isn't, and is plagued by vivid nightmares. He gets the shock of his life when he watches, with binoculars, the conclusion of the funeral of his older pal's adherent--the mortician (the Incredible Man), by himself, lifts the casket into the back of a hearse. Mike heads to the grounds of the mortuary, which is cuttingly to very much bizarre happenings, including a unique custody device. Enlisting the alleviate of brother Jody and ice cream salesman Reggie, Mike attempts to vanquish the Tall Man.
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Tags:
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Phantasm
Something strange is afoot at a small town's funeral home and two brothers are determined to find out what. Cult horror from Don Coscarelli
An ominous, lanky undertaker; scary dwarves; a flying, head-drilling ball; a severed finger that turns into a giant insect; an ending that makes you go "Huh?" Don Coscarelli's film is nothing if not novel. It also happens to be cheapo rubbish, which developed a cult following.
Born in Libya but raised in Southern California, Coscarelli started work on the film in 1977 and made it on just less than $300,000. Released in 1979 in the US when Coscarelli was still only in his mid-twenties, it made a significant amount (more than $15 million), paving the way for him to direct bigger genre films like the Conan-esque The Bea...
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