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Phantasm

Name: Phantasm
Director: Don Coscarelli
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1979-03-28
Duration: 89 min
Cast: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Angus Scrimm

1979 · 1h 29m · Horror, Science Fiction

If you're craving a genuinely weird, atmospheric horror-sci-fi hybrid with genuine staying power, Phantasm is a cult classic you need to experience—Don Coscarelli's surreal fever dream is creepy, inventive, and nothing like the by-the-numbers stuff you've seen. Skip it only if you need jump scares and jump cuts; watch it if you want something that'll burrow into your brain.

Plot

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

Director: Don Coscarelli

Cast: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Angus Scrimm

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