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02-25-2005, 11:03 AM
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Let's Hear It For "PHANTASM" Again!
Since people here have not been talking enough about PHANTASM, I thought I would mention it. What a wonderful wonderful film this is! So sparkly fresh and creepy cool, it's enough to make a monster drool. All Hail PHANTASM!
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02-25-2005, 11:03 AM
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I've never seen it. What's it about?
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02-25-2005, 11:05 AM
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ive been waiting for over 2 months from netflix for that movie... its ridiculous.... classic!! Phantasm rules!!! I love the flying metal ball.
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02-25-2005, 11:15 AM
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Oh my....I'm so lazy....it's about two orphaned brothers who discover strange goings-on at a local mortuary, which is haunted by some kind of demon--a frightening tall man who they come to know as "The Tall Man" (of course) and who crushes and reanimates dead bodies to use as dwarf slaves. This sinister figure also controls a wicked flying metal ball with spikes sticking out of it whose job it is to impale intruders and drill into their heads so it can suck out their brains. The graphic scene in which the "Silver Sphere" demonstrates what it does freaked lots of people out when this film came out in 1979!
What's it all MEAN? This very dreamlike, surreal film is not designed to make sense, but is very frightening and very funny, too--a good combination for summer popcorn audiences. PHANTASM also features the groovy Reggie Bannister as the ice-cream-van-driving, guitar-playing friend who gets sucked into the mystery. He has a crazy "What We Gotta Do" speech, about two thirds of the way in. Later in the sequels, he becomes a dwarf-killing, bad-ass mo-fo. PHANTASM also features obsessions with beer drinking, fast cars, and chicks. An extremely quirky, atypical horror film that redefined the genre in many subtle and insidious ways. Last edited by filmmaker2; 02-25-2005 at 11:25 AM.
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02-25-2005, 11:32 AM
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BH, I met that actor in your av, Mark Anthony Major, when I was working on "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" in 1990. He was doing stunt double work for Robert Englund, and was a very charming fellow.
I thought he played a great evil undertaker in PHANTASM II--did you notice that the two undertakers never had a single line of dialogue?
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02-25-2005, 11:42 AM
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Yeah Phantasm kicks ass, one of my more favorite horror series ever..
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02-25-2005, 11:42 AM
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Ohhhhhhh I wanted one of those so bad!!! I used to drool over it at the laserdisc stores. Ended up getting the cheaper version.
I do have the "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" laserdisc signed by Alan Ormsby and Bob Clark...you've probably got one of those in your fortress of movies too! Last edited by filmmaker2; 02-25-2005 at 11:45 AM.
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