View Full Version : Let's Hear It For "PHANTASM" Again!
filmmaker2
02-25-2005, 11:03 AM
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!
X¤MurderDoll¤X
02-25-2005, 11:03 AM
I've never seen it. What's it about?
ive been waiting for over 2 months from netflix for that movie... its ridiculous.... classic!! Phantasm rules!!! I love the flying metal ball.
filmmaker2
02-25-2005, 11:15 AM
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.
my avatar shows the damage that the silver metal ball can do.
aborted
02-25-2005, 11:22 AM
phantasm rules. yay for fantasy horror
filmmaker2
02-25-2005, 11:32 AM
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?
urgeok
02-25-2005, 11:40 AM
my favorite horror film of all time ..
i have the limited edition laserdisc box set thats hand signed by the director and angus scrimm ..
i think i have # 24/2000
kpropain
02-25-2005, 11:42 AM
Yeah Phantasm kicks ass, one of my more favorite horror series ever..
filmmaker2
02-25-2005, 11:42 AM
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!
urgeok
02-25-2005, 11:50 AM
Originally posted by filmmaker2
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!
that was the first thing we ever talked about when you joined the board.
i have the laser but it isnt signed.
the other signed one i have is the hellraiser boxset - it has a Clive Barker handsigned script inside.
i think its limited to 2000 as well.
another reason laserdiscs were so damn cool... you wont get that shit with DVD
kpro ... would find this interesting .. there is another boxset .. Ghettysburg or something like that - that came with an authentic spent shell. which leaves me to wonder if its ghesttysburg because they used round shot in that war ..i think.
anyway - it was pretty cool whatever it was.,..
Originally posted by filmmaker2
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!
Bob Clark...didn't he do Porky"s?
filmmaker2
02-25-2005, 11:55 AM
Yes, as a matter of fact, he did do "Porky's," and "Dead Things" was his first feature film.
As far as laserdiscs, Urge...that's right, I remember that conversation! It was such a good time when lasers were out. Nowadays I might say, "Well, better the smaller disc, the big disc was quite a lot of plastic to consume," but I enjoyed them when they were around. Get it, "around?"
I have a gorgeous laser of "Palm Springs Weekend" that is so clear and bright I think it'll crack my TV screen...
hee hee Porky's
Phone call for Mike Hunt.
hee hee hee
urgeok
02-25-2005, 11:56 AM
also A Christmas Story
and Black Christmas .. or whatever its called
AUSTIN316426808
02-25-2005, 12:04 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
the other signed one i have is the hellraiser boxset - it has a Clive Barker handsigned script inside.
that's probably hard as hell to find, I've only got one signed movie collectable it isn't horror though- Caddyshack signed by Bill Murray, I actually met him here in New Orleans he was promoting Lost in Translation at a book store in the French Quarter at least I think that's what he was doing because he hadn't written a book.
urgeok
02-25-2005, 12:23 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
that's probably hard as hell to find, I've only got one signed movie collectable it isn't horror though- Caddyshack signed by Bill Murray, I actually met him here in New Orleans he was promoting Lost in Translation at a book store in the French Quarter at least I think that's what he was doing because he hadn't written a book.
thats pretty awsome !!
my wife is a huge fan of his, she'd die for that opportunity.
I have a number of signed things ..
mostly books by unknown authors .. and a few known ones (i have a signed Ray Bradbury and a Charlton Heston)
i have Charles Bronsons autograph on a prop business card a friend got me.
I have Gene Day's autograph (a marvel artists who passed away some time ago ... he did the kung fu comic)
i have the cast signed Monsters inc movie poster..
A John Cleese picture signed ..
ugh .. Tom Savini a couple of times .. herschell gordon lewis.. and lianna quigley ... oh and hodder kane ...
oh shit - i also have Ian McKellens autograph on a book of tolkien my sister got him to sign for me ..
actually i have a lot more than i thought ...
i also have some cool old movie posters, some odd promotional junk, (including the Phantasm II button - to keep things on topic :)
one of the cooler things is a mint unopened Hellraiser (the origional) standee ..... tons of stuff like that.
yes. i am a packret
AUSTIN316426808
02-25-2005, 12:30 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
thats pretty awsome !!
my wife is a huge fan of his, she'd die for that opportunity.
I have a number of signed things ..
mostly books by unknown authors .. and a few known ones (i have a signed Ray Bradbury and a Charlton Heston)
i have Charles Bronsons autograph on a prop business card a friend got me.
I have Gene Day's autograph (a marvel artists who passed away some time ago ... he did the kung fu comic)
i have the cast signed Monsters inc movie poster..
A John Cleese picture signed ..
ugh .. Tom Savini a couple of times .. herschell gordon lewis.. and lianna quigley ... oh and hodder kane ...
oh shit - i also have Ian McKellens autograph on a book of tolkien my sister got him to sign for me ..
actually i have a lot more than i thought ...
i also have some cool old movie posters, some odd promotional junk, (including the Phantasm II button - to keep things on topic :)
one of the cooler things is a mint unopened Hellraiser (the origional) standee ..... tons of stuff like that.
yes. i am a packret
that's some cool stuff!
my dad as a truck load of stuff.
the two most notable things are a autographed picture of Marilyn Monroe and a poster of Gone with the Wind autographed by Clark Gable which my grandfather actually got.
urgeok
02-25-2005, 12:39 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
that's some cool stuff!
my dad as a truck load of stuff.
the two most notable things are a autographed picture of Marilyn Monroe and a poster of Gone with the Wind autographed by Clark Gable which my grandfather actually got.
that is the shit !!
dont let marroe read this or she'll be after that monroe picture :)
AUSTIN316426808
02-25-2005, 12:47 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
that is the shit !!
dont let marroe read this or she'll be after that monroe picture :)
who's Grace Kelly? he's got something from her too but I guess I'm a bit to young to know who she is. I will say one thing though she's F'n gorgeous.
urgeok
02-25-2005, 12:52 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
who's Grace Kelly? he's got something from her too but I guess I'm a bit to young to know who she is. I will say one thing though she's F'n gorgeous.
she was beautiful.
She was in rear window with jimmy stewart - stunning.
Princess grace of Monaco wasnt she ?
married royalty from Monaco ?
or am i completely wrong ?
AUSTIN316426808
02-25-2005, 12:58 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
she was beautiful.
She was in rear window with jimmy stewart - stunning.
Princess grace of Monaco wasnt she ?
married royalty from Monaco ?
or am i completely wrong ?
yeah he said she was a Princess and he said something about being in something with Jimmy Stewart but no matter what he said I couldn't think of who she was but I knew I had heard the name before and I just realized that it was in that movie Milk Money with Ed Harris and Melanie Griffith.
kpropain
02-25-2005, 01:09 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
kpro ... would find this interesting .. there is another boxset .. Ghettysburg or something like that - that came with an authentic spent shell. which leaves me to wonder if its ghesttysburg because they used round shot in that war ..i think.
anyway - it was pretty cool whatever it was.,..
No they did have shell cased bullets back then but at that time alot of it was experimental...
Do you have one of thos esets Urge? Or any pictures of the casing that came with it?
I would be interested to see what it looks like...
urgeok
02-25-2005, 02:10 PM
Originally posted by kpropain
No they did have shell cased bullets back then but at that time alot of it was experimental...
Do you have one of thos esets Urge? Or any pictures of the casing that came with it?
I would be interested to see what it looks like...
my buddy had it at one time .. i'll get the full story ...
(and the right name)
nine9
02-26-2005, 08:16 AM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
who's Grace Kelly? he's got something from her too but I guess I'm a bit to young to know who she is. I will say one thing though she's F'n gorgeous.
WHO IS GRACE KELLY? :confused:
I guess I just expect people to know all the classic film stars. :D
Do you know who is on my av?..........trivia........
There is a good reason she is there too.................more trivia :p lol
btw....................love PHANTASM! Very surreal....:cool:
AUSTIN316426808
02-26-2005, 02:25 PM
Originally posted by nine9
WHO IS GRACE KELLY? :confused:
I guess I just expect people to know all the classic film stars. :D
Do you know who is on my av?..........trivia........
There is a good reason she is there too.................more trivia :p lol
btw....................love PHANTASM! Very surreal....:cool:
I'm not sure who it is, I know most of the classic stars just not all of them. I know who she is now I had even seen movies with her in 'em but just didn't realize it was her.
filmmaker2
02-26-2005, 02:55 PM
I fall into a swoon over Ingrid Bergman.
zwoti
02-26-2005, 03:11 PM
Originally posted by filmmaker2
I fall into a swoon over Ingrid Bergman.
my favourite actress...
and back on subject, hurry up don with my phantasm boxset :mad:
nine9
02-26-2005, 04:45 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
I'm not sure who it is, I know most of the classic stars just not all of them. I know who she is now I had even seen movies with her in 'em but just didn't realize it was her.
Well I guess I was lucky too...........my mom used to tell me all the stories about all of the greats. She used to get bugged when I said " Who's that?" lol :D :p
And I chose Ingrid because I am also an Ingrid, and named after her.:cool:
AUSTIN316426808
02-26-2005, 05:00 PM
Originally posted by nine9
Well I guess I was lucky too...........my mom used to tell me all the stories about all of the greats. She used to get bugged when I said " Who's that?" lol :D :p
And I chose Ingrid because I am also an Ingrid, and named after her.:cool:
my dad was the same way, he always used to watch old movies like Gone with the Wind and Rear Window ect ect. and I'd watch 'em with him asking a bunch of questions because I was really young and only knew people like Arnold(God knows how to spell his last name), Eddie Murphy ect ect.
my dad actually wanted to name me Clint Joe(Clint Eastwood and the character he played in The Good,The Bad and The Ugly) but my mom wouldn't let him, I personally think it would've been cool.
nine9
02-26-2005, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
my dad was the same way, he always used to watch old movies like Gone with the Wind and Rear Window ect ect. and I'd watch 'em with him asking a bunch of questions because I was really young and only knew people like Arnold(God knows how to spell his last name), Eddie Murphy ect ect.
my dad actually wanted to name me Clint Joe(Clint Eastwood and the character he played in The Good,The Bad and The Ugly) but my mom wouldn't let him, I personally think it would've been cool.
Whatever your name is, just happy it isn't Clint! BR will get this............
It is cool though to be named after someone! :D Even though I really don't like my name.
AUSTIN316426808
02-26-2005, 05:54 PM
Originally posted by nine9
Whatever your name is, just happy it isn't Clint! BR will get this............
It is cool though to be named after someone! :D Even though I really don't like my name.
my name is plan,ordinary and boring old Brian. I think it would've been cool except for high school, I can't even imagine all the jokes I would've got for that.
nine9
02-26-2005, 06:01 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
my name is plan,ordinary and boring old Brian. I think it would've been cool except for high school, I can't even imagine all the jokes I would've got for that.
Well when I was in school.........there were just a bunch of Heathers and Cheryls...........Ingrid was kind of weird as a name, although there was always at least one other one, living in a German neighbourhood.
Your name is just fine............just don't like Clint for personal reasons lol :p Never mind though................ ;)
AUSTIN316426808
02-26-2005, 06:42 PM
Originally posted by nine9
Well when I was in school.........there were just a bunch of Heathers and Cheryls...........Ingrid was kind of weird as a name, although there was always at least one other one, living in a German neighbourhood.
Your name is just fine............just don't like Clint for personal reasons lol :p Never mind though................ ;)
I think Ingrid is a nice name, I've got a aunt named Ingrid she was named after either Ingrid Pit or the same Ingrid you're named after one or the other.
nine9
02-26-2005, 06:46 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
I think Ingrid is a nice name, I've got a aunt named Ingrid she was named after either Ingrid Pit or the same Ingrid you're named after one or the other.
An aunt............:( Geez I feel old..............:p
AUSTIN316426808
02-26-2005, 06:58 PM
Originally posted by nine9
An aunt............:( Geez I feel old..............:p
she's only 25.
nine9
02-26-2005, 07:14 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
she's only 25.
K...............feel alot better........... :p
filmmaker2
02-27-2005, 05:37 AM
When I was in high school, I recall, there was this foreign exchange student who looked just like Ingrid Bergman, and all the guyfolk just totally loved her...I don't know if any of 'em knew who Ingrid Bergman was (probably not), but she was, well, appreciated.
nine9
02-27-2005, 05:43 AM
Originally posted by filmmaker2
When I was in high school, I recall, there was this foreign exchange student who looked just like Ingrid Bergman, and all the guyfolk just totally loved her...I don't know if any of 'em knew who Ingrid Bergman was (probably not), but she was, well, appreciated.
Well she was very beautiful. I don't look like her, not sure who I look like. My mom did more I think.
filmmaker2
02-27-2005, 09:31 PM
Aw, you're probably a little cutie anyway, probably.
This is the "Phantasm" thread, right? Jeez, we get lost in the woods so much around here.....!
filmmaker2
03-03-2005, 08:57 PM
By the way, a long time ago when I got the "Phantasm" laserdisc, I was pleased to find there were all kinds of deleted scenes and things (there's even more on the DVD now). The scenes didn't fit into the film and I could understand why they never made it into the edit.
But I made my own short version of "Phantasm" featuring all the deleted scenes, and also added rap music (just for fun) and some scenes from "Star Wars" so that when Mike gets sucked into the spacegate, he sees that the dwarves are actually Jawas and they are selling robots on the Tall Man's planet.
urgeok
03-04-2005, 04:48 AM
did you know that there was a 'dance' version single released of the main theme ?
its on vinyl, pretty rare and valuable..
filmmaker2
03-04-2005, 06:28 AM
Was this the thing on "blood-red vinyl"? (Count Floyd would like that!) I think this recording is tucked away in the DVD special features, along with pics of the record...
You know, back in the day, I fondly remember this movie scaring the whole neighborhood in its theatrical run...
urgeok
03-04-2005, 06:37 AM
Originally posted by filmmaker2
Was this the thing on "blood-red vinyl"? (Count Floyd would like that!) I think this recording is tucked away in the DVD special features, along with pics of the record...
You know, back in the day, I fondly remember this movie scaring the whole neighborhood in its theatrical run...
i dunno, i've never seen it myself...
Funny though - i do have evil dead 2 on the 'blood red' laserdisc