PHANTASM (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Horror, Science-Fiction
• Plot: Enter the stunning and surreal world of Phantasm - where nothing is as it seems and every move you make could lead to a fate worse than death! Writer/director Don Coscarelli (The Beastmaster) delivers this sci-fi/horror classic that has spawned a cult of fans worldwide and which Newsweek calls 'off-the-wall, scary [and] marvelous.; ; 13-year old Mike Pearson (Michael Baldwin) had always thought that the Morningside cemetary was a little creepy, but when he witnesses a body being taken away from the grave by an undertaker with superhuman strength, he decides to investigate. What he encounters in Morningside's white-marbled halls include a grizzly murder - by a flying metal sphere with a penchant for blood - a horde of cloaked mini-monsters who want mike as one of their own - and the evil Tall Mann (Angus Scrimm). Experience the ultimate nightmare. Phantasn 'will scare [and] delight' (Variety) anyone who dares to keep their eyes open 'til its smashing finish!
• Cast: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Terrie Kalbus, Kenneth V. Jones, Susan Harper, Lynn Eastman, David Arntzen, Ralph Richmond, Bill Cone, Laura Mann, Mary Ellen Shaw, Myrtle Scotton, Angus Scrimm, Don Coscarelli
• Director: Don Coscarelli
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: MGM Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie