Phantasm Movie Review 1979

A small-budgeted, hallucinatory horror fantasy about two parentless brothers who discover weird goings-on at the local funeral parlor, including the infamous airborne, brain-chewing chrome ball. Creepy, unpredictable nightmare fashioned on a shoestring by young independent producer Coscarelli. Scenes were cut out of the original film to avoid "X" rating. Followed by "Phantasm II."

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Supernatural Horror, Death & the Afterlife, Occult, Killer Dreams, Adoption & Orphans, Brothers & Sisters

Screenplay

Don A. Coscarelli

Cast

Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Terrie Kalbus, Ken Jones, Susan Harper, Lynn Eastman, David Arntzen, Angus Scrimm, Bill Cone

Cinematography

Don A. Coscarelli

Director

Don A. Coscarelli

Music

Fredric Myrow, Malcolm Seagrave

Producer

Avco Embassy