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Phantasm
If this one doesn't scare you, you're already dead!
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


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US Runtime: 88 min

Premiere Date:
Mar 28, 1979   [USA]
 
Director: Don Coscarelli
 
Writer: Don Coscarelli
 
Producers: Don Coscarelli   [Producer]
Paul Pepperman   [Co-Producer]
 
Music by Fred Myrow
 
Cinematography: Don Coscarelli
 
Edited by: Don Coscarelli
 
Production Company: New Breed Productions Inc.
 


Cast:

A. Michael Baldwin
Michael 'Mike' Pearson
Bill Thornbury
Jody Pearson
Reggie Bannister
Reggie
Kathy Lester
Lady in Lavender
Terrie Kalbus
Fortuneteller's Granddaughter
Kenneth V. Jones
Caretaker
Susan Harper
Girlfriend
 
Lynn Eastman
Sally
David Arntzen
Toby
Bill Cone
Tommy
Laura Mann
Double Lavender
Mary Ellen Shaw
Fortuneteller
Myrtle Scotton
Maid
Angus Scrimm
The Tall Man
 
 

Crew:

Daryn Okada
Grip
Roberto A. Quezada
Gaffer
Roberto A. Quezada
Assistant Film Editor
 
George W. Singer Jr.
Key Grip
John Zumpano
Grip
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$300,000 (USA)
Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

Quotes:

  • Reggie: OK, I see it all now. We gotta stomp the s**t outta that tall dude!
     

Trivia:

  • The mansion used for the exterior shots of the mausoleum was also seen in the James Bond Film A View to a Kill."
     
  • Several references to Frank Herbert's Dune, including a bar named "Dune" and a scene where Mike is forced to insert his hand into a black box that inflicts pain as part of a test.
     

DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)


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