Phantasm Page #2

Synopsis: Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, afraid to lose his brother follow him to a funeral, where Mike witnesses the Tall Man lifting a coffin on his own. Mike decides to investigate, and discovers that the Tall Man, protected by his flying spheres, is shrinking dead bodies down to half their normal size and reanimating them as slaves. It is then up to Mike, his brother, and Reggie the ice cream man to stop the Tall man.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Don Coscarelli
Production: Well Go USA Entertainment
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1979
88 min
818 Views


on before the kids got outta summer school.

Mike, you wanna ride along with me today?

It's pretty warm outside

and the ice cream'll be flyin' fast and furious.

Remember how good you were

at crowd control last time...

Hey, what's goin' on here?

Ah!

Ah!

What the hell is goin' on?

Here, you keep that.

Now remember, you don't aim a gun

at a man unless you intend to shoot him,

and you don't shoot a man

unless you intend to kill him.

No warning shots.

Hey, you listenin' to me?

- Yeah.

- No warning shots.

Warning shots are bullshit.

You shoot to kill, or you don't shoot at all.

Now, you'll be safe here.

Just lock all the doors and windows.

And don't follow me.

You sure you're gonna be OK with that?

I'm just gonna go up there and take

a look around. Nobody's gonna see me.

But heck, a Colt army issue

will put a man down, and keep him there.

Remember that broken basement window

around by the side... and be careful.

Ah!

All right, who's in there?

Mike?

- Mike.

- Damn door latch! Get in.

- Uh-oh, here it comes!

- There's nobody drivin' that mother!

Pump's in the back seat.

OK, slow down

and let him ride right up on our ass.

There was nobody...

there was nobody driving!

I'm gonna get that bastard!

Oh, Jesus!

All right, speed up.

I'm gonna put a few in the engine.

OK.

Holy sh*t!

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

It's one of those dwarfs.

He went right through it!

Tommy!

Reggie...

we got one of 'em.

Uh, in Colton, in the groves.

All right. Uh, Reg?

Bring your truck.

Jesus!

You didn't tell me the dwarf was Tommy.

Hell, we buried him on Monday

and look what they did to him.

He's only three feet long,

he must still weigh 200 pounds.

What's all this yellow sh*t

comin' out of his head?

Careful, get him in there.

- Better padlock it.

- Yeah.

Hey, this guy's not gonna leak

all over my ice cream, is he?

Nah. I'll see you back at the house.

Right.

Hey, you boys back again?

Jesus Christ, Myrtle,

you almost gave me a coronary!

But I just can't figure out why.

Why they're taking these bodies

and crushing 'em down to half size.

Crushing 'em!

What about Mom and Dad?

They're up there too.

Hey, just forget about that.

OK... I see it, I see it all now.

What we gotta do is snag that tall dude

and stomp the sh*t out of him,

and we'll find out what the hell

is goin' on up there.

We'll lay that sucker flat and drive

a stake right through his goddamn heart!

You gotta be shittin' me, man,

that mother's strong!

Hey, hold on.

First thing is, I want Mike outta here.

Reg, you take him over to Sally's,

the antique store.

He'll be safe there. Then hustle on back.

And Mike, no arguments.

Jody sure sounded strange on the phone.

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Don Coscarelli

Don Coscarelli, Jr. (born February 17, 1954) is a Libyan-American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for horror films. His credits include the Phantasm series, The Beastmaster, and Bubba Ho-Tep. more…

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