There haveĮvidently been some high falutin' theories promulgated by some folks, including Coscarelli himself, that the film's subtext of death may speak to Something actually kind of profound in a large segment of the horror viewing populace, though why this should be the case is up for debate. Despite its miniscule budget (something Coscarelli addresses in theĮngaging commentary included on this Blu-ray), Phantasm is technically at least proficient if not inspired, and it seems to have touched Phantasm traffics in some of the almost hallucinatory ambience that informs otherįilms where it's not quite apparent if what's being depicted is a dream (and/or nightmare) or not, something that gives the film a rather distinctiveĪmbience but which also may tend to occasionally confuse some first time viewers. Seems to have it out for Mike Pearson (A. Was at play with Phantasm, Don Coscarelli's 1979 film which introduced the now iconic Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), the mysterious mortician Sequels or quasi-sequels, not to mention (supposedly) inventing a whole new subgenre for horror fans to thrill over? Something at least a little similar Who could have foreseen a lo-fi outing like the originalġ968 Night of the Living Dead spawning so many Many) previous professional credits, and also often without much funding for the current effort. There seems to be something about the horror genre that invites newcomers to the film industry to try their hand at it, often without any (or at least Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, December 23, 2016
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