Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
- funeral
- coffin
- undertaker
- evil
- hearse
- ice cream man
- mausoleum
- tall man
- sentinals
- sphere
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Angus Scrimm — The Tall Man
- Terrie Kalbus — Fortuneteller's Granddaughter
- Kenneth V. Jones — Caretaker
- Susan Harper — Girlfriend
- Lynn Eastman-Rossi — Sally
- David Arntzen — Toby
- Ralph Richmond — Bartender
- Bill Cone — Tommy
- Laura Mann — Double Lavender
- Mary Ellen Shaw — Fortuneteller
- Myrtle Scotton — Maid
- Directed
- Don Coscarelli
- Written
- Don Coscarelli
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 799 ratings
- Studio
- New Breed Productions, AVCO Embassy Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1979 · You’re herePhantasm
Where it starts.
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
1994
Phantasm IV: Oblivion
1998
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
