Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm
“You think when you die, you go to heaven? You come to us.” (The Tall Man, Phantasm)
When most people think of iconic horror movie villains they tend to reel off the usual suspects: Jason, Freddy, Michael Myers, Chucky and the like.
However, one particular evildoer was doing his nefarious deeds long before most other slasher baddies got their blades wet. His name is the Tall Man, and he’s the villain in cult ’70s horror Phantasm.
The film takes place in a small Californian town which, when we join it, is mourning the apparent suicide of one of its residents. We’ve already seen in the opening scene that it was actually a murder, though, so it’s clear hijinks are due. Continue reading “Phantasm (1979) review”