--- title: 'Phantasm (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Don Coscarelli' released: '1979-01-01' runtime_minutes: 88 genres: - 'Fantasy' - 'Horror' - 'Science Fiction' - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/phantasm-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079714/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Phantasm (1979) 1979 · 88 min · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Drama · United States Part of: Phantasm ## Synopsis Phantasm is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli, and stars A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, and Angus Scrimm. The first installment of the Phantasm franchise, the film follows Mike, a teenager in a small Oregon town who, along with his older brother Jody and family friend Reggie, investigates strange goings-on at the local funeral home, which is operated by a mysterious mortician known as "the Tall Man". ## Credits - **Director:** [Don Coscarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-coscarelli) - **Screenplay:** [Don Coscarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-coscarelli) - **Producer:** [Don Coscarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-coscarelli) - **Director of Photography:** [Don Coscarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-coscarelli) - **Editor:** [Don Coscarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-coscarelli) - **Original Music Composer:** [Fred Myrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-myrow) ## Cast - [A. Michael Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-michael-baldwin) - [Don Coscarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-coscarelli) - [Bill Thornbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-thornbury) - [Reggie Bannister](https://cinepixo.com/people/reggie-bannister) as Reggie - [Angus Scrimm](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-scrimm) as Tall Man ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.phantasm.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/phantasm-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q612740); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.