Ladies of Phantasm
To date, there have been six female leads in the Phantasm franchise. The first, was the wonderful “Lady In Lavender,” Kathy (Kat) Lester (Phantasm). Just as memorable are Samantha (Sam) Phillips and Paula Irvine (Phantasm II), Cindy Ambuehl and Gloria Lynn Henry (Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead) and – the latest – Heidi Leigh […]
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10. He wears the same suit he’s worn since 1979. 9. Not good with kids. 8. Bachelor pad decorated entirely in white marble – not exactly a babe lair! 7. Has unappealing “Snow White” fetish as evidenced by his attraction to dwarves. 6. Unsightly embalming needle scars 5. Annoying tendency to reanimate date’s deceased relatives […]
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Phantasm IV Phantasm: OblIVion Reviewed by: Richard Dean A black hearse slowly cruises amongst the tombstones of a darkened, mist-enshrouded cemetery. A familiar figure is seated behind the wheel of the hearse. It is Mike Pearson; a thin trickle of yellow blood visible high upon his forehead. He is clearly battered and exhausted from his […]
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Phantasm III Lord Of The Dead Reviewed by Doug Burke I’ve been a fan of the PHANTASM film series for a while now. PHANTASM I has always been my favorite film of all time. If any other film were to compete, it would be A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, but even Stanley Kubrick couldn’t create the […]
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The One That Started It All Reviewed by Richard Dean It’s hard to believe that nearly twenty years have gone by since the original PHANTASM film sent our minds into a daze. Praised by many critics, and lambasted by many others, one thing was certain regardless of whether you loved or hated the film: it […]
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The Sentinel Reviews PHANTASM Video Re-release Reviewed by Richard Dean On September 1, 1998, MGM/UA re-released the original horror classic PHANTASM on home video as part of their “Movie Time” line. Our in-depth review of this 1979 masterpiece appears elsewhere on this site, so really nothing new can be said about the film itself here. […]
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The Sentinel Reviews Phantasm II The Sequel Reviewed by Richard Dean It took a full nine years since the release of the original PHANTASM film to come out with its much-anticipated sequel, PHANTASM II. Unlike this first entry in the series, Don Coscarelli was able to find some big studio backing for PHANTASM II […]
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