This
tour-de-force came from a 21-year-old filmmaker Don Coscarelli, who did just about everything on PHANTASM, a wonderfully creative, bizarre, delightfully terrifying horror film that never fails to surprise. Told as if the whole experience were a nightmare, the film centers on Mike
(Michael Baldwin), a 15-year-old orphan who lives with his older brother, Jody (Bill Thornbury). After witnessing some strange happenings at the funeral of a murdered friend (shadowy, gnomelike creatures lurking around tombstones, etc.), Mike grabs his skeptical brother and returns to the creepy
mausoleum to investigate. Once inside, they find it is actually the headquarters of...
Released:
1979
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins