Phantasm
If this one doesn't scare you...you're already dead!
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.
- Director
- Don Coscarelli
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $12M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
13 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Phantasm actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Phantasm returned 40.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $300,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $12M
- Release date
- Mar 28, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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