# Phantasm (1979)

> A grieving teenager uncovers a mausoleum's impossible machinery and battles the towering undertaker behind it.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4813

## Facts

- Runtime: 89 min
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
- Director: Don Coscarelli
- Cast: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Angus Scrimm, Terrie Kalbus, Kenneth V. Jones, Susan Harper
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079714/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, surreal, foreboding, late night horror marathon, cult film night

## Movies like Phantasm

- [Pumpkinhead (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/15823)
- [The Mortuary Collection (2020)](https://ember.film/movie/363879)
- [Phantasm: Ravager (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/151858)
- [The Dunwich Horror (1970)](https://ember.film/movie/45661)
- [Pet Sematary II (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/5950)
- [Lady in White (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/33189)
- [Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/9736)
- [Messiah of Evil (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/14748)
- [Pet Sematary (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/4299)
- [Night of the Demons (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/14749)

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