Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: PHANTASM
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I tackle Don Coscarelli's horror cult classic "Phantasm"!
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Where does the "Phantasm" series rank in your list of favorite horror franchises?
3/4 behind NOES,F13th,and house
Do STAGE FRIGHT ( The original )
I love it, it's such a brilliant mindfuck of a series.
Definitely fourth place before Hellraiser, Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street
Top of my list
I once met Angus Scrimm sitting in the lobby of a hotel after the wrap of a Fangoria weekend. I had been disappointed because the actor we went there to see didn't show up. Then there is Angus Scrimm chilling in the hotel lobby across from me. He was so nice and we chatted for a little while. It was absolutely the best experience of the weekend. RIP Angus Scrimm
You are lucky as hell.
Another example of creepy people being nice
What a story. Rest in Piece Angus 😭
Man you are so lucky. I felt that way when I spoke to George Romero and Bruce Campbell. Wish I could have met Angus!!!! One of the scariest villains ever.
@@charliefike8creepy?! If he wasn’t in horror movies he would just be a guy who looks like someone’s grandpa.
@@DashingPunkSamurai yeah fair point
"Just hire a babysitter?"
Have you forgotten the death toll of babysitters in horror movies?
They're the red shirts of horror movies.
@@tails0420ify Don't forget the movie 'I think the Baby Sitters Dead'
@@55Quirll I believe you meant "Don't tell mom the babysitters dead".
@@tails0420ify You're correct, thanks for telling me. Young Kelly Bundy was there I believe
Ash has his shotgun, and chainsaw, but Reg has the world's coolest 4 barrel shotgun ever.
I prefer a nail gun an axe and a lightning gun
hxxps://www.youtube. com/watch?v=Mz3UoHenFV0&t=101s
A fully functioning Reggie 4 barrel shotgun. This guy is lowkey the biggest Phantasm phan on RUclips, he has a crazy collection of memorabilia.
"You think when you die you go to heaven, YOU COME TO US!" rest in peace Angus you tall gentle soul.
He was such a nice man. I always collapse in a teary mess thinking he left us alone…
Which is happening right now again :≈(
@@G_de_Coligny Yea. He is scary on screen. People that met him said what a nice guy he was.
"Reggie can't die, he's in all the sequels" is an understatement. He's practically the main character for all of the sequels.
In the last Phantasm movie (spoilers!) the whole series is just a delusion Reggie is living thru as he's dying in a nursing home. Well, maybe. It's a very weird ending. With a midget.
RIP Angus Scrimm. And flights of Sentinels sing thee to thy rest.
Better that than the dwarves. All they can sing is, "Ooteenee!"
@@whiterabbit75 ...but I thought dwarves sang "Heigh-Ho!"
@@cartooncritique6625
Remember that these dwarves are shrunk down humans. Their vocal cords are a mess.
@@whiterabbit75 Fun fact the "dwarfs" in the movie are really children, that's why you never see their faces
The Tallman is'nt dead, he just lost interest in this iteration of earth, he returned recently just long enough to pick up Captain Spaulding, and now they are spreading terror and fried chicken in the far reaches of the multiverse
The Phantasm main theme is so underrated. Right up there with Halloween's for me.
Despite the sequels having their enjoyable moments, I really like how this one works as a standalone film due to the double twist at the end. The idea that Mike was just dreaming everything because he was distraught over his brother's death seems to explain the less logical elements of the preceding scenes and eases the audience's tension. Then BAM, that mirror scare! Brilliant.
Ditto about the theme, it really is underappreciated and did a lot for building up the movie's super-creepy atmosphere!
Thanx for the spoiler!
I didn't remember Entombed covered the theme. Good thing he pointed it out.
At least Phantasm 4 confirms we saw a different dimension and that the movie did happen, Jody and Mike win, another were the Tall Man had the upper hand and so on.
"Quit trying to make me care about these characters, Coscarelli." Precisely. And this is why this series stands the test of time, because Don does precisely that.
The Phantasm series are, in my opinion, the definition for “a diamond in the rough”. Do the movies (and the series as a whole) have issues? Yes, but it’s more than made up for by the creativity and uniqueness of them.
Yesssss
3 years late but this is exactly why i love these movies
I hate the whoke "the definition of" phrase.
I'd say it's the best of horror series, that and Evil Dead. All other series SUCK with a couple great ones. Halloween is a perfect example, 1 & 3 are the ONLY worth time, and I'll excuse 2.
For me, every issue is compensated with how much you can feel the movies were made with passion for doing what they wanted to do and how they enjoyed it.
Star Wars should have done a crossover where the tall man shows up to drop Jawas out of the sky onto the surface of Tatooine.
'Phantasm' was a terrifying movie for a pre-teen kid to watch. Loved it. I met Angus Scrimm at several horror cons, and he was one of the nicest, most gracious, and just all around coolest horror movie icons I ever met.
This is one of those classic movies that when you switch the channel and is on, you will leave there until the movie ends. It is that good.
The Tall Man appearing above the kids bed scared the hell out of me, right up there with parts of Salems Lot.
I'm with you on that.Creepy as Hell
Don Coscarelli has to be the nicest guy in horror. Don't pass up the opportunity to meet him the next time you're at a convention.
yeah he's great met him in Oct he screened phantasm and signed my nook he wrote
Sadly, that won't be possible anymore, as he's no longer with us.
@@StCerberusEngel You confuse Coscarelli with the Tall Man's actor Angus Scrimm.
@@lipstickzombie4981 Huh...apparently I misread that. Weird.
@@StCerberusEngel LOL Don is still very much alive Angus is the one who passed as most do when they get old. You should see Angus in The Gravedigger's Nemesis on BBFF I was cracking up the whole time
Easily one of my favorite movies. The twist at the end doesn’t suck and actually gives the movie its meaning.
I need to see the 3 hour version now.
hear! hear! When is the Directors cut going to be released.
They used some of the cut footage in Phantasm IV: Oblivion.
I love this movie. I watched it on my roof while it played at a drive - Theatre.
You just had to have a small AM radio with you. It was a great scare back then.
Man, I'm so jealous, that sounds like the absolute best way to experience these movies.
No chance of a drive-in in Yorkshire in the 80s haha.
This is in my top 10 favorite horror movies of all time.
The most underrated horror franchise of all time. Angus Scrimm one of the sweetest people I ever met. Booooooy, I miss him.
Devon Lott I've seen some interviews with him and listened to an audio commentary he did for one of the films, and I was very moved by what a soft spoken gentle soul he was Namaste.
Mr. Scrimm lived near me when I was growing up. He always had this kind smile and very polite demeanor. I really liked the guy, he was just damned nice. It wasn't until years later that I first saw Phantasm and was blown away by the fact the this old kindly neighbor that I knew played a villain.
@@patrickmartin8854 Clearly a testament to his talent as an actor Namaste.
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@@freedomlover9560 Pervert
You'll NEVER hear the end of it now. Every video comment section from here on in all you'll see is : "when are you going to do the Phantasm sequels"
Cyril you mena like how people still ask for more Godzilla reviews?
@@p0laris74yt8 Exactly.
I have loved Phantasm since I saw it when it opened in 1979. I appreciate it's energy and imagination. I also can identify the relationship between the brothers and Reggie who are really a family when you think about it. Mike's fear that his big brother will leave him behind added an extra element of drama to the film.
Funny thing. I remember hearing a techno song with that “the funeral is about to begin” in it. I always wondered where that came from.
So what’s weird about watching this is because Jody played by Bill Thornbury is a family friend of my family, and also my guitar teacher. I never knew this existed till I got more into films and music. So imagine my shock after years of knowing Bill since I was a baby, and seeing him pretty much almost every day of my life, and playing guitar with him, to realize he was apart of this Cult Classic horror movie! Honestly now I look back on when we played together and I imagine he would think back to the jam session in this movie.
I love this movie mostly because, for a horror flick, it's surprisingly raw in its depiction of grieving via. Dreams.
*Spoilers *
After the end, I went back and saw a surprising amount of hints of the character's death: Mike never leaving him alone, having panic attacks every time he went somewhere, and even Jody's premonition of being pulled into the grave and causally see his name on one before being confronted by the tall man. It was almost like he knew in a vague way that he was dead and wanted to help his brother through his grieving (in his brother's nightmare) by aiding him one last time in confronting his fears of his own mortality.
Or maybe I'm reading too much into it...
@@MR-rf8hp I actually started crying during the scene when Jody locks Mike in his room with the promise of returning, and Mike just keeps screaming, "you're not!" It was like he knew even in his dreams
@@MR-rf8hp I wonder if the message changed with the sequels? I've only seen one and can't really remember it.
Nah it's just a horror movie...
Wow! I never thought about it that way. Now I'm gonna watch it again! Thank you!
Phantasm 3 and 4 shows that he was actually able to contact with him even when he was already turned into one of the spheres, so probably it is what happened.
That was a very strange Godzilla movie
*in a fake voice* “hey Brandon, when is the next Godzilla movie review”?
I think that it was more of the American adaptation
Godzilla vs Tall Man?
@@wopjohn Tall Man wins. Tall Man beats everybody.
@@wopjohn Godzilla wins. Godzilla Literally cannot lose.
1. Phantasm
2. Friday the 13th Series
3. Evil Dead Series
4. From Dusk Till Dawn
5. Dawn of the Dead 1978
Good list
@```` Your list is invalidated because it's missing The Evil Dead trilogy.
@@Goldarlives "Good list" missing the kings of horror movie series... Nightmare on Elm Street & Friday 13th
1. Nightmare on Elm St
2. Halloween
3. Phantasm
4. Friday 13th
You know its real love when you see an Entombed reference.
Oh, you must be a Metalhead. 🤘
Respect, bro.
RIP LG Petrov.
RIP Angus Scrimm.
3:05 You're not far off. The Tall man was one of the inspirations for Slenderman according to Victor Surge, his Creator.
@Mary Burdette maybe this is the origin story of slenderman
1st time I ever saw Phantasm...
Mike goes to mausoleum at night.
Me: "No way I'd go thete without a flashlight and a Colt 45!"
Jody goes back to mausoleum with a flashlight and a Colt 45.
Been a fan of the franchise ever since.
Brandon: Notices 'Dune" references with the Pain box.
Also Brandon: Misses that Dunes Cantina is LITERALLY CALLED DUNES.
He may have read the book, but the "Dune" movie did not come out until 1984...
i can not believe it took you this long to get to Angus and his glorious silver murderballs.
I was fairly sure he'd already done this. Then my oberthinkken kicked in and reminded me my muddled mind mixes memories of Brandon and Good BAD flix fairly frequently. Which is odd because one of these is a review show of obscure B movies with a mixture of behind the scenes trivia, a summary of where it stands in the movie family tree, and a breakdown of the movie itself, and the other is that too but with a different name.
Well it was fun seeing him play the villain in some cheesy skin flick Lost Empire...I'm sure that's why he said yes to that.
And the bugger
I once banged a chick that had "Ben-wa" balls that were colored the exact same and were identical to the Phantasm orbs- they even vibrated. She wanted me to use them on her but I had flashbacks of this movie and thought that she was in cahoots with "The Tall Man", so I sneaked outta her window and never banged...er I mean dated her again. Too weird!
Could be worse, one of my buddies learned a valuable lesson about watching the opening sex scene of Wicked City(anime) while on acid the going down on his girlfriend, we had to tackle him to stop his attempts to punch out her vage
My parents took me with them to see this at the drive-in when I was 5. Ahh, the 70's.
I thought it has one of the best horror themes ever made.
Man I never seen an old man so determined to catch a young boy since Mr Herbert.
Obligatory Entombed reference in a Phantasm review... Check!
Well, Brandon, you are not alone in feeling Phantasm ranks up there with Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. There is a game I learned about from a RUclipsr called Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeymen. It's a Mortal Kombat like game with horror icons, and Tall Man is one of the characters.
"BOOOOOOOOOY!!!!"
There were times during the most recent God of War where the whole Kratos calling his son "BOY" made me half expect to see an Angus Scrimm/the Tall Man cameo in the game.
That ending still scares the shit out of me to this day, seriously The Tall Man is far more frightening than his Creepypasta rip-off and Angus Scrimm’s performance is just haunting and terrifying. He may not be Jason or Freddy, but even I think The Tall Man is up there as one of the greatest horror movie villains/monsters ever
The Tall Man was shouting that LONG before Kratos! XD
Flavor Flav?!!
*BOI*
The spheres from this movie haunted my nightmares for years when I was a kid.
Same!!!
I was a teenager when this movie came out. Me and my friends called the tall man "the mustard man" back then.
Omg, when you added the Jawa sounds when the dwarf was running out of the woods, i spit my chocolate milk out.lmao👍😀😀
I don't think there is any other actors who could portray the Tall Man other than Angus
He is certainly a hard act to follow.
Tyson fury?
Kane from the wwe?
As of the day this video was published, Amazon is selling the remastered steel book of phantasm for $16.
@Sam Foster cool
When 13 year olds could drive, drink, and own weapons.....Thats still a thing. Its called the American South.
They could also watch R rated movies cause my 13 year old older brother saw a bunch of them
@James Gray Amen to that.. Was watching this stuff around 7-8 years old, having a smoke drinking warm beer..
can't possibly think why America would have a problem with school massacres.
Samur/Aye because they’re pussies. Back in the days you were expected to get off the school bus, walk home by yourself, heat up your dinner in the microwave, and start on your homework by the time your parents got home. Now kids can’t even tie their shoes without being praised for it. We had no school shootings back in the day. That’s a relatively new phenomenon coinciding with sjw and everyone being special.
I believe you.
Brings me back!! Silent night deadly night, Puppet master , Dawn of the dead, Hell raiser.. Life was good with VHS..
Life is still good in the VHS format......
@@johnallen9917 right you are.
Still a classic, so many memorable moments, great soundtrack and likable characters.
.............and you barely mention the true star of this movie: 1971 Barracuda 440+6!
Whats the +6 for? Speeds?
@@migonzz it's for the "six-pack" carburetor set up. 3, 2-barrel carbs in a line, kinda like a 6-pack of beer.
@@rossracing6433 ooo, okay cool. Thank you for answering! Trying to get into cars and learning about them as much as possible along the way
A man of culture I see.
Aw yeah beautiful car the cuda is, what does 440+6 is a good engene
I never heard of *"Phantasm"* until the sequel in 1988 and that the first one came out nearly ten years earlier. What drew me was the flying silver spheres, which I thought looked mint. Underrated cult classics.
Bubba Ho-Tep is one of the greatest movies of all time in the genre it's in. Just fantastic.
I felt bad for Mike towards the end when it is revealed Jody died, great twist and awesome drama
Great review. And yes, the soundtrack as well as the atmosphere were the first things I noticed as well. Kind of like Carpenter's 'The Fog'.
LOVE THE FOG
@@thing1thing2themediamaniac43 Me too! 😍❤
I’m really impressed with your film knowledge. I love your work.
One of my all time favorites...creepy in all areas!
Good review!
I love the Phantasm franchise and the first one is always my favourite out of the 5. The Phantasm Franchise always be on my Top 10 Favourite Horror Franchises.
Not just a Cantina but Dune's Cantina.
Thank you thank you thank you. I love this series. Excellent choice. I also love how this series ties into each other with flashbacks lol
Boy! This movie is awesome. Now you gotta review the sequel's
The sequels were terrible tho
Phantasm 2 is far from awful
@@timacann Phantasm 3 was ton of fun too.
"This is what she looks like after the beer goggles are off!" That's being drunk for you! Jeez!!!
The living finger spewing mustard then turns into a mutant fly.🤔🤔🤔
Still get the chills with that end scene. BBOOOOOOOOYYYYY
Up from the Depths?
30 stories tall?
Breathing Fire?
His head in the sky?
Godzooky. Because they couldn’t animate a Kenny.
Angus Grimm! Angus Grimm!
And Jawazookie
My brother and I saw Phantasm in a theater the year it came out, which was the year I graduated high school. We loved it! We loved the music, the humor and the story. We probably saw it 4 or 5 times after that. Thanks Brandon!
Phantasm is one of the best horror film since Night of the Living Dead.
Ok that shotgun hammer was the most badass thing I have seen all day
the outside says Django Unchained, but the Tall Man is referencing classic Django
The sequels do reveal it was a southern plantation house so,
Two more episodes until episode 200. Did you know that Godzilla’s Revenge is turning 50 years old this year? Beware of the Kenny and Minya teaming up.
0-0 Dear God.....don’t give Brandon any ideas for what the 200th episode should be on. Plus to all the “professional critics” who bashed Godzilla: King of the Monsters(which I freakin love!) I would dare them to watch that movie or even Son of Godzilla and then watch King of the Monsters again and tell me and many other Godzilla fans which one was truly worse. One that has so much love and care for the Godzilla mythos or two of the WORST Godzilla movies ever made
My favourite cult series!
1:48 Damn Brandon. those biceps ;)
I know, right? He's a hottie!
I was just thinking "hey, he's been working out."
Thanks for this comment. I wanted to say something about it.
if you pause at 1:50 it looks Brandon getting a blowjob LOL. cute as fuck haha
"Ive been waiting for you." New soundbite
My favorite line
"BOY!"
Man I'm glad I picked this one
I've seen these movies allot
Great pick dude
A man of culture.
Coscarelli rocks... love his movies...
I saw this film on its first-run at a drive-in. Double feature started with Corvette Summer, starring Mark Hammel, which totally did not prepare me for the main feature phantasm! Phantasm had a scary minor key soundtrack, a great jet black muscle car, and a bizarre science fiction angle which really worked well together. And of course a really creepy/scary protagonist.
"You play a good game boy!" I am not a fan of horror any longer since the sequels of this era in the eighties or nineties but if I have to pick a favorite horror movie this is probably it. We loved it for the freaky seventies atmosphere and the Hemi Cuda!
Try to imagine a whole generation coming of age and going from four channels to having HBO and access to terrific stuff like this for the first time. It was awesome.
The only difference between my friend and I and Bevis and Butthead was that we were clever enough to score beer and weed to watch tv with.
This is one of my favorite horror movies of all time. Nice refference to Entombed, also the black metal band Marduk sampled the Tall Man for their song "Hearse" and that song's lyrics are also about Phantasm, check it out.
For 90s hip hop fans the group Mobb Deep sampled the theme to this film in their G.O.D.pt. III remix
the cemetery house was also used in the James Bond movie A VIEW TO A KILL
...and Burnt Offerings 👍
Hell yeah it was
John dies at the end is a very awesome movie...You just gotta watch it afew times to fully understand it all
The books are the exact same way
Last time I came this early my wife was deeply disappointed.
Hyuk hyuk hyuk
Now she isn’t my wife :(
Kyros Droztamyr... BULLSHIT ARTIST!!!!
@Sam Foster Are you guys okay?
Your wife is simply too slow
In a cut scene, Jody unloads that Remington 870 12 gauge in him and it did absolutely nothing.
Love to see your take on "The Car."
The horrific scream the Tall Man makes when he loses his fingers always makes me jump.
Ok the Jawas and star wars references got me lol. I liked the 4 Barrell shotgun
I think the 4 barrel shotgun was introduced in the second movie but I could be wrong
The 4 barrel was introduced in 3, thats when they go on the road hunting The Tallman through the towns he's wiped out
I think it was 2 when he makes it in they shop the break into.
I think of Phantasm as being a Star Wars prequel now. It's the Jawa origin story LOL. :)
17:34 "Ice cream man, it's all in his head."
YESSSSSS I can't believe it took you so long to talk about these movies.
I remember watching this on the CBS late night movie on Friday night at 11:30pm. My parents went out every Friday night back then in the 70's and I always had a babysitter that would let me stay up and watch the the horror films CBS would show--UNCUT at that time. This one is my all time favorite. I love the combo horror/sci-fi elements and the weird mystery of it all. (Other great films from the late night were "Frogs" and "Sssss"....which Brandon, should review! "Ssss" had a young Don Johnson as the star)
Best movie critic on RUclips (snarky bastard).
How about a review of Bubba Ho-tep, since it was directed by the same guy? Bruce Campbell be with you.
Can you look at The Dark Crystal💀
Nikolas Mace good lord, The Dark Crystal is way to mainstream for this channel ;-)
It would perfect with the Netflix series coming out soon!
That movie scared the bejeesus out of me as a kid and if I'm honest, is still scary as hell
yeah I just rewatched dark crystal on Netflix after not seeing it in probably over 20 years and its still pretty good.. A lot of the character designs are awesome (I like the skeksis or whatever) and all the practical effects and puppets still look really good.
4k is great
I feel like this series is so important when it comes to dedicated horror films. They created a mythology ( not too solid) that is really enthralling to follow. Excellent review lol. The character development is amazing in this series, no matter how corny it gets
wow, a real cult classic?
what is this, the Brandon Tenold channel ?
Love the Turok shoutout. The Cerebral Bore is also one of my favorites just on account of how nuts it is.
That weapon should have become a standard in FPS games. I loved that damn thing. The cerebral bore and the shark attack gun were two of the most awesome guns from not awesome games.
Insert obligatory “Your Angel of Death Awaits” here
This guy is just the monotone James from dead meat and I’m all here for it
Oh and the shout out to the Cerebral Bore (Turok) 👍🏼
Mike's the greatest kid character in a horror film franchise and he still died :-(
You should do Bubba Ho Tep if we're talking Don Coscarelli. Has a lot of the same positive traits as his debut.
5:18 - Wow, it’s Dean Norris himself, working his craft.
My favorite Entombed album. And Master P has a sample in Pass Me Da Green.
Seen all the Beastmaster films, never knew about this, thanks.
So Brandon, i have bad news, Todao Takashima has passed away on June 26th and he was a actor for most of the Showa Toho films and Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II, R.I.P
One of the top 10 on my favorite horror movie list, The atmosphere and sound track are two of the most memorable EVER. Some of the dialogue
is memorable and quoted all the time.