Phantasm spawned 4 sequels and still has a loyal fanbase worldwide. The other movies they reviewed were forgotten about 3 months after they were released.
I got a heads up on this movie when the film's director, Don Coscarelli, visited my film class in 1977 at Cal State University Long Beach in Long Beach,CA. He was showing us his film "Kenny & Company" and during the Q&A session after the screening someone from the audience asked him what his next film would be about he said it would be called "Phantasm" it would a horror film. I saw the movie when it came out in 1979 and it didn't live up to my expectations so didn't like it very much. Don Coscarelli when on to make "The BeastMaster" after this movie.
I watch many of these old S&E episodes and what's funny is how many movies exist that were poorly reviewed by them but in retrospect are now considered stone cold classics. So it is with Phantasm - considered one of the most nightmarish, fun horror movies all time.
I found Boulevard Nights on TCM one night five years ago and really enjoyed it. Something about 70s California movies appeals to me. Phantasm of course is a classic!
Yum Janet Margolin.....as a preteen I saw her in Take the Money and Run back in late 60s and developed a major crush on her. Thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Went back and looked at the movie recently---and yes she was a very beautiful woman. RIP Janet.
@@reneedennis2011 Yeah I remember when it came out I was 9 y.o. and I wanted to see it but it was rated M so I needed an adult to get in the theatre. I started bugging my mom to take me based on the selling point that was that movie being made in (mostly) North Beach. She finally said OK even though it was rated M. She hated it but I recall thinking when I saw it even at 9 "that women (Janet) is really beautiful!" And she was. RIP Janet; Allen should consider himself blessed he got to touch you! (Trivia: the movie was originally supposed to be set in NYC but a union strike led Allen to film it in SF. So ever once and a while there is a minor slip up for example when Virgil claims to be a member of the Philharmonic as in the NY Philharmonic. But in SF it would have been the San Francisco Symphony. )
I really loved The Last Embrace. It isn't a perfect film, but Demme does his best Hitchcock impersonation. He isn't as good as DePalma was at it, but he came close with this film. It also contains a great Roy Schneider performance that I would put up there with 52 Pick Up & Sorcerer.
I am on Roger's side. Last Embrace is trying to set something up but it then goes absolutely nowhere. I wish those actors were in something that was actually worth watching.
@@rollyg123 The "R" rating was well out before this movies release. For example: Phantasm is an "R" movie. You are however correct about the PG-13 rating which didn't come into play until 1984 when parents freaked out about "Temple Of The Doom".
1979 was the year that S&E really began to click on reviews of films they disagreed on. There would still be some major blowups over movies (that was part of what made their shows so compelling) but they each had embraced seeing the other as having a legitimate POV on movies they felt differently about, and you can see that in an episode like this where the only film they were united on was PHANTASM (which was fun in its own way because seeing them tear apart a horror film was and remains must-see TV). BTW, I've heard only good things about BOULEVARD NIGHTS and once I get off my ass and subscribe to HBO Max I'm gonna watch it.
Sorry to those who thought Phantasm was a good film--I know it spawned sequels--but without the silver ball it would have been a boring, confused mess. Looking back it now seems to me that the silver ball was like the Creep in Jeepers Creepers. Both of them were in awful films and deserved MUCH better films. Think of it this way. IF Creature From the Black Lagoon had been set on the beach you would have had 'Humanoids from the Deep'. So, not the classic we have today.
What you know about 70’s film - ZERO what I know STAR WARS (1977), JAWS(1975), ALIEN(1979), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975), APOCALYPSE NOW (1979), ROCKY (1976), TAXI DRIVER (1976), CHINATOWN (1974), THE STING (1973), CLOSE ECOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977), THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971), THE EXORCIST (1973), THE DEER HUNTER (1978), SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (1978), ANIMAL HOUSE (1978), DELIVERANCE (1972), DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975), CARRIE (1976), HALLOWEEN (1978), ENTER THE DRAGON (1973), MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978), KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979), MARATHON MAN (1976), ANNIE HALL (1977), SUSPIRIA (1977), THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974), MEAN STREETS (1973), A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971), ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN (1976), THE GODFATHER (1972), THE GODFATHER II (1974), GREASE (1978), SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977), THE OMEN (1976), WATERSHIP DOWN (1978), BREAKING AWAY (1979), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975), THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979), THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977), FANTASTIC PLANET (1973), THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975), WHAT’S UP DOC? (1972), WESTWORLD (1973), A LITTLE ROMANCE (1979), FELLINI’S ROMA (1972), THE WICKER MAN (1973), NETWORK (1976), ALL THAT JAZZ (1979), THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971), PAPER MOON (1973), BLAZING SADDLES (1974), THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974), NASHVILLE (1975), MASH (1970), 10 (1979), THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976), HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978), DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), LOGAN’S RUN (1976), THE WARRIORS (1979), AIRPORT (1970), BLACK SUNDAY (1977), MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974), NORMA RAE (1979), THE JERK (1979), GREY GARDENS (1975), KLUTE (1971), SHAMPOO (1975), DIRTY HARRY (1971), MANHATTAN (1979), THE WAY WE WERE (1973), BARRY LYNDON (1975), THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972), SISTERS (1972), SLEUTH (1972), COMING HOME (1978), PAPILLON (1973), FIVE EASY PIECES (1970), SERPICO (1973), AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973), SILVER STREAK (1976), FOUL PLAY (1978), WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971), WALKING TALL (1973), LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (1978), HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973), SLEEPER (1973), THE FURY (1978), THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979), DEATH ON THE NILE (1978), PINK FLAMINGOS (1972), PEPPERMINT SODA (1977), 3 WOMEN (1977), OPENING NIGHT (1977), THE HOBBIT (1977), LORD OF THE RINGS (1978), WINDS OF CHANGE (1979), CABARET (1972), BEING THERE (1979), THE GREAT SANTINI (1979)
I love how Gene and Roger genuinely laugh at each other while they each pitch their dogs of the week. Especially Gene in this one.
Out of all the movies reviewed in this episode, Phantasm is the best known over 40 years later :)
I would go with Boulevard Nights from this list.
And it was awful.
Phantasm ROCKS!!!
Phantasm is awesome
Awesomely bad.
Phantasm spawned 4 sequels and still has a loyal fanbase worldwide. The other movies they reviewed were forgotten about 3 months after they were released.
Just about to dive into the boxset I've just picked up. First time I'll have watched the Phantasm films.
They should have been forgotten after the first one.
“You don’t have to spend $4…”
**sobs in $20 tickets**
Adjusted for inflation, that $4 is equivalent to over $17 today.
If you saw "Phantasm" in the theater when it came out, it was a blast.
Absolutely! Great flick! Kenny and Company also a great one.
I got a heads up on this movie when the film's director, Don Coscarelli, visited my film class in 1977 at Cal State University Long Beach in Long Beach,CA. He was showing us his film "Kenny & Company" and during the Q&A session after the screening someone from the audience asked him what his next film would be about he said it would be called "Phantasm" it would a horror film. I saw the movie when it came out in 1979 and it didn't live up to my expectations so didn't like it very much. Don Coscarelli when on to make "The BeastMaster" after this movie.
I was 16 when it came out. My friends and I were so bored by it we left about 2/3 of the way through it.
When they started out they were nice and quiet, but somebody wanted controversy, so that's what they gave us.
I love how critics review Phantasm, as if the title escapes them.
I watch many of these old S&E episodes and what's funny is how many movies exist that were poorly reviewed by them but in retrospect are now considered stone cold classics. So it is with Phantasm - considered one of the most nightmarish, fun horror movies all time.
I found Boulevard Nights on TCM one night five years ago and really enjoyed it. Something about 70s California movies appeals to me.
Phantasm of course is a classic!
Yum Janet Margolin.....as a preteen I saw her in Take the Money and Run back in late 60s and developed a major crush on her. Thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Went back and looked at the movie recently---and yes she was a very beautiful woman. RIP Janet.
I like Take the Money and Run.
@@reneedennis2011 Me too....I remember as a kid seeing it being made in San Francisco in North Beach,
@@virgilstarkwell8383 OH wow! Cool 😎!
@@reneedennis2011 Yeah I remember when it came out I was 9 y.o. and I wanted to see it but it was rated M so I needed an adult to get in the theatre. I started bugging my mom to take me based on the selling point that was that movie being made in (mostly) North Beach. She finally said OK even though it was rated M. She hated it but I recall thinking when I saw it even at 9 "that women (Janet) is really beautiful!" And she was. RIP Janet; Allen should consider himself blessed he got to touch you! (Trivia: the movie was originally supposed to be set in NYC but a union strike led Allen to film it in SF. So ever once and a while there is a minor slip up for example when Virgil claims to be a member of the Philharmonic as in the NY Philharmonic. But in SF it would have been the San Francisco Symphony. )
@@virgilstarkwell8383 Okay. Thanks for the info 👍🏾!
You must admit, Angus Scrimm was scary AF in Phantasm.
Gene was so competitive that even when he agrees with Roger he has to say: I dislike it even more than you.
Phantasm was awesome. They just didn't get it. Sounded like my parents.
My friends and I walked out of it. We were 16.
I've seen parts of Phantasm, but I haven't seen the other movies.
Phantasm is a classic.
I really loved The Last Embrace. It isn't a perfect film, but Demme does his best Hitchcock impersonation. He isn't as good as DePalma was at it, but he came close with this film. It also contains a great Roy Schneider performance that I would put up there with 52 Pick Up & Sorcerer.
I am on Roger's side. Last Embrace is trying to set something up but it then goes absolutely nowhere. I wish those actors were in something that was actually worth watching.
Boulevard Nights is not that bad of a gang movie. It needed more action. It was rated PG and that ain't good for a gang movie.
back the they didn't have PG-13 or rated r all they had was g or PG
@@rollyg123 The "R" rating was well out before this movies release. For example: Phantasm is an "R" movie. You are however correct about the PG-13 rating which didn't come into play until 1984 when parents freaked out about "Temple Of The Doom".
Last Embrace has many flaws, but it's a fascinating movie nonetheless. Stylish paranoia with several classic suspense scenes.
1979 was the year that S&E really began to click on reviews of films they disagreed on. There would still be some major blowups over movies (that was part of what made their shows so compelling) but they each had embraced seeing the other as having a legitimate POV on movies they felt differently about, and you can see that in an episode like this where the only film they were united on was PHANTASM (which was fun in its own way because seeing them tear apart a horror film was and remains must-see TV). BTW, I've heard only good things about BOULEVARD NIGHTS and once I get off my ass and subscribe to HBO Max I'm gonna watch it.
The dogs of the week was the weak part of this show. Quite a few of those dogs were not worse than many movies on the regular reviews.
Phantasm one word baaaaaadass
Remove the ass and you’re right.
A remake of Phantasm would work in the era of social media
Siskel and Ebert only liked Halloween as far as horror goes.
That is so far from the truth, particularly for Ebert.
Sorry to those who thought Phantasm was a good film--I know it spawned sequels--but without the silver ball it would have been a boring, confused mess. Looking back it now seems to me that the silver ball was like the Creep in Jeepers Creepers. Both of them were in awful films and deserved MUCH better films. Think of it this way. IF Creature From the Black Lagoon had been set on the beach you would have had 'Humanoids from the Deep'. So, not the classic we have today.
are you the target panic guy????
My god did movies of the 70’s mostly suck. Lol
What? The first five years of the 1970's are among the greatest in cinema history.
What you know about 70’s film - ZERO what I know STAR WARS (1977), JAWS(1975), ALIEN(1979), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975), APOCALYPSE NOW (1979), ROCKY (1976), TAXI DRIVER (1976), CHINATOWN (1974), THE STING (1973), CLOSE ECOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977), THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971), THE EXORCIST (1973), THE DEER HUNTER (1978), SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (1978), ANIMAL HOUSE (1978), DELIVERANCE (1972), DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975), CARRIE (1976), HALLOWEEN (1978), ENTER THE DRAGON (1973), MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978), KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979), MARATHON MAN (1976), ANNIE HALL (1977), SUSPIRIA (1977), THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974), MEAN STREETS (1973), A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971), ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN (1976), THE GODFATHER (1972), THE GODFATHER II (1974), GREASE (1978), SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977), THE OMEN (1976), WATERSHIP DOWN (1978), BREAKING AWAY (1979), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975), THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979), THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977), FANTASTIC PLANET (1973), THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975), WHAT’S UP DOC? (1972), WESTWORLD (1973), A LITTLE ROMANCE (1979), FELLINI’S ROMA (1972), THE WICKER MAN (1973), NETWORK (1976), ALL THAT JAZZ (1979), THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971), PAPER MOON (1973), BLAZING SADDLES (1974), THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974), NASHVILLE (1975), MASH (1970), 10 (1979), THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976), HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978), DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), LOGAN’S RUN (1976), THE WARRIORS (1979), AIRPORT (1970), BLACK SUNDAY (1977), MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974), NORMA RAE (1979), THE JERK (1979), GREY GARDENS (1975), KLUTE (1971), SHAMPOO (1975), DIRTY HARRY (1971), MANHATTAN (1979), THE WAY WE WERE (1973), BARRY LYNDON (1975), THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972), SISTERS (1972), SLEUTH (1972), COMING HOME (1978), PAPILLON (1973), FIVE EASY PIECES (1970), SERPICO (1973), AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973), SILVER STREAK (1976), FOUL PLAY (1978), WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971), WALKING TALL (1973), LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (1978), HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973), SLEEPER (1973), THE FURY (1978), THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979), DEATH ON THE NILE (1978), PINK FLAMINGOS (1972), PEPPERMINT SODA (1977), 3 WOMEN (1977), OPENING NIGHT (1977), THE HOBBIT (1977), LORD OF THE RINGS (1978), WINDS OF CHANGE (1979), CABARET (1972), BEING THERE (1979), THE GREAT SANTINI (1979)
Not at all.
WRONG AGAIN SISKEL
Phantasm ROCKS!!!