It's put together rather curiously out of disjointed scenes, snatches of dialog, and brief strokes of characterization.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 28, 2023

A fairly artful blending of traditional horror stuff and science-fiction.

| Sep 27, 2022

"Phantasm" will not be remembered as a masterpiece of the horror genre, but it sustains a gauche, hokey, desperately improvisational charm.

| Oct 20, 2017

While holding onto the handmade charm of the original, the 4K version makes the image less murky and the seams less visible, giving the picture back the vividly nightmarish quality of its original theatrical run.

| Oct 6, 2016

Freshly refurbished with better sound and digitally sharpened visuals for this latest rerelease, "Phantasm" remains a pretty effective fright fest.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 6, 2016

Phantasm is wildly imaginative and legitimately creepy, confronting death and mourning as part of the coming-of-age process while also delivering nutty Jawa-type critters and blood spurting out of peoples' faces.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 6, 2016

One of the most idiosyncratic movies in the horror canon.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2016

Extremely gory. Horror fans should delight.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2008

Strong point of the feature is that it's played for both horror and laughs.

| May 6, 2008

A spotty little horror movie, effective here and there through some appealing eccentricities.

| May 6, 2008

Phantasm can be viewed as a haunting fable of an adolescent grappling with his fear of death.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 18, 2007

Benefits from repeated viewings

| Original Score: B | Oct 31, 2005

It's thoroughly silly and endearing.

| May 9, 2005

Ideal for Halloween viewing or a dark night, there's plenty of creepy fun to be had here, not least from the fabulously demented Tall Man.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000