phantasm ( 1979 ) be one of the most imaginative and scary horror or science fiction film ever make . from the mind of genius don coscarelli and this film be the first in the phantasm series . it also start another horror icon represent the tall man . phantasm start off like this representmike ( a. michael baldwin ) have just lose his parent to death . he now live with his old brother jody ( bill thornbury ) and who think about leave mike with a relative and leave their small town . mike and not want to lose his brother follow him wherever he go . he even follow jody to a funeral where he witness a caretaker only know a the tall man ( angus scrimm ) carry a huge coffin away from the graveyard . startle and mike begin to investigate at night by break into morningside cemetary only to witness a horrific murder by a fly silver sphere . now and with zombie and cloak dwarf chase him everywhere and mike and jody enlist the help of ice cream vendor reggie ( reggie bannister ) to fight the tall man and find out what secrets he keep within the mortuary . this film and in all of it aspects and be perfect . since this movie be make in 1979 and the gore effect look more realistic than anything you will see in modern horror . it just go to show you that you do not need cgi to make a film look realistic . the story be well write . the shock end be just great . the editing be okay and the direction be expertly . even the actor all do their best work here . so if you want to see a scary science fiction or horror with great gore effect and an even good story and see phantasm . also and the sequel aren not so bad themselves . i give phantasm a positive .