phantasm be about a young teenager and mike and who just recently lose his parent . he be worry about lose his older brother and so he follow him everywhere and include a funeral . while hide in the bush during the funeral and mike see the tall man ( play by the creepy angus scrimm ) and the man who run the funeral home and pick up a casket by himself . mike begin spy on the man afterwards and fascinate with uncover the strange event surround the funeral home . while investigate and mike discovers a strange world within the wall of the mortuary and include fly metal sphere with sharp arrow that drain the blood from your head and and many other horror . turn out and the tall man be from another dimension and and be take the body of the dead and reincarnate them in his world for slave . mike team up with his old brother and the local ice cream man and reggie and to stop the tall man gruesome work . i remember my mother tell me about how much phantasm scar her when she be a teenager and and she rent it one day and i watch it along with her ( i be about nine or ten at the time ) and and it be genuinely one of the most bizarre movie i have ever view . write ( as well a direct ) by don coscarelli and phantasm have become something of a horror classic over the year and and deservedly so . coscarelli write here be so unique that it hurt . everything in this film be surreal and dreamlike and and the entire plot line be so out there that i can not think of another film that can quite compete in term of strangeness . but and despite it strangeness and this movie work and in it own and weird little way . the script be solid and the character be believable ( there be some real life situation throw in as well and so there be some sort of viewer character connection that can be make ) and even though about ninety nine percent of this film be something of pure fantasy . but it quite a scary fantasy and and that for sure . there be many element in this film that have become somewhat legendary and among them be the murderous silver sphere and the tall man boyyyyy . line . the thing be and among all of the randomness that be phantasm and this be quite a terrifying movie . a dense feeling of helplessness and foreboding be hide in every scene and and the cinematography and location add to this quite a bit . the imagery be bizarre and often very spooky and and the setting be perfect ( especially that creepy old funeral home ) . the viewer themselves be easily catch up in the engross story and and the atmosphere be very scary . michael baldwin play our lead hero well and with reggie bannister a the ice cream man and and bill thornbury a mike old brother and jody . and angus scrimm play his signature role a the tall man and and his presence alone make this film scary than most of it genre . and then there the score to the film and which be equally a effective and just a chill . the film conclude leave many question open end and unanswered and but honestly can you really expect genuine and fulfil answer when the movie itself be so strange . i think it good that this film do leave some loose end and because it go along with the movie overall feel . bottom line i do not think this movie be for everyone and and it might be just a little bit too weird for some . honestly and one of the strange and most out there film i have ever see and but in my opinion and that a good thing . the story be strange but well craft and and the bizarre imagery and atmosphere make this a painfully unique and scary experience . i can see why phantasm have become such a classic of the genre . for me and this film remain a nice little piece of spooky and original nostalgia and and i be glad my mom decide to scare the daylight out of me with it at such a young age and because i grow to love this movie later on . positive .