phantasm be one of the most creative horror film from the late 70 /80 . from the imagination of don coscarelli and it doesn not play like a slasher film and it a lot more clever . the setting of the horror be a funeral home or cemetery . a smart move and people fear funeral home or graveyard because they associate them with death . i would say it a cemetery be a smart place to set a horror film and because we fear it to begin with . the plot be about a boy name mike and who live with his brother jody and they have a friend name reggie who be an ice cream driver . mike or jody or reggie be the main character of the film . their friend be kill in the cemetery . they bury him in the cemetery . mike hide in the bush and and see the funeral home director know a the tall man and take the casket . he suspect something be wrong . mike doesn not hesitate to investigate the cemetery . he sneak into the mausoleum and where a fly sphere nearly kill him . the tall man attack him and and he cut off the tall man finger . yet the finger still move and he lock it in a box and and show it to jody . jody decide that they have to investigate . they encounter dwarf slave and they look like jawas on film and but i will forgive don and because of the low budget . these dwarf slave be actually the corps of the dead of the town . they bring reggie in on it and and decide they have to find and kill the tall man . phantasm be a great horror movie . it be fun and and a lot more clever than others . don coscarelli be a gifted film maker and he make great horror film on low budget . i check phantasm out because of his recent bubba ho tep which be great and and because a teacher at school who i talk to about horror film love it . i be glad i do see phantasm and it be a great horror movie .