Phantasm
Teenager Mike teams up with his brother and a friend to stop the enigmatic Tall Man, a grave‑robbing mortician wielding otherworldly weapons that threaten their small town’s dead—and the living.
“If this one doesn't scare you...you're already dead!”
Synopsis
A teenage boy and his friends confront a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who uses a deadly array of otherworldly weapons.
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Principal cast & crew: 20
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Don CoscarelliScored by Fred MyrowDesigned by Kate Coscarelli
Box Office
1979 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 40× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$12.0M
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Also known as
- Das Bösede
- Phantasm - Das Bösede
- Fantasmiit
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Cast & Crew
20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
A Michael Baldwin
as Mike
Bill Thornbury
as Jody
Reggie Bannister
as Reggie
Kathy Lester
as Lady in Lavender
Terrie Kalbus
as Fortuneteller's Granddaughter
Angus Scrimm
as The Tall Man
Kenneth V Jones
as Caretaker
Susan Harper
as Girlfriend
Lynn Eastman Rossi
as Sally
David Arntzen
as Toby
Ralph Richmond
as Bartender
Bill Cone
as Tommy
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5Directors
1Writers
1Producers
1Other crew
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