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#Antonym of phantasmic movie#
Ultimately though, if Phantasm is to have an overarching theme, it is a movie about grief and fear and how we deal with those overwhelming emotions. (Actually the movie is based on a nightmare that Coscarelli had, and he directed the film in his early 20’s!). The story is like one that might come from an imaginative child embellishing on a nightmare they once had, but the mood is perfect and the pacing is steady and never dull. It has by no means the most talented cast, but the characters are so very endearing. Phantasm is a patchwork of great moments– scary, funny, and downright baffling. We don’t really have to know what’s going on, it’s a thrill just to be on the ride. The sequels further delve into the lore of the Tall Man, a mysterious and baleful monster disguised as the severe mortician (played by the late Angus Scrimm), but all of them pale in comparison to inexplicable complexity and absurdity of the original. A figment of Mike’s imagination… or is it? Even after the ending gives us what we think is the answer, we are pulled back into the Tall Man’s grasp, into the arms of ambiguity. The first time I saw Phantasm, I was immediately sold, despite how overly ambitious and disjointed the story is, because that’s just it: it’s a phantasm.
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As he attempts to convince Jody that the Tall Man is up to something sinister, they both uncover nightmarish truths that are not of this world. After once again stalking Jody around the mortuary, Mike notices some strange shapes lurking in the dark. Peering through the bushes after Jody’s friend’s funeral-a supposed suicide, though we know better from the cold open-Mike sees the tall mortician lift the occupied coffin and place it back in the hearse, a perturbing feat of strength. The movie centers around a thirteen year-old boy named Mike, who, after losing his parents, constantly follows his older brother Jody around.