Doctor_Who on 09/03/2009 12:20 am

This is sweet. I love all the Phantasm films. The Tall Man scared the living shit our of me when I was a kid. Scrimm is one creepy dude.

Doctor_Who on 09/03/2009 12:24 am

Oh, and my favorite moment is actually a comedic one. Reggie (who as you mentioned is awesome) is trying to score with a chick they picked up, figuring he has a shot since they are already sharing a bed.

Finally she seems to succumb to his bald, ice-cream dealing charms. She decides to get kinky and pulls out a pair of handcuffs. Reggie is thrilled, and allows her to cuff him to the bed.

Then she rolls over and goes to sleep. Poor Reggie.

Julio on 09/03/2009 3:51 am

I think that I will need to find this somewhere.

Ex Leper on 09/03/2009 10:13 am

I've only seen part one, but my favorite scene is when the kid is sleeping and he looks up to see the Tall Man hovering over him in a graveyard as arms bust from the ground and grab him.

matty (Guest) on 09/03/2009 12:47 pm

Ugh, I'm probably going to get crap for this, but I cannot stand Phantasm, and not because of the movie, but because of the fans. For whatever reason, marketing maybe, it seems like every frat boy in America had seen this movie when I was in college and whenever the subject of the movie came up they'd be all "dude, this shit is so wack, it'll totally blow your mind!" or similar. But these are the same people who would then say that Suspiria or other really weird 70's horror movies were "stupid" just because they were weird. I never understood why Phantasm was cool because it was weird, and the rest of them sucked becuase they were weird. I dunno, its one of those cases where the memories of people talking about it spoils the movie for me :(

mewchu (Guest) on 09/03/2009 4:11 pm

I know what you mean, matty, similar experiences did that to me, but see I learned how to get over myself and stop letting my sphincter tighten over fanboys of a movie. :3

caffman on 09/03/2009 6:19 pm

just buy the UK boxset (which is great by the way) and a multiregion player. Most are in the UK. Job done!

HowardC on 09/03/2009 6:51 pm

The problem I see with this is we FINALLY get a full dvd release only for dvds to be outdated. When will we get a proper BLUE-RAY release? This is a problem with older horror movies, namely they have yet to be released on a hi-def format.

Getting back on topic, I liked the hanging scene from the first film. Nothing is scarier than somebody who's been strung up for DAYS and is still perfectly fine.

Btw when are were gonna get some sentinal sphere halloween props? Seems like a no-brainer for anchor bay... take a over-size christmas bulb, glue on a fake knife and triple the price tag. I'd sure buy one!

toolz88 on 09/03/2009 7:35 pm

Oh my God! They are finally putting this out on DVD. I say it's about frickin time loved this movie when I was a kid now my collection will be complete.

-RoG- on 09/04/2009 3:16 am

HowardC, they actually made some limited edition sentinel sphere model kits a while ago. And yeah, I've seen 'em sell for over 80 bux. There are also some people out there who build some pretty badass custom ones with real blades if you wanna shell out the cash for 'em. Me, I'd be satisfied with the sentinel sphere DVD set like they released in the UK.

EchoCharlie on 09/04/2009 5:15 pm

I've only seen Phantasm 2 and I remember the shotgun best...

Also, it had James LeGros in it who I reconosed years later in another great movie "Living in Oblivion"...(not a horror film but comedy about film makers making a film - check it out you won't be diappointed - it has Steve Buscemi in it)

I don't know why I remember all this or how it's relevant but there you go...

EchoCharlie on 09/04/2009 5:20 pm

Sheesh!...Excuse the spelling in my previous post. I've been up since 5am and currently have an 8 month old gnawing at my ankle...

Ozzman313 on 09/05/2009 3:56 pm

Its about fucking time! The only time I ever saw the movie was on the Sci-Fi channel in 2004, and some old hag managed to get the only known copy in town when Hollywood Video got rid of their VHS

Fraktal (Guest) on 09/06/2009 3:22 pm

I got all 4 movies on DVD a few years ago for 10€, but without the sentinel ball.
DVD/Blueray: I don't think the movie exists in a Quality to see a difference.
And i put my "Tall Man"-action figure back next to my DVD collection

Metal Misfit on 09/07/2009 8:19 pm

I bought a used VHS copy from the video store I used to work at 6 or 7 years back because there wasn't a DVD at the time.

I actually just recently watched this on FEARnet a few months ago. Fun movie and definitely the best of the sequels.

testtube on 09/11/2009 2:18 pm

Phantasm 1 and 4 are art films, 3 is like one of those movies made out of two or more episodes of a short lived TV series, but 2 is an 80s classic. I'm way excited and for years I've been holding off on getting any of the Phantasms on DVD cause it would be incomplete. They better put the ball boxset out in the US but I doubt they will. Anchor Bay should also release Santa Sangre in the US, I have no fucking clue why its not, its one of the most intensely bizarre Mexican art-house slashers ever made.

But hell yeah, Phantasm 2 on DVD!

DJDeeJay on 09/17/2009 11:03 am

I'm not positive what the original poster / art was, does it happen to be this?

http://www.cdcovers.cc/view/83489/front/phantasm-2

I was only recently introduced to the Phantasm series in the past year or so, and I had to see them all on VHS tapes on a barely working player. I'm no happy to be able to get this on DVD!