Phantasm
- Fri, Sep 25
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Don Coscarelli Run Time: 89 min. Release Year: 1979
Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester, Reggie Bannister
We are paying our respects to horror legend Reggie Bannister with a one night only screening of Don Coscarelli’s horror classic Phantasm!
Like The Shining and Dawn of the Dead, Phantasm is a cerebral nightmare that we never want to end. Written, produced, directed, shot, and edited by Don Coscarelli when he was only 23-years-old, the movie follows a group of small-town friends as they battle the “Tall Man”—a mysterious force of cosmic horror who wields flying silver murderballs. This Lovecraftian vortex deftly combines gothic horror, surrealism, and a killer prog rock score into a concoction that horror fans have never stopped worshipping.
Thanks to a stunning restoration and 5.1 surround sound mix produced by J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot and Coscarelli, Phantasm has never looked or sounded better.