Comments on: To coin a phrase, Hot damn.

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:02:12 +0000

So Night of the Creeps, check. Phantasm 2, check. When do we get The Keep?

Until we do, maybe this will hold you: http://tachyon-city.com/keep-the-1983/

By: KeithA

KeithA — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:56:53 +0000

For me, part one was basically a near-exact recreation of what every kid might imagine their war with the supernatural would be like. All that sneaking around, bike riding, running down the road at night, making plans — I recognize all that stuff from the many times my friends and I plotted to track down the devil worshipers in the woods where we lived, or went out hunting for Sasquatches. There’s something in that experience that makes Phantasm work for me on a level I can’t explain or make anyone comprehend if they weren’t themselves goofy spook-obsessed kids in a small town.

To be honest, it’s probably been nearly twenty years since I’ve seen part 2. I remember so little about it, other than loving it when I saw it back in high school.

So Night of the Creeps, check. Phantasm 2, check. When do we get The Keep?

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:39:30 +0000

P2 is like P1, but after a 24-pack of Mountain Dew.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:30:16 +0000

Happy dance, happy dance, happy dance.
Sorry, 2 of my more favorite unreleased films coming to DVD! I don’t know if Phantasm 2 invalidated the grieving process as much as just turned it about 923 degrees from normal. Dead grandpa walking around? Check. Digging up the dead and making them into ugly Jawas? Check. That creepy uncle who says “boy” while violating the space-time continuum and spewing yellow fluid? Double check. Flying balls of doom? Yes, but OK that has nothing to do with grieving. I found P2 much creepier than P1- I’m so getting myself cremated just in case.

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:22:56 +0000

My main problem with Phantasm 2 was that it invalidated the idea that the original movie was just a metaphor for the grieving process.
Still a fantastic movie, though.

By: The Rev. D.D.

The Rev. D.D. — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:19:26 +0000

My poor videotape will finally be able to rest in peace.

BOOOOOOYYYY!!!!

By: ProfessorKettlewell

ProfessorKettlewell — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:02:09 +0000

But part 2 did have one of my favourite catch-copy lines ever: “The Sequel…with BALLS!”

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:46:51 +0000

That’s true. The addition of the gadgeteer kids in the third installment was a hideous misstep, and overall the length of time between installments meant that in Phantasm: Oblivion, instead of “BOYYY,” Angus Scrimm should have been growling, “middle-aged MAAAAN…”

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:40:51 +0000

I have to say, though, it is hard to watch the first two Phantasm movies without feeling frustrated that the series didn’t really get close to what it was meant to have been.