Phantasma (1979)
Mike, un joven que acaba de perder a sus padres, observa a su hermano Jody mientras éste asiste al entierro de su mejor amigo. Mike ha seguido a su hermano sin que él lo sepa, obsesionado con la idea de que, tras el funeral, abandone la ciudad para siempre. A la salida del cementerio, Mike es testigo de una escena muy extraña: un hombre alto alza el féretro, lo introduce en un coche fúnebre y desaparece. Mike describe la escena a su hermano, quién lo toma por loco. Molesto por la incredulidad de Jody, Mike vuelve al cementerio de Morningside al anochecer, infiltrándose en la morgue donde además de descubrir una serie de extrañas criaturas espectrales, se hace con una poderosa esfera de plata que pertenece al misterioso hombre alto.
Directora: Don Coscarelli
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A. Michael Baldwin as Mike |
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Bill Thornbury as Jody |
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Reggie Bannister as Reggie |
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Kathy Lester as Lady in Lavender |
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Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man |
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Terrie Kalbus as Fortuneteller's Granddaughter |
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Kenneth V. Jones as Caretaker |
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Susan Harper as Girlfriend |
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Lynn Eastman-Rossi as Sally |
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David Arntzen as Toby |
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Ralph Richmond as Bartender |
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Bill Cone as Tommy |
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Laura Mann as Double Lavender |
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Mary Ellen Shaw as Fortuneteller |
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Myrtle Scotton as Maid |
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Kate Coscarelli as Funeral Guest (uncredited) |
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Dac Coscarelli as Funeral Guest (uncredited) |
| Directing | Don Coscarelli | Director |
| Production | Paul Pepperman | Producer |
| Editing | Don Coscarelli | Editor |
| Art | Kate Coscarelli | Production Design |
| Production | Dac Coscarelli | Producer |
| Lighting | Roberto A. Quezada | Gaffer |
| Sound | Malcolm Seagrave | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Fred Myrow | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Colin Spencer | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Paul Pepperman | Special Effects |
| Directing | Wendy Kaplan | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Adele Lustig | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Daryn Okada | Grip |
| Camera | John Zumpano | Grip |
| Camera | Marc Schwartz | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Dena Roth | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | George W. Singer Jr. | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Coscarelli | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Don Coscarelli | Director of Photography |
| Art | David Gavin Brown | Art Direction |
| Sound | Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Mori Biener | Grip |
| Camera | Jacalyn Welan | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Michael Gross | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Don Coscarelli | Writer |