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 |
| Lighting | Roberto A. Quezada | Gaffer |
| Production | Dac Coscarelli | Producer |
| Art | Kate Coscarelli | Production Design |
| Sound | Malcolm Seagrave | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Fred Myrow | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Don Coscarelli | Director of Photography |
| Art | David Gavin Brown | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Coscarelli | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Colin Spencer | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Michael Gross | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Paul Pepperman | Special Effects |
| Camera | Marc Schwartz | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mori Biener | Grip |
| Camera | Daryn Okada | Grip |
| Camera | John Zumpano | Grip |
| Camera | George W. Singer Jr. | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jacalyn Welan | Second Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Wendy Kaplan | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Dena Roth | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Adele Lustig | Production Coordinator |
| Writing | Don Coscarelli | Writer |