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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781558908789
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1558908781
Label: Dimension
Manufacturer: Dimension
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Dimension
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 19, 1998
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 18701
Studio: Dimension
Theatrical Release Date: January 23, 1998
Editorial Review:
Description:
A heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat thriller with a hot cast of rising stars, PHANTOMS is the latest from master of suspense, Dean Koontz! Five lone survivors in a devastated town must face the unthinkable: a ferocious force of evil lying below the earth for centuries has surfaced with the power to destroy every human being! Left behind are two sisters, the town sheriff (Academy Award(R)-winner Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING), his deputy (Liev Schreiber, SCREAM 2), and a noted tabloid journalist (Peter O'Toole). You're in for a pulse-pounding experience as the survivors race to stop this terrifying threat before it wipes humankind off the face of the earth!
Amazon.com:
Either Dean Koontz shouldn't adapt his own bestsellers, or his 1983 novel Phantoms was a pack of horror clichés to begin with, or this movie is 15 years past its due date. What might have seemed fresh at the time of Poltergeist now feels like it was made from a derivative script with pages missing. Plagued by reckless leaps of logic, the movie starts with adequately eerie atmosphere and a perversely twisted performance by Scream 2's Liev Schreiber, but decays into a familiar hash of gross-out effects, resulting from the annihilation of a small Colorado town by an evil force known as 'The Ancient Enemy.' In a dreary role that insults the twilight of his distinguished career, Peter O'Toole plays a paleobiologist whose crackpot ideas have become tabloid fodder, but he holds the key to conquering the beast. Or does he? Sure enough, an obligatory coda leaves room for anticlimactic doubt. Phantoms has a few genuinely creepy highlights, including a devilish beastie resembling an angry flying scorpion, and horror fans will surely find something to admire, but everyone else is advised to proceed with caution and lowered expectations. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Phantoms review
Its a solid B sci fi/ horror movie, very enjoyable. Decent plot, good pace and a good creep factor. I would say its a good buy. Its a great way to kill a afternoon if you just cant find anything to watch on TV.
Rating:  - What's up?
Personally, I liked the book and the movie--very Lovecraftian. What I don't get is why did my copy from Amazon have a Wal-Mart sticker on the front? Does any Amazonian have an answer?
Rating:  - The Book Is Better
The seller of this item was great. Shipped fast and wonderful communications. HOWEVER - The movie itself was awful. After reading the book the movie was a major disappointment. Don't waste your money
Rating:  - Lovecraft.....? Is that you..?
I had no idea Koonz was so heavily influenced by Lovecraft. This film and story had a very strong H.P. Lovecraft feel to it. I'd recommend it to any Lovecraft fan.
Rating: - "Affleck you the bomb in Phantoms, Yo!"
Indeed dear Sirs and Misses he is. I highly recommend this B movie to everyone who just wants to have a good laugh with a hint of a scare here and there.
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