Peter O'Toole, Nicky Katt, Ben Affleck
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 seeme...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
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April 13, 2009Phantoms is a film most famous for being name-checked in Jay and SIlent Bob Strike Back "Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms, yo". The joke being that this is a rather simplistic B-Movie with nothing extraordinary about it. It's a solid effort and most enjoyable. It starts out as a ...( read more)
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December 10, 2008A small town found completely deserted by a local sheriff is found to be inhabited by an ancient creature than can absorb and mimic its prey. Rose McGowan must have felt right at home when she made Planet Terror because this is exactly the kind of daft B-movie horror it parodied....( read more)
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June 16, 2008When these creatures eat a human, they learn everything it knows and even everything it thinks it knows, so that since many humans think they are being eaten by the devil, the creatures think they are the devil, too. If only we could learn to think more kindly of those who digest...( read more)
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June 16, 2008Better than expected considering I'm not a fan of Koontz or McGowen or director Joe (Halloween:The Curse...) Chappelle.
The first 45 minutes is a creepy thrillride but once the calvary shows up it loses its footing due to hammy acting, poor editing and the lack of some much need...( read more) -
April 9, 2008What was Peter O'Toole thinking?
Also, I know Jay and Silent Bob loved it, but now I realize I should never listen to a couple of burn-outs. -
October 23, 2009An errie film which is a cross of science fiction and the supernatural, so it seems. Based on one of Dean Koontz's best sellers, I enjoyed the book.
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September 16, 2009Dumb, but gory, apocaliptic and intense sequences. Both the ending and Ben Affleck ruined this even more.
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March 21, 2009This movie started out pretty scary and suspenseful, but eventually bottomed out into a run of the mill sci-fi flick. Had some decent parts, and the creatures were somewhat imaginative, just nothing too exciting or dynamic, in the acting or writing.
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December 12, 2008well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n its really corny but its good....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that ben affleck plays a good part throughout this movie..i also think that liev schreiber plays a good part throughout this mov...( read more)
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February 2, 2008This is yet another bad movie that I love. I might be biased though becasue I thought the book was awesome. Whatever though, becasue I liked the movie.
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