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Phantoms

Phantoms (1998)

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14

Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6

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32

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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 12,185

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Dean Koontz scripted this adaptation of his fantasy novel. The tale begins when two sisters, Lisa (Rose McGowan) and Jenny (Joanna Going) arrive for a ski vacation in the mountain resort town of Snowfield, Colorado, where they discover their landlady is dead and the town is deserted except for a single dead police officer. Lisa and Jenny are soon joined by Sheriff Bryce Hammond (Ben Affleck) and his deputies Stu Wargle (Liev Schreiber) and Steve Shanning (Nicky Katt). The five conclude that the

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Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Dean Koontz

Aug 28, 2001

Miramax

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All Critics (48) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (26) | DVD (4)

The more the story and film unfold, the stupider "Phantoms" gets...

March 31, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

The great thespian Peter O'Toole looks more out of place in this schlock pic than the rest of the cast, even though he's the best thing about this misfire.

January 31, 2013 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A dandy Halloween feature with a good needle-in-the-butt jump every five minutes or so

June 14, 2007

Affleck, you weren't the bomb in Phantoms, yo. But Rose McGowan is hot.

October 28, 2005 | Comment (1)
Film Threat

Quickly degenerates from X-Files to Baywatch Nights once the culprit is ultimately revealed.

January 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Poop Shoot
Movie Poop Shoot

O roteiro é absolutamente ridículo e jamais consegue explicar exatamente que coisa é aquela que se transforma nas pessoas. Affleck deveria sentir vergonha de se submeter a isso, e O'Toole tenta manter a dignidade como pode.

July 25, 2003
Cinema em Cena

Rose McGowan continues her habit of appearing in worthless movies.

March 25, 2003
Oz
Hollywood Bitchslap

...A rather silly concept, drawn out to terribly silly lengths, with so many horror-movie clichés that the good devices are drowned out by the schlock

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online
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Audience Reviews for Phantoms

"Wow! And not like wow, this was awesome. Wow like, OMG WTF did I just watch? I figured it being based on a Dean Koontz book and having Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck, and Peter O'Toole in the movie, that this might be good. Jeez what a horrible mistake that was. The script, directing, acting, it was all bad. This is a mess of a film. I couldn't wait for it to be over. The story should have stayed on the pages of the book. The only thing entertaining was the bad acting. Liev did crack me up with his crazy ass laugh and his creepy tendacies. But besides that, I could have done without seeing this entire film."
September 24, 2009
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Sheriff Bryce Hammond: All right, enough.
Sheriff Bryce Hammond: Enough! It's not a god, it's not a devil. It's just a fucking animal, and any living thing can be killed.
Timothy Flyte: But this thing is what wiped out the dinosaurs! Which were pretty tough fucking customers!

Phantoms is now one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Everything about it is a complete waste of time. The acting is complete shit. The dialogue is complete shit. The story is complete shit. The sound is complete shit. I could go on, but I think you get the point. For me the sound was the most annoying thing, besides Ben Afflecks horrible performance. During dialogue I would have to turn the volume up because the characters are whispering and I can't hear their worthless dialogue. Then, Bam, 5 minutes of screeching and banging that about blows my speakers. So I turn it down, then I have to turn it back up. That was the whole movie experience for me. The two actresses, while clearly easy on the eyes, are absolutely horrible and almost rival Affleck performance. I feel bad for O'Toole because he's such a great actor. I just can't see what made him want to be in this.
July 6, 2011
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