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Phantoms (1998)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:3

Rotten:24

Average Rating:3.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Unspeakable horrors have mysteriously befallen the whole town of Snowfield, Colorado, leaving behind only a few mangled body parts and unanswered questions. Enter two vacationing sisters and a... Unspeakable horrors have mysteriously befallen the whole town of Snowfield, Colorado, leaving behind only a few mangled body parts and unanswered questions. Enter two vacationing sisters and a sheriff and deputy from a nearby town, who try to piece things together with the help of a scientist-turned-tabloid hack. But will they unravel the mystery of the monstrous subterranean killing force before they become its prey? Adapted by Dean Koontz from his own novel. [More]

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck, Joanna Going, Nicky Katt, Clifton Powell, Rick Otto, Rachel Shane, Adam Nelson, John Hammil, John Scott Clough, Michael DeLorenzo, William Hahn, Robert Himber, Bo Hopkins, Paul Schmidt, Dean Hallo, Clive Rosengren, Edmund Wilson, Luke Eberl, Rich Beall, Judith Drake, Yvette Nipar, Ruger, Robert Knepper

Director: Joe Chappelle

Director: Joe Chappelle
Story: Dean Koontz
Screenwriter: Dean Koontz
Producer: Joel Soisson, Michael Leahy, Bob Pringle, Steve Lane
Composer: David Williams

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Aug 18, 1998

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Douglas Pratt

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

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Pete Vonder Haar

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

comment Comment | Oct., 28 2005 07:52 PM

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Emanuel Levy

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Robin Clifford

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Michael Dequina

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

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Dragan Antulov

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Pablo Villaca

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.

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Susan Tavernetti

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Rose McGowan continues her habit of appearing in worthless movies.

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John R. McEwen

...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

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