Phantoms

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

Related Phantoms News

Susco Helms White for Rogue	Rider Joins Pulse : Invasion
New The Last Winter Trailer	The Last Winter Poster
Pulse 3 DVD Art & Release Date	The Last Winter Trailer
New Last Winter Trailer	Is a Horror Movie always Art?
Pulse 3 Exclusive Clip	The Last Winter Review
Miramax Studio Closes Down	Retro Rewatch: Phantoms 1998
Fall Down Dead New Indie Horror	Halloween 6: Producers Cut To DVD?
The Real History of Snakes on a Pla...	Home Invasion Films Get Us Where We...
Rue Morgue Issue #48 Sneak Peek!	5 MORE Horror Villains You Could Be...
Chronicles of Riddick Interview

Related Phantoms Movie Reviews
Critic reviews are fantastic and we have many great critics but our community members ARE the horror audience and it is their reviews that really tell you if a film is worth watching.

Phantoms Review by Steve Lewis

Promising beginning to a let down ending. Four people become trapped in a what it seems to be an abandoned town. Strange things start happening and people are showing up dead. Beneath the surface to the town ...

Totally random Last Post by MoonRaven, ( 30370 Total Replies ) Movies You Just Bought Last Post by Theli, ( 6410 Total Replies ) Last horror movie you watched? Last Post by Theli, ( 25955 Total Replies ) Last Mainstream movie you watched. Last Post by hellrat, ( 8912 Total Replies ) Cool Ones Coming Up Last Post by hellrat, ( 2 Total Replies ) Introduce Yourself Last Post by hellrat, ( 3447 Total Replies ) The Fast and the Furious series Last Post by BubRub, ( 6 Total Replies ) Last Seen T.V. Show Last Post by Suspiria_89, ( 4035 Total Replies )
Release: Dec 31 >> Upcoming DVDs	Case 39 Release Dec 31 Diary of the Dead 2 Release Dec 31 Melody's Smile Release Dec 31 3:30 AM Release Dec 31 Dorothy Mills Release Dec 31 The New Daughter Release Dec 31 The Oxford Murders (2008) Release Dec 31 HellRaiser (2009) Release Dec 31 Scanners (2008) Release Dec 31 >> Upcoming Horror Movies	Priest Movie Review by: thegoldensimatar; Long time, long long time since I wrote a review. Feels good to start again. Lets dive in. There has always been Man.... I Saw the Devil Movie Review by: Kyle scott Super 8 Movie Review by: alex1176 Rammbock: Berlin Undead Movie Revi... by: DeadByDawn House on Haunted Hill (1959) Movie... by: TerrorCorn...