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Das Böse

Original title: Phantasm
  • 1979
  • (Banned)
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
41K
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POPULARITY
4,976
1,283
Angus Scrimm in Das Böse (1979)
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A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

  • Director
    • Don Coscarelli
  • Writer
    • Don Coscarelli
  • Stars
    • A. Michael Baldwin
    • Bill Thornbury
    • Reggie Bannister
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    41K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,976
    1,283
    • Director
      • Don Coscarelli
    • Writer
      • Don Coscarelli
    • Stars
      • A. Michael Baldwin
      • Bill Thornbury
      • Reggie Bannister
    • 387User reviews
    • 244Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations

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    A. Michael Baldwin and Angus Scrimm in Das Böse (1979)
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    Susan Harper in Das Böse (1979)
    A. Michael Baldwin in Das Böse (1979)
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    A. Michael Baldwin
    A. Michael Baldwin
    • Mike
    • (as Michael Baldwin)
    Bill Thornbury
    Bill Thornbury
    • Jody
    Reggie Bannister
    Reggie Bannister
    • Reggie
    Kathy Lester
    Kathy Lester
    • Lady in Lavender
    Terrie Kalbus
    • Fortuneteller's Granddaughter
    Kenneth V. Jones
    Kenneth V. Jones
    • Caretaker
    • (as Ken Jones)
    Susan Harper
    • Girlfriend
    Lynn Eastman-Rossi
    Lynn Eastman-Rossi
    • Sally
    • (as Lynn Eastman)
    David Arntzen
    • Toby
    Ralph Richmond
    • Bartender
    Bill Cone
    • Tommy
    Laura Mann
    • Double Lavender
    Mary Ellen Shaw
    • Fortuneteller
    Myrtle Scotton
    • Maid
    Angus Scrimm
    Angus Scrimm
    • The Tall Man
    Dac Coscarelli
    • Funeral Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Kate Coscarelli
    • Funeral Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Don Coscarelli
    • Writer
      • Don Coscarelli
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Don Coscarelli rented all of the filming equipment used to make this movie, always on Fridays so he could use it all weekend and return it on Mondays, all the while only actually having to pay one day's rental on the equipment.
    • Goofs
      When The Tall Man breaks down the door of Mike's house, at the bottom of the door, a crew person's feet are visible running and pushing the door.
    • Quotes

      The Tall Man: Boooy!

    • Crazy credits
      The remastered version begins with the Bad Robot logo appearing in one of the Tall Man's spheres.
    • Alternate versions
      New Line/Image Collector's Edition laserdisc features a separate section with one deleted scene (struck from a what appears to be a work print as there is no music and sound is limited to dialogue only). The scene has Mike telling big brother Jody about weird goings-on he has witnessed at the cemetery. Jody then gets Mike drunk and takes him to Reggie's ice cream parlor, where they start a food fight. Then it cuts to a scene the next day where Jody stops by the bank where he works and visits his girlfriend.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Boulevard Nights, Phantasm, Last Embrace, Voices, Get Mean, The Great Bank Hoax (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Sittin' Here At Midnight
      by Bill Thornbury

      Thornbury Music

    User reviews387

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    I don't use narcotics, but If I did....
    ...I'd probably hallucinate something of this caliber. This movie is all over the place! There's a weird looking guy having sex with a weird looking gal in a graveyard, and she turns into a weird looking old guy! Then there's four-wheelin' and guitar jammin' and weird looking psychic grandmas and weird looking dwarf zombies and metallic, gardener-splattering spheres and a weird looking severed finger that turns into a weird looking bug and a hero who doubles as an ice cream man!!

    The movie is highly entertaining and keeps moving, and there's the classic moment when the older brother is hit in the leg with the hammer by the kid brother ("Maybe it was that retarded kid down the street"). I loved it! But it IS weird looking....
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    • zmaturin
    • Jun 17, 1999

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 3, 1979 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Phantasm
    • Filming locations
      • Dunsmuir House & Gardens - 2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, California, USA(Morningside cemetery)
    • Production companies
      • New Breed Productions Inc.
      • Bad Robot
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,988,469
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,988,469
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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