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Phantom Town

  • Video
  • 1999
  • PG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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Phantom Town (1999)
HorrorWestern

When a sixteen year-old boy and his two young siblings set off on a quest to find their missing parents, their search leads them to a ghost town in the middle of the desert. They soon discov... Read allWhen a sixteen year-old boy and his two young siblings set off on a quest to find their missing parents, their search leads them to a ghost town in the middle of the desert. They soon discover that this is no ordinary tourist spot. In fact, according to the maps, it doesn't exist... Read allWhen a sixteen year-old boy and his two young siblings set off on a quest to find their missing parents, their search leads them to a ghost town in the middle of the desert. They soon discover that this is no ordinary tourist spot. In fact, according to the maps, it doesn't exist at all! Finding their way into this mysterious place, the kids must confront the sinister... Read all

  • Director
    • Jeff Burr
  • Writer
    • Neal Marshall Stevens
  • Stars
    • Taylor Locke
    • John Patrick White
    • Lauren Summers
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    405
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeff Burr
    • Writer
      • Neal Marshall Stevens
    • Stars
      • Taylor Locke
      • John Patrick White
      • Lauren Summers
    • 8User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Taylor Locke
    • Arnie
    John Patrick White
    John Patrick White
    • Mike
    Lauren Summers
    • Cindy
    Jim Metzler
    Jim Metzler
    • Dad
    Belinda Montgomery
    Belinda Montgomery
    • Mom
    Gabriel Spahiu
    Gabriel Spahiu
    • Hotel Clerk
    Jimmy Herman
    Jimmy Herman
    • Attendant
    Jeff Burr
    Jeff Burr
    • Uncle Jack
    Iuliana Ciugulea
    • Aunt Silvia
    Dan Badarau
    • Bartender
    Serban Celea
    Serban Celea
    • Cowboy
    Scot Kuykundahl
    • Cowboy
    Ion Haiduc
    Ion Haiduc
    • Cowboy
    Billy Mchenry
    • Cowboy
    • (as Dyer McHenry)
    Petre Moraru
    • Cowboy
    Doru Ana
    Doru Ana
    • Gunslinger
    Mihai Baranga
    • Gunslinger
    Constantin Barbulescu
    • Gunslinger
    • Director
      • Jeff Burr
    • Writer
      • Neal Marshall Stevens
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    5capkronos

    So-so family friendly horror with some decent special effects.

    Juvenile tale of teen Mike (John Patrick White), his genius younger brother Arnie (Taylor Locke, son of the producer, and worse than most kid actors) and little sister Cindy (Lauren Summers), who receive a weird phone call from their parents one night. Mom and dad (Belinda J. Montgomery and Jim Metzler) never come home so the kids track them down to a ghost town in some kind of time freeze (it's 1882 there). The town is full of alien cowboys that spit green goo, people wrapped in cocoons underground in catacombs and strange symbols painted on walls. The ghost of an old Indian shows up to help. The western town set is good and a handful of surprising effects (a mutant sheriff, a giant eye monster, an evil book that grows legs and runs) keep this watchable for younger horror fans, who are the target audience anyway. It was filmed in the U.S. and Romania from the same production company that brought us TEENAGE SPACE VAMPIRES.
    1rsrungaram

    Amazing!!!!

    Phantom Town is a great movie, It includes, comedy, adventure and most of all HORROR!!!! My eyes where glued to the TV screen from credits to credits. The acting is just mind boggling and the movie has cutting edge special effects. One my memorable moments of the film is when one characters utters "wow! talk about ugly, this thing is worse than my math teacher!!! Hahah. Cracked me up till the end!!! I highly recommend watching this film, however the film is so amazing that it can't be found on DVD or it's hard find on VHS at local video store, and it's to scary for HBO and ICONTROL so you must order it via internet.

    " This movie is so amazing, It inspires me to make all my films,If you want! Horror,Comedy and Adventure, please take the time to order this great movie" stated James Edward Seyer, and aspiring filmmaker.

    To some it all up. This movie is amazing! and to note, The music and score is awesome!
    4briandzwoniarek

    A Mediocre Horror Film

    This movie was OK when I watched, but now it seems to be a mediocre mess. First off the intro credits where way to drawn out and a terrible introduction to the film. Second, the edits and cuts are nothing short of a seizure inducing nightmare. Third, they reuse a bunch of clips and the whole thing seems lazy overall. OK, so those are my main issues with the film. But is this movie as bad as I make it out to be? Well, at its core its just a generic kid-friendly horror film. But there are a lot of issues i have with the film. One issue i have is that the 4 year old girl is completely unnecessary to the plot. I get she's in there because the producers had to keep the audience in for something, but that's just a cheap move. The story is the best part, as it's just a generic horror film plot, not much else to say. The acting is mediocre, OK at best. I'll cut them some slack as it's probably there first film.The editing is the worst part. the camera is constantly zipping around and the cuts are seizure inducing. Overall the movie is not worth your time but if you want a generic horror film, go for it.
    1steven_kapo

    bad

    too predictable, the plot was very uninspired, the special effects look so bad, that even my friends and i had better zero dollar effects in our home movies, the ending was gross. i understand this movie may look innocent, but they had broke copyright laws, too, as in , the trailer features quiet riots "terrified" and the movies budget no money for the rights. yes, i did waste my time watching this movie, and i regretted it. now to be honest, for what it was, it wasn't the worst, i mean at least some the demonic voices are decent, but this movie has no place in history, period. now this is without a doubt benjamin carrs worst movie, not to say kraa wasn't bad, but at least that one was good enough to have a cult following, but anyways, this movie has nothing to offer, and im so gld its not on DVD!
    9daltonio823

    Awesome Movie!

    "Phantom Town" was a great movie. I've had the VHS for a couple years but never watched it until now. It was great! The acting was good, the storyline was good, the ending was good. I give it a 9/10. I strongly suggest you watch this movie soon. They really need to put it on DVD now. :) The story begins when a sixteen year old boy and his two siblings hear that their parents are missing, with the only thing they know being that they had went to a town called Long Hand. SO the children go to rescue their parents. What they don't know about Long Hand is that everyone there are zombie-like creatures trying to take the children's souls. You really need to watch this movie right away.

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    • Trivia
      The film's trailer re-uses music from Subspecies.
    • Quotes

      Arnie: It's Funny, I guess Sometimes Something that you think is dead, turns out to be alive, And Sometimes Something that you think is alive turns out to be dead, And Sometimes you think you gotten away from the dark. Trouble is, you never really do. It's always there, Everytime you close your eyes... Inside.

    • Alternate versions
      There exists a longer cut with more graphic material that was cut from the U.S. VHS, presumably to secure a PG rating.
    • Connections
      Edited into Tales of the Fantastic (2023)
    • Soundtracks
      Nourisher
      Music and Lyrics by Derek Donely

      Performed by Toasty Pillow

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 16, 1999 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
      • Romania
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Spooky Town
    • Filming locations
      • Romania
    • Production companies
      • Canarom Films
      • Castel Films
      • The Kushner-Locke Company
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    • Budget
      • $800,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo

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