
Phantoms
For centuries they told us the terror would come from above. We've been looking the wrong way.
In the peaceful Colorado town of Snowfield, something evil has wiped out the community. And now, it's up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
- 5.4
- 1998
- Released
- 1h 36m

Ben Affleck
Sheriff Bryce Hammond
Peter O'Toole
Dr. Timothy Flyte
Rose McGowan
Lisa Pailey
Joanna Going
Jennifer Pailey, M.D.
Liev Schreiber
Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle
Nicky Katt
Deputy Steve Shanning
Clifton Powell
Gen. Leland Copperfield
Rick Otto
Scientist Lockland
Valerie Chow
Scientist Yamaguchi
Adam Nelson
Scientist Burke
John Hammil
Scientist Talbot
John Scott Clough
Scientist Shane
Michael DeLorenzo
Soldier Velazquez
William Hahn
Scientist Borman
Robert Himber
Scientist Walker
Bo Hopkins
Agent Hawthorne
Robert Knepper
Agent Wilson
Dean Hallo
Sgt. Harker
Clive Rosengren
Commanding Officer
Edmund Wyson
Cpl. Guthrie
Luke Eberl
Tunnel Boy
Judith Drake
Hilda
Yvette Nipar
Cowgirl
Lonny Chapman
Old Man at Bar (uncredited)
Linnea Quigley
Woman in Room 204 (uncredited)
Released
en
$14,000,000.00
$5,624,282.00
- #sheriff
- #based on novel or book
- #professor
- #colorado
- #gore
- #deserted town
- #rural area
- #los angeles, california
- #scientist
- #u.s. soldier
- #military
- #alternate life form
- #deputies
- #fear of dying
- #sister sister relationship
- #suspenseful
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I had last seen this probably back in 2000 on DVD but don't remember a damn thing about it and really only remember the line in Jay and Silent Bob Stike Back, "Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms". In any case, some of the effects were decent and cool shots here and there, but the quick editing, likely to cover the deficiencies in the effects, was annoying. Watchable I guess but had so much potential

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The first thing we'd like to know is what we're dealing with, biological, chemical, or other. Directed by Joe Chappelle and written by Dean Koontz, who adapts from his own novel, Phantoms (not the greatest title all things considered) is a considerably well put together amalgamation of horror/sci-fi/creature feature tropes. If at times it feels clichéd and formulaic, then that is ultimately a c











