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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
A. Michael Baldwin
- Mike
- (as Michael Baldwin)
Kenneth V. Jones
- Caretaker
- (as Ken Jones)
Lynn Eastman-Rossi
- Sally
- (as Lynn Eastman)
Dac Coscarelli
- Funeral Guest
- (uncredited)
Kate Coscarelli
- Funeral Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDon 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.
- GoofsWhen 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 creditsThe remastered version begins with the Bad Robot logo appearing in one of the Tall Man's spheres.
- Alternate versionsNew 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Phantasm: Behind the Scenes 1995 Featurette (1995)
Featured review
It pays to see it twice
I bought the DVD (an older one, not the one that's been referred to here) of this ages ago, watched it once, got bored and didn't watch it for months. Then I shoved it in my player the other night because I had nothing better to do and I have to say it has improved immeasurably the second time around. This is mainly because I was aware that it had a confusing plot which I'd previously decided made no sense, so I wasn't focussing on that aspect of the film this time around. Instead I noticed the really effective musical score, one of the best I've heard, and the excellent cinematography/lighting which give the film a very tense and quite frightening atmosphere. The acting isn't so good and the dialogue in one mercifully short early scene (where two characters meet before the funeral that sparks the plot off) borders on C-movie-style contrivedness, but overall it's an enjoyable flick with plenty of memorable sequences and a sense of pace and enthusiasm last seen in The Evil Dead.
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- SlimeyPete
- Jun 5, 2002
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Morningside
- Filming locations
- Dunsmuir House & Gardens - 2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, California, USA(Morningside cemetery)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $300,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,988,469
- Gross worldwide
- $11,988,469
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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