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
Hokey but entertaining mix of sci fi and horror
I've never understood why the film has this reputation as been scary because it really isn't. Take away the that one scene with the orb (along with the two brief topless scenes which are totally unnecessary) and there is no way this would have been X or R rated. That's not to say though that its not entertaining because it most certainly is. The story does gets a little incoherent at times, probably due to how much it was cut down in the editing from nearly 3 hours to 88 mins!. The ending left me totally confused when I first watched this on on VHS as a teen in the late 80's and it was only because a more observant friend was present that I got what had gone down! It also relies a little too much on the hoary old horror trope of characters stupidly splitting up when they should stay together to drive the narrative along in places. But all in I enjoyed it and its a slice of horror history for sure if you've not seen it previously.
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- Fubar99
- Nov 17, 2021
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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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