Phantasm : Extended Cut

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Phantasm : Extended Cut
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Original Release Date:
1979
Original Running Time:
88
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Fanedit Running Time:
101
Time Added:
13
Brief Synopsis:
An extended edit featuring many deleted scenes integrated into the film, as well as the original 1978 footage that was used in Phantasm IV. Parts of the new soundtrack had to be recreated from scratch, and every added scene has been correctly framed and color-corrected.
Intention:
An extended edit featuring many deleted scenes integrated into the film, as well as the original 1978 footage that was used in Phantasm IV. Parts of the new soundtrack had to be recreated from scratch, and every added scene has been correctly framed and color-corrected.
Cuts and Additions:
- Different intro logo “Phantasm : Extended Cut”.
- Additional scene : Mike & his brother driving / The tall man runs over a dog in broad daylight.
- Additional scene : Mike runs after Reggie’s truck and steals some ice-cream.
- Extended scene : The Tall Man watches Mike after his bike accident.
- Additional scene : Mike tries to tell Jody what he saw at the cemetery.
- Additional scene : Jody and Mike get drunk and cause mayhem at Reggie’s ice-cream shop.
- Additional scene : Jody at work, making out with his girlfriend.
- Additional scene : Reggie & Mike hear something strange / Mike on the street by night.
- Additional scene : The Tall Man gets shot, iced and explodes.
- Additional scene : Mike traps the Tall Man, hangs him, leaves him for dead and is tricked into releasing him.
Cover art by Dr. Sapirstein (DOWNLOAD HERE)
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5 reviews
Overall rating
 
7.2
Audio/Video Quality
 
8.0(1)
Audio Editing
 
7.0(1)
Visual Editing
 
7.0(1)
Narrative
 
6.0(1)
Enjoyment
 
8.2(5)
Overall rating
 
7.2
Audio/Video Quality
 
8.0
Audio Editing
 
7.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
6.0
Enjoyment
 
8.0
As much as I love the Phantasm series, the first entry in particular operates on a level of dream logic/unlogic that suggests a less-ambitious David Lynch movie. I was hoping that this extended edition would smooth over some of the plot cave-ins, but instead it just creates more confusion. Not to say it isn't still a lot of fun (it's still got all the muscle cars and death balls you'd expect) but the baffling ice cream fight scene does more harm than good, and the rest of the additions are pretty neutral, and may work better as they were, smack in the middle of the otherwise mediocre Phantasm IV.

Ultimately, good for a change but not a shelf-replacer, especially for the Bad Robot-produced remaster.
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