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
I don't use narcotics, but If I did....
...I'd probably hallucinate something of this caliber. This movie is all over the place! There's a weird looking guy having sex with a weird looking gal in a graveyard, and she turns into a weird looking old guy! Then there's four-wheelin' and guitar jammin' and weird looking psychic grandmas and weird looking dwarf zombies and metallic, gardener-splattering spheres and a weird looking severed finger that turns into a weird looking bug and a hero who doubles as an ice cream man!!
The movie is highly entertaining and keeps moving, and there's the classic moment when the older brother is hit in the leg with the hammer by the kid brother ("Maybe it was that retarded kid down the street"). I loved it! But it IS weird looking....
The movie is highly entertaining and keeps moving, and there's the classic moment when the older brother is hit in the leg with the hammer by the kid brother ("Maybe it was that retarded kid down the street"). I loved it! But it IS weird looking....
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- zmaturin
- Jun 17, 1999
Details
- 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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