31 Scary Movies: ‘Phantasm’

“Phantasm” (1979) – After watching Don Coscarelli’s film about a strange mausoleum executive – unofficially named The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) – and his best practices that don’t end in the best results for his customers, one can only conclude the writer/director marches to the beat of his own drum.  Well, you know what they say about geniuses?   Not that “Phantasm” is a genius film, because it’s not. No one in this movie behaves like an actual person would in real life. Many of the scenes seem thrown together, accompanied…