Critic Reviews
Phantoms (1998) Rank 1 Reviews
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based on (73) reviews
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Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Director Chappelle lays on the spook factor heavy in the first 30 minutes or so, but the film quickly devolves into a simplistic slash 'n' bash shoot-'em-up which goes nowhere fast. ...read the complete Phantoms movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Sometimes in horror movies, bad acting is effective, its very woodenness contributing to the sense of robotic horror. That ain't happening here. These guys are just bad actors. ...read the complete Phantoms movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Globe and Mail (--)
Movie Poop Shoot (Michael Dequina)
Quickly degenerates from X-Files to Baywatch Nights once the culprit is ultimately revealed. ...read the complete Phantoms movie review at Movie Poop Shoot (Michael Dequina)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
A movie, based on the popular Dean Koontz novel, that seems to have been made by grinding up other films and feeding them to this one. ...read the complete Phantoms movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Did you know that if a certain kind of worm learns how to solve a maze, and then you grind it up and feed it to other worms, the other worms will then be able to negotiate the maze on their first try? That's one of the scientific nuggets supplied in ``Pha ...read the complete Phantoms movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
A horror movie that has the distinction of not even being scary... Although Koontz wrote the screenplay, the suspense for which he is supposed to be famous doesn't translate to the screen. ...read the complete Phantoms movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
eFilmCritic.com (--)
Entertainment Weekly (Ty Burr)
It's nearly unwatchable, a farrago of confusing direction, stupid plot coincidences, and banal dialogue. ...read the complete Phantoms movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Ty Burr)
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
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