Phantasm (1979)
Phantasm is a sci-fi fantasy horror movie that follows horror icon the Tall Man, an undertaker from another world with supernatural powers as he terrorizes a small town to build his army. When thirteen-year-old Mike begins to suspect the town mortician of being a demon in disguise of a man, he'll have to convince his sister and her friend that the threat is real and that they're all in grave danger.
Summary
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a lethal arsenal of terrible weapons with him.
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