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Phantasm (1979)
Why is this a classic?
I finally saw Phantasm, a film that is regarded as a classic. I could not for the life of me understand how anyone could love this film so much. The acting is terrible, the story makes no sense at all and there seems to be a complete and total disregard for continuity from start to finish. And imagine my disappointment when I learned that the Tall Man (who was the least frightening horror villain ever) as just making people into dwarfs to be slaves on his home planet. That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard. The special effects are decent and the chrome sphere drilling into that one guys forehead was the only worthwhile thing in the entire movie. Michael Baldwin looks like an ugly little girl with a speech problem and everyone around him (especially the character of Jody) shows about as much emotion as a rock. This is an incredibly disappointing film. Many reviews on here say that once you get past the bad acting, worse script, nonsensical parts, lack of scares,lack of continuity, lack of gore (except for one scene as yellow blood is hardly gore) etc. etc., that it is a true classic, but really, once you get past all that, what's left?
Poltergeist (1982)
Overrated and poorly put together.
Everyone I know loves this film and I decided that it was time I saw what is considered a classic of horror. I was pretty let down. The plot is barely being held together by anything. The movie suggests causes for the events in the house left and right and quickly discards them. The actual events started off being subtle, but then we are quickly thrown head first into an array of crazy events that feel like they were there to cover up the many plot holes and show off ILM's command of the effects. The acting is mediocre and the effects, while impressive, feel out of place. I personally did not find the movie to be scary at all. So, why is it that everyone loves it so much? Maybe we just feel like we have to because its a "classic". I know that initially after the credits started rolling, I thought to myself, "did I miss something? That wasn't even that good."