Phantoms
Short description
Snowfield, a small town in Colorado, has been almost entirely emptied of its inhabitants, who vanish or die under horrifying circumstances. A handful of survivors, among them the local sheriff, his deputy, two sisters visiting their parents and an expert on historical epidemics, try to work out what has happened and whether they can escape it. Their investigation points to something ancient that has lain dormant underground and can take different forms, and it falls to this small group to confront it.
Joe Chappelle directed the film, his second feature after Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, from a screenplay by Dean R. Koontz. Ben Affleck plays Sheriff Bryce Hammond, Peter O'Toole plays Dr. Timothy Flyte, and Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber and Nicky Katt round out the main cast, with 26 credited performers and 48 credited crew members in all.
Released in January 1998, the film runs 96 minutes and was a modestly budgeted production, with around 14 million USD spent and roughly 6 million USD taken worldwide, a fraction of its cost. On TMDB it holds a rating of 5.6 out of 10 from about 420 votes, while the critics' score stands lower, at 4.1 out of 10 from 31 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- The Sheriff's Deputies wear sheriff's patches on their shoulders.
- Early in the film, when Jennifer and Lisa Payle visit the Snowfield Police Station, a close-up shows the hand of the deceased Deputy Sheriff Paul Henderson and a Beretta 92F pistol. It is clearly visible that the hammer is not cocked, which is impossible, as Henderson fired the weapon, and the hammer is always cocked by the energy of the powder gases during a shot.
- The film discusses the "flatworm theory" (which claims that flatworms, when devouring the remains of their brethren, also absorb their skills). This theory is based on a series of experiments that tested how quickly a worm would find the correct path after consuming its predecessor. The results of the experiments were not as conclusive as claimed in the film.
- The film had a notable influence on the original computer game "Silent Hill" (1999) by Konami and other games in the series; it was also influenced by the films "Jacob's Ladder" (1990) by Adrian Lyne and "Session 9" (2001) by Brad Anderson.
- Sheriff Bryce Hammond uses a SIG-Sauer P226 pistol as his service weapon throughout the film. In the final scene, he is holding a Beretta 92F, it is unknown how it ended up with the sheriff.
Auditions in India
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