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[[File:Phantoms 1998film.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A character looks down a drain from which distant, sinister voices call in this still from ''Phantoms (1998 film)''....]]

''Phantoms'' (1998 film)

==Summary==


Based on the novel by [[Dean Koontz]]. The resort town of Snowfield, Colorado is under attack by an evil spirit that almost wipes out the entire population, possessing a number of those it kills. As the locals continue to fall victim to the demonic presence, it's up to a Sheriff to lead the response. He's helped by his deputy, an FBI-employed academic, and a local doctor and her visiting sister.

==Details==

* Release Date: 1998
* Country/Language: US/Japan, English
* Genres/Technical: Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
* Runtime: 1 hr min
* Starring: Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Ben Affleck, Liev Schreiber
* Director: Joe Chappelle
* Writer: [[Dean Koontz]]
* Producer/Production Co: Miramax, Dimension Films, Fuji Creative
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fP0MsVr21s link])

==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

* Rated: R (Violence and Profanity)

===Tentacle Ratings===
A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
* SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)

The characters investigate a town whose population vanished mysteriously, and are soon threatened by a vaguely Lovecraftian monster that can only be explained at the cross-roads of science, folklore, and religion.

''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===

Review Links:
* Ben Bailey at Stupid Blue Planet, ([http://stupidblueplanet.blogspot.com/2014/07/book-learnin-5-dean-koontz-phantoms.html link]) - "The problem is, that’s really all it has going for it: a cool monster.... You can have the creepiest evil imaginable, but if you don’t care about the people its creeping out, it doesn’t really matter...."

==Synopsis==

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The resort town of Snowfield, Colorado is under attack by an evil spirit that almost wipes out the entire population, possessing a number of those it kills. As the locals continue to fall victim to the demonic presence, it's up to a Sheriff to lead the response. He's helped by his deputy, an FBI-employed academic, and a local doctor and her visiting sister.
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==Notes==

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===

* According to Wikipedia, the movie version was one of the primary inspirations for the setting of the classic survival horror video game series ''Silent Hill''...

===Associated Mythos Elements===
* fiction: [[Dean Koontz]] novel, ''Phantoms''
* Deity: [[Bugg-Shash|Croatoan]]
* Race: [[Thing]]s
* Race: [[Shoggoth]]s
* Setting: [[Delta Green]]

===Keeper Notes===

* This story's formal investigation into an eerily deserted town, mysteriously missing townsfolk, and a remarkably talky monster with a variety of terrifying forms seems like a natural setup for a decent [[Delta Green]] scenario....


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-The characters investigate a town whose population vanished mysteriously, and are soon threatened by a vaguely Lovecraftian monster that can only be explained at the cross-roads of science, folklore, and religion.
+The characters investigate a town whose population vanished mysteriously, and are soon threatened by a vaguely Lovecraftian monster, The Ancient Enemy, that can only be explained at the cross-roads of science, folklore, and religion.
 ''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''
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 ===Associated Mythos Elements===
 * fiction:  [[Dean Koontz]] novel, ''Phantoms''
-* Deity: [[Bugg-Shash|Croatoan]]
+* Deity: [[Bugg-Shash|Croatoan]], "The Ancient Enemy"
 * Race: [[Thing]]s
 * Race: [[Shoggoth]]s

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 * Country/Language:  US/Japan, English
 * Genres/Technical:  Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
-* Runtime:  1 hr  min
+* Runtime:  1 hr 36 min
 * Starring:  Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Ben Affleck, Liev Schreiber
 * Director:  Joe Chappelle