Is Phantasm actually good?

Phantasm sits in the 62.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 62.1% of them.

How does Phantasm compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, Phantasm lands in the 53.4% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Phantasm's score based on?

312 calibrated reviewers stand behind Phantasm's score.

1979

global pct

62.1

Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s

Phantasm

Name: Phantasm
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Released: 1979

Scored from 312 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

62.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

53.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

83.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

312 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After his brother's funeral, teenage Mike grows suspicious of Morningside Mortuary and its sinister caretaker, the Tall Man. Investigating with his older brother Jody and ice cream vendor Reggie, Mike uncovers a nightmarish operation involving flying silver spheres, hooded dwarves, and a gateway to another dimension.

Phantasm (1979) is a film IMDb files under the horror and science-fiction genres.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,207 of whom clear the calibration test. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 2,405 1970s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 312 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 321 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Phantasm (1979) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 312
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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