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Phantom of the Mall [VHS]

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Ok, this movie is a comedy. Not supposed to be. Grab the popcorn and get ready for some entertainment. See Morgan, Pauly and a pre-star Rob Estes. Ok, truth be told, I worked on this movie in 1988. It was my first job in Hollywood, so it will always have a place in my heart. Kirk Montgomery - Denver, CO.

This is a very entertaining movie. Phantom of the mall
is a great low budget movie
and I enjoyed it. If it comes out on DVD i'll buy it.

Honestly, it wasn't that bad! I know all my phellow phans are going to pelt me with tomatoes, but I rather enjoyed it. You kind of have to overlook the fact that it was the 80s with the fashion and the hair...*shiver*, but asside fromt hat, it's a good movie. The "phantom" in the movie is one supposedly dead Eric(I know I know, "c", but at least they bothered to use the right name)Matthews who had one side of his face burned in a fire and is living in the mall built over where his house once stood. He doesn't do much other than grunt and breathe hard until near the end of the movie, it's more centered on his girlfriend Melody who gets a job at the mall. She finds out Eric is alive with the help of the Raoul character Peter.
My only major complaint is with the ending. Melody was supposedly deeply in love with Eric and when she finally finds out he's alive she ditches him for Peter. That really threw me off. To me it seemed like she just woke up one morning and stopped loving Eric, it really was that sudden. That scene was the one that got me swearing at the TV. Oh, and then for the final kick in the ribs, Eric...well, I don't want to give away the ending, but she starts lip-locking with Peter at what was to me anyway, a very inappropriate time.
To summarize: A good movie, for the 80s, anyway even though I wanted to throw Melody off a cliff at the end. A should-see for phans.

This movie was just a lot of fun to watch. It had a good cast of characters. The characters were developed well, some you like and some you don't. The photography, lighting, score etc were all good. It's hard to call this a "B" movie. I'd like to see this movie transfered to DVD by Anchor Bay. I've bought some "B" movies that were transfered to DVD, but done poorly. Everything I have by Anchor Bay is just GREAT. Go Anchor Bay!!