A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
Practical Effects
The sphere kill—gushing yellow blood, pure tactile ingenuity.
Direction
Coscarelli turns a $300K budget into fever-dream atmosphere.
Sound
That synthesized dread score and the Tall Man's whispered 'Boy!'
Director
Don Coscarelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The iconic chrome sphere was originally a prototype that malfunctioned constantly—Coscarelli kept the one good take.
Angus Scrimm based the Tall Man's whispered menace on his own childhood fear of a mean funeral director; he played the role for four decades until his death in 2016.
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