''Phantom Town'' (later released in 2013 as ''Spooky Town'' on DVD) is a 1998 Canadian-American-Romanian horror fantasy

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film directed by Jeff Burr with the screenplay by Benjamin Carr. The film starred John Patrick White, Taylor Locke, Lauren Summers, Jim Metzler, Belinda Montgomery, and Gabriel Spahiu. The film focuses on Mike, a sixteen-year-old boy, and his two younger siblings as they search for their missing parents in the mysterious town of Long Hand, which according to maps does not exist at all. The film had a runtime of 95 minutes. ''Phantom Town'' had an estimated budget of $800,000. The film was filmed at Castel Film Studios in

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and was released in theaters in the US on July 1, 1998 and to VHS and DVD on February 16, 1999.

Plot

Three children go on a search to find their parents who mysteriously disappeared after entering a town called Long Hand that isn't found on any map. The children check in at the town's hotel and begin to notice that the residents of Long Hand behave strangely, repeating the same actions over and over. Further exploration of the town leads the children to discover that the town is inhabited by body snatchers, and they could be the next victims. The children eventually find their parents in catacombs located underneath the town, and manage to leave the town with their parents after killing the monster that runs the town. In the end, Mike throws a party and the children discover that their parents had been transformed just like the other residents of Long Hand.

Cast

* John Patrick White as Mike * Taylor Locke as Arnie * Lauren Summers as Cindy *

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as Dad * Belinda Montgomery as Mom * Gabriel Spahiu as Hotel Clerk *

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as Attendant *

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as Uncle Jack * Iuliana Ciugulea as Aunt Silvia

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* 1998 films 1990s English-language films Canadian horror films American horror films Romanian horror films English-language Canadian films English-language Romanian films 1998 horror films 1998 fantasy films 1990s Western (genre) horror films American Western (genre) horror films Films shot in Bucharest 1990s American films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-horror-film-stub