It's been years since I watched this—I’m guessing around 2000—and I honestly can’t recall anything about it, except for the quote from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back referencing Ben Affleck in Phantoms. Certain visual effects were alright, and there were a few interesting scenes, but the rapid editing felt distracting; it seemed intended to hide how weak some of the effects were. It's an okay film, I suppose, though …

A movie reminiscent of The Thing, though distantly related, unfolds in a remote Colorado mountain town. Two sisters, portrayed by Rose McGowan and Joanna Going, arrive in the Rockies to find the town practically deserted, save for a few bodies. They subsequently meet Sheriff Affleck and his deputies as the unsettling situation escalates; Liev Schreiber takes on one of the deputy roles. Peter O'Toole appears as an …

Right away, the initial question that arises is whether we’re confronting something organic, synthetic, or something else entirely. Joe Chappelle directed this film, with a script from Dean Koontz, who adapted it from his own novel, Phantoms (a somewhat questionable title). It's a skillfully assembled combination of horror, science fiction, and creature feature elements. While the movie occasionally feels predicta…