Episode Sixty-Eight - The Phantom (1996)
- Author
- Trev Snyder & Chris Sorgiovanni
- Published
- Tue 25 Apr 2023
- Episode Link
- https://sites.libsyn.com/290192/episode-sixty-eight-the-phantom-1996
We're closing out two month's of "Pulp Frustration" with a look at 1996's ill-fated adaptation of Lee Falk's classic comic-strip hero, The Phantom. Intended as a star vehicle for Billy Zane, The Phantom was shepherded by two mega-producers, and came complete with a script co-written by beloved genre icon Joe Dante. But when the writers aren't on the same page as, well, nearly everyone else involved, it can spell disaster. How does The Phantom stack up against the other pulp heroes we've seen so far? Is Treat Williams in a different movie than everyone else? And were they honestly expecting audiences to take that costume seriously? We discuss all this, and more, as we "Slam Evil!"
