Legend of the Phantom Rider

I saw this film on video and was surprised at the quality. The story was good and intriguing. It is one of those rare films that you really aren't sure what you think while you're watching it, but you can't get out of your head afterwards.

This film reminds me of other mind twisters like Nomads and Eyes of Fire.

I 1st watched this movie in early 2000 & somethin, somethin off 1 of the movie channels after reading the description for it.I expected it to be a Supernatural Horror set in Western times.It really wasn't a Supernatural Horror but did have a Supernatural feel to it.Watching it now, I watched it because the cover art looked pretty cool.Up until now I had completely forgotten about it.I don't think my opinion of the Legend Of The Phantom Rider has changed since the 1st time I saw it.I was disappointed when I 1st watched it & I'm disappointed now.I'm disappointed it wasn't more of a Horror flick & I'm disappointed it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be.I'm guessing if you're looking for it to be more of a Horror flick like I was, You'll be disappointed as well.The movie wasn't all that great either.It felt like something to watch, just to be watching it.I've completely forgotten about the Legend Of The Phantom Rider for 15 years now & that should about sum up what I think about it.I can imagine somebody looking at it once but (definitely) not more than once

Bought this movie on DVD at a popular rental place that was going out of business. I figured, at five bucks, it was worth a watch.

I thought it a pretty fair western with a heavy Spaghetti influence. Good camera work, good sets and decent storyline. Acting was fair from most of the supporting cast. But the "Phantom" and "Blade" characters were both ridiculously overplayed, and neither looked as if they belonged on the same set with the rest of the cast. Maybe this was intentional, as they were both supposed to be supernatural entities. But if that's the case, it didn't really work.

Overall, I can see the vision the filmmakers were going for, but they fell short in many aspects. This story needs to be retold by someone who can do it justice.

In 1865, while traveling with her family close to the city of Sogus, Sarah Jenkins (Denise Crosby) is raped and her husband and son are cowardly killed by a group of outlaws. Sarah and her daughter survive and walk to Sogus, where they are advised by a local to leave the place, which is dominated by the bandits leaded by the maleficent Blade (Robert McRay). However, tired and starving, they decide to stay in the town and the owner of a store and his wife lodge them. The gang of evil criminals rules the city with fear and violence, killing people without motive. Pelgidium, a mysterious rider with a deformed face, appears in the town as if he were listening to the prayers of the locals, and faces the bad guys. "Legend of the Phantom Rider" is a mixed bag of western, violence and mystery. This deceptive low budget movie was released on VHS in Brazil, the art of the cover is prepared to attract the viewers as if it were a horror film, but indeed it is a violent western. The soundtrack, with the constant sound of drums usually used in the climax of the story, is very boring. I did not like this film. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "A Lenda do Cavaleiro Fantasma" ("The Legend of the Phantom Rider")

I love Westerns. I love Horror.

Naturally, when I saw a trailer for this many years ago, I was stoked. However, after seeing the final product, I wish it had stayed buried.

While displaying some decent cinematography (which was all they showed in the trailer; surprise-surprise), everything else in this film was a lousy mesh of Z-grade talent. Among the lifeless direction, we get a dude ranch set, horrible editing, a soundtrack consisting of three drum beats and sound design worse than a student film. These aspects were the highlight of the movie.

Where 'Legend of the Phantom Rider' ('Pelgidium' at least sounded interesting) really screws the pooch is in it's casting. I've seen people on daytime soap operas that would make more convincing Old West characters. The lead bald guy (Blade/Pelgidium) should be barred from the acting profession - he's as bad as they come. Even reliable actors like Angus Scrimm and Denise Crosby felt gone.

Did I mention that every scene moved like a slug at a salt mine?

Please...do yourself a favor and stay as far away from this film as possible.