Phantoms unfolds in an idyllic Colorado town, and when a rash of mysterious deaths plagues the community, some residents initially assume a serial killer may be preying on the unsuspecting residents.

Ben Affleck called his 1990s horror movie Phantoms "utter garbage," but for the first half, it's something of a hidden gem. Despite being a major rival to Stephen King during the 1990s, Dean Koontz's ...