Phantasm

"These restless phantoms harvest the souls of their victims with vicious scythes. Because they exist more in the land of the dead than the world of the living, they are only vulnerable when attacking. Watch for them to solidify before striking or your ammo and effort will be wasted."

- Blood manual.

Phantasms are ghostly enemies appearing in Blood. They first appear in Episode 2.

Description
Their appearance is based on the Grim Reaper from folktales and other media. They are skeletal ghosts with brown-yellow skin, red eyes, a grinning mouth, and wearing a light-blue/grey cloak. They carry a very sharp scythe as well.

Involvement
They exist between both the land of the dead and the living, and harvest the victim's souls with their scythes, as mentioned from the manual.

Upon encountering, the Phantasm will let out a loud, alarming scream that can startle the unsuspecting players. They'll keep screaming while attacking Caleb. They are capable of flying around. Furthermore, they are nearly invisible, making them invulnerable to every attacks. They will fly towards Caleb and attempts to attack them with their scythe, blocking any of his movements. While doing so, they'll become vulnerable to attacks, so keep shooting them in order to end them. The Sawed-Off Shotgun is useful for blowing them back, but the Telsa Cannon or magic weapons (such as Life Leech and Voodoo Doll) are highly unrecommended.

While they're far away from Caleb, they'll summon projectile skulls for a secondary attack. These screaming skulls can cause a spirit damage.

If idle while not attacking Caleb, they'll fly up to the ceiling and move around in circles aimlessly.

Upon death, they shrink to the floor with their eyeballs dangling out.

Official bestiary
These revenants lurk just on the other side of the world of the living, crossing over only to harvest their victims. It is when they straddle this border between worlds that they are vulnerable, so time your attacks carefully. Beware their scythes, lest you be cut down in the flower of your youth.

Trivia

 * Prototype_Phantasm.png the 1995 magazine, the Phantasm's appearance look very different. They hold their scythe to the left side rather than to the right. Their cloak are colored in blackish grey instead of blue/grey.
 * Alpha_Phantasm.png the alpha release, the Phantasm's appearance look identical to its final build with the exception of lighter shade of its cloak color and lack of shadings.
 * This is the only known enemy in Blood so far to have its appearance change few times from the game's final release.
 * Phantasms are one of the few enemies in Blood not to have an alternative death animations caused by explosive weapons.