Franchise Corner Entry: PHANTASM PHANTASM ***** USA 1979 Dir: Don Coscarelli. 89 mins You think you are in familiar territory at the start of PHANTASM: a not-uncommon slasher-era graveyard shag; a familiar small American town with a HALLOWEEN-like suburban house; and an insistently eerie Carpenter / Goblin-inspired electronic theme tune.…
Browsing: Angus Scrimm
REST IN PEACE ANGUS SCRIMM, DEAD AT 89 Another day has seen the passing of a horror legend in Angus Scrimm best known to genre fans as`The Tall Man` of the`PHANTASM` franchise. Since 1979 he played the role of `The Tall Man`, the menacing mortician central to the plot of…