Deconstructing Don Coscarelli's Phantasm
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- There are few franchises that have gotten the short end of the stick more than Phantasm. What started as a wonderfully built nightmare world, devolved into something almost nonsensical in its execution. So we're taking things back to the beginning and deconstructing the original Phantasm.
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I'd met Angus Scrimm a few times at horror cons in the 90s and early 2000s. He was, without question, one of the coolest, nicest, most gracious actors I've ever met. He was always delighted when approached by fans, always took time to talk to us. He was the greatest.
He was super kind.
Met him a few months before he passed, gave me the biggest hug. Legend. The one and only
He was awesome
He should've at least got an Oscar nod.
Yeah..... it's too bad be punched that kid in the wheelchair though. Not cool.
"Phantasm" was proof that you do not need millions of dollars to make a great, memorable horror movie!
Just commented essentially the same idea, dude.
Millions of dollars won't help you either. In the sense of better practical effects and hiring talent. Yes. Not in the sense of a good and intriguing story.
I feel the millions of dollars helped Phantasm II, and the lack of money hurt III and IV.
the original almost 3 hours long cut of the film should get a release
My dad introduced me to this franchise when I was a kid in the 80's. He had the best taste in horror movies and I miss him.
When I was a kid the local grocery store, Kroger, had a customer bathroom in the back by the milk fridges, so when you went in the bathroom there was a loud humming that sounded exactly like the weird hum in the canister storage room. Scared the shit out of me.
This Movie has Everything with the Tall man, Killer Midgets in hooded robes, Reggie The Ice cream man and my all time favorite those iconic silver balls with the spikes sticking out at you.
Yep - ticks all the diversity boxes!
Fully agree .
And the 71 cuda, can’t forget that beast
Also shape shifting and fortune tellers and giant insects .
Will always remember "BOY" and "No, it's not."
Absolutely love this flick. So glad Don is thinking about releasing the 3 hour cut.
Phantasm is a rare horror movie because it makes you think and use your own imagination to fill in the gaps of information. Just enough to leave you wanting more.
Other than the BOYYYY's look, I still cant believe this movie came out in 1979.
Its so well done.
BOYYYYY!
It's flawed, but those flaws become characteristics of this film. I love the 1st. 2, 3 are awesome, but 4 was the Swan song.
Phantasm was on the Index in Germany for a long time. It was shown on cable television sometimes late at night but as a hard cutted version. I always loved this film as a teenager in the 90´s despite being cutted in my country. The atmosphere in this movie was awesome and for me its proof that you can create that kind of mood without millions of dollars in budget for a horror movie.
Beastmaster only came out a few months after Conan the Barbarian and The Sword and the Sorcerer. 1982 was a great year for that genre
Beast master was an HBO movie (always on HBO) that I would watch all the time
There are so many, classic and absolutely HORRIFYING scenes from this film! I love it - and it's incredibly re-watchable!
I've always liked the musical score of this movie. I remember when me and my brother watched this movie when we were young and we both talked about how freakishly strong the Tall Man was. Being able to lift up a casket all by himself.
And then Master P totally rips the score off on his past me the green I need some weed with my Hennessy song..... typical
Arnie managed it too in terminator 3 😊
I'm really surprised how few people catch the Dune references scattered throughout this film.
1. The bar is named Dunes Cantina
2. The planet the aliens in phantasm are from is a vast desert similar to Arrakis, a desert planet also known as Dune.
3. Dune is a coming of age book about a young man who is plagued with visions, Phantasm is the same but the visions are nightmares.
4. In Dune, the opening sequence has Paul, the main character, confronted by a woman who is basically a witch. She has him put his hand in a contraption called the GomJabbar that inflicts great nerve pain upon Paul. Paul is expected to overcome his animal instinct and endure the pain; if he removes his hand too soon, he will die. This is where Paul's mothers teaching comes into play and he survives by repeating to himself "I must not fear, fear is the mind killer." This is used throughout the novel during times of turmoil.
In Phantasm, Mike visits the old witch and the same thing takes place, he learns instead to say "Do not fear. Fear is the killer." and he uses this to overcome some of his dream sequences.
He undoubtedly took inspiration from Dune and I would love to see a video exploring this in depth because I think there's even more to it than this. I had never heard the comparison to Bradbury's book before, so now I'll have to look into that connection.
Yea the box sequence was kinda obvious. We do see Mike is a science fiction book fan based on the novel My Name is Legion sitting on his desk. Maybe it's another aspect of the childhood innocence theme the movie has going
Glad someone brought this up... was hoping he would've talked about it... The black box, Dune Cantina, desert landscape... Also, I do believe the 'Gom Jabbar' was the poison needle she wore on her finger, aimed at his neck... not the box itself...
Good catch
Fantastic recap. The first 2 movies are on par with Evil Dead 1 & 2 and even often surpass those concerning creativity and atmosphere.
I am that one guy who is obsessed with this franchise, and tries to get anyone I can into it. On that note I think you'd have a good series breaking down it as a whole and might get new eyes on it thanks to your platform. Great video either way thank you really made my day especially with all the crazy going on in the world. You guys really make my day sometimes and you can't get enough praise.
This is a sleeper hit. It has everything a horror movie needs loveable characters a great villain. And a sweet car
Am obsess with this series part of my VHS childhood I would always rent this every year 1994-2002
I feel like when the discussion of the big horror movie icons comes up, pinhead (and more so) the tall man aren't given the respect they deserve. This is the only franchise of the bunch that kept basically the same cast, with the exception of part 2, all the way through until the end.
@@vampirascoffin870 this series is what started my love for muscle car's. A 71 barracuda is my dream car
@@chrisgonzalez5883 facts!!!
I saw phantasm for the first time a couple months ago. Loved the music and it had a lot of similarities to silver bullet
This is still one of the strangest and eeriest movies to date, certainly dated, but it's still great. I remember seeing this as a teen back in the 80's and was a little freaked out. lol If someone out there has never seen this, watch it, even the follow-up movies, all are decent, but the first one is one of a kind.
One constant through all the Phantasm movies was Don Coscarellis love of Mopar muscle cars , especially the Plymouth Cuda . The first movie had the black 71 cuda and each movie had a Cuda in it . Some of them are still in Dons personal collection .
Met Don Coscarelli at a video store. He autographed a baseball, and drew blades on the side of it. Also wrote "Don't play catch with the Tall Man" on the back. We bs'd for almost an hour. What a great guy.
2 months later I met Reggie Banister at a bar. Luckily I had another baseball. After I helped him load his band equipment into the bar, I ran to my van to get it. When I handed it to him he was marginally astonished. "Where the hell did you find a baseball in Pittsburgh at 1 o'clock in the morning?!" Ha ha.
Still have both of 'em. Kept wanting to send one to Angus Scrimm with a $50 bill for him to sign. I would've considered that a "set".
Well, that trick didn't work, Bullwinkle.
Have always loved ‘Phantasm’…. But the star has always been the Mopar…. Damn, even when the movies got to be just one confusing scene after another -movie after movie -the Mighty Mopar made it all better… perfection ♥️♥️
Mopar? I always thought it was a Plymouth Barracuda?
The hemi was also subject to Phantasm's weird shifting- sometimes its a 71, other times a 72, sometimes it has a sunroof, sometimes machine guns.. . & it sometimes gets destroyed only to reappear. But it's always a beautiful car!
@@JeffMitchell-lv4zx I’ve always heard Don Coscarelli has the original… if it’s true, that would be so cool
@A. Smwood I don't think he has the Phantasm Cuda. I've seen threads where folks tried tracking it down. I think Mr Coscarelli has a Cuda from Phantasm II though! I always wondered how Reggie ended up with the Cuda in the later Phantasm 😄 if I were Mike I'd be asking for the keys!
The music, and the mystery of the movie make it a classic. Time to re-watch it I think!
I saw the movie in the late 2000's, made my day
Gotta love Angus Scrim. He was an intimating actor in a bizarre film. And playing the Tall Man up to his death.
Forget Freddy, Alien Predator Jason Michael or Pinhead The Tall Man rules !!!
9:47 I never considered that, you're awesome for making that connection.
All of these movies are awesome
One of my faves😈also Something wicked this way comes. I never thought about it being the same in away.
Phantasm is one of the greatest, freshest, most original horror movies ever. With the budget they had and what they were able to pull off is incredible. The best part is it left you wanting more when the credits rolled so many questions were left unanswered. Loved it. Also I just watched The Sadness and HOLY SHIT! Easily the best horror movie I’ve seen in the past 10 years. It kicks you in the teeth early and never takes its foot off the gas all while ramping up the gore, brutality, and senseless depravity. This is my kind of film! Please watch and let me know what you think.
Phantasm has always been and is still one of my all time favorite horror movies!!
Angus Scrim is perfect as the Tall Man!!
Scared the hell out of me back then and is still just as creepy today!! :D
My favorite horror series
I’m really interested in the original cut, so I really hope he decides to release it one day cause I’d love to see it
I Love Love Love this movie!
I really like this format of video versus the “retell the story of the movie in fast forward” format that a lot of JoBlo videos seem to have in this last year. Looking forward to more fan outpouring with genuine affection for the source material with personal anecdotes like this one.
I agree, this is much better.
Other titles considered for the movie were : Fear my Balls, Scrimms Fairytales, Magical Midgets and the Mustard Finger, Mortuary Madness, and Death Balls and the Fabulous Cuda Boys
I don't understand why this series doesn't get as much love and attention as the others from the 70s and 80s. The tall man is more frightening because he is more than just the typical supernatural boogeyman.
I think after the second one it got a little to bizarre for the masses ,had it taken a more Phantasm Ravenger approach ( even that was a very all over the place movie it would have probably been mainstream like Halloween etc , by 1991 most didn’t even know Phantasm with that over a decade bf any sequel came out I think it lost its window .
The first two are probably the most underrated and unseen of the older horror movie franchises.
I had no idea until recently that this film (the original Phantasm, that is) was made on the cheap! It certainly doesn't look cheap at all to me and growing up was easily one of my hands-down favourite horror films. It still is and I watch it generally about once a year. Phantasm 2? Amazing as well...i don't know if I've seen any more of them....
Was on the cusp of HS graduation in the spring ‘79, and this movie remains on my all-time, all-genre top ten.
Turned 63 a few months back, and decided if I was ever going to own a vanity plate for one of my vehicles, well, I might need to get on it. While my ‘91 Acura is no Hemi ‘Cuda, it IS black, and although my first, obvious choice was taken, I still ended with a cool plate: PHNTASM👍
I could see this series being adapted for tv. Taking the key elements from 1 and 2,then expanding on them.
This was great, after listening to some criticism of the film from others, this further validates why Phantasm is such a one of a kind series. And you did a substantial job explaining the details of Phantasm. I've been a fan of Phantasm since I was a child, and the only thing I didn't know was the Rust Never Sleeps stage show fact. You learn something new everyday, thanks Joblo.
Thanks for making this, I am right there with you on this movie. If you make a video on the sequels make sure to poke fun at the Sam Raimi ashes scene.
Phantasm, along with The Shining, we’re two of the movies from that ear that taught me as a young child the unsettling nature of liminal spaces. For years, anytime I thought of cold, empty white hallways (like the mausoleum or the snow covered hedge maze) I would get extremely anxious lol. Good times.
This was the first horror movie I can remember watching and I loved it ever since. I have all 5 on DVD, but I still need to upgrade to blu-ray or 4k when I can. Thank you for showing this movie love. It means a lot to me
Love the alien computer sound FX from 1979
Growing up in the heart of the legendary 80s horror golden years, I of course saw and loved the staples like the A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday The 13th, Halloween series as well as the Romero Zombie films, Alien/Aliens, The Thing and so on. But both Phantasm and Hellraiser always stood out to me and over everything else, with Phantasm always having that slight edge of creepiness and mystique ( but damn if seeing the Cenobites for the first time still isn't one of the most evil and cool things ever).
To this day, I cannot sit and give you a definitive answer as to what the hell it is exactly about and that's one of the many things that makes it great. You can't just say " well this and that happens because of this" and wrap it up with a nice bow. Most of the time you can only see the bizarro, nightmarish situations and just look on in awe and confusion.
And let's face a big fact: was there ever a car as cool as that damned black Plymouth Cuda?? It and Reggie's legendary Quad Barrel Shotgun became as much stars as the actors lol
I'm not a Horror fan, but Phantasm is one of my favorites...
Love this movie. Wonderful score. I listen to the vinyl on a weekly basis. Angus Scrim parodied the Tall Man in Transylvania Twist (1989}, which is another favorite movie of mine (almost nobody has seen it, but I was one of the few who actually saw it in theaters).
Same here. I've had it as my phone ringtone for about 4 years now. Funny story. One day I was listening to the soundtrack on vinyl back then as I often did and I just happened to be flushing a pet fish that died, when my cousin walks in and says, are you playing funeral music for a fish?
@@NotMorganFreeman. I hope you either responded "Boyyyyy" or went the Phineas & Ferb route with "Yes, yes I am"
R.I.P. Angus Scrimm he always be the tall man.
Angus Scrimm once played Ave Lincoln.
@@fmaren yes I did know that.
I just finished Don's book, True Indie and it is fantastic. If you have not read it, I highly recommend it, tons of insight, nuggets and lots of background to his films.
I read that book!... in jail lol! It was really good!
I've always loved this franchise ever since I was a kid.
Thanks for this - really well done, ...SIR!!! I think I'll be putting this one on tonight as I drift off to sleep...I tend to generally watch either documentaries on space/the Universe/time and the physics of black holes and that sort of thing, or MST3k movies (different one on any given night - they're all pretty good)..but tonight it's going to be a blast from the past! A bit of nostalgia by revisiting one of my all-time favourite horror films. Thanks again for reminding me how much I love this film, dude!!
My Grandma was in her 40s when I was little. This is how I excuse her letting me watch scary movies as a very small child.
Anyways... I saw Phantasm in 1988 when I was 8. The Tall Man was the shit of nightmares to me. Its a favorite of mine now.
This movie definitely inspired the greatest weapon in the Turok franchise.... THE Cerebral Bore!
I saw the original 1979 Phantasm for the first time a few Halloweens ago. I liked it.
Always Be Working:
You'd think it was just some dude playing with his coffee cup while he was really coming up with a great image in the film.
Loved this video! I'm a huge fan of the films, saw the first 3 and I'm going to watch the final two soon.
I never thought much of these films, until I watched them. Now they rank up there in my horror favorites!
Excellent video. Thanks. Let’s hope we one day see the 3hour cut.
This shit traumatized me as a kid I'm having a mild panic attack just from vid ...good times
I have a pretty funny experience with Phantasm, when I was around 10 years old, it was a Sunday morning and I was getting ready to go to church, but I was also watching the Syfy channel LOL, I was watching this movie which was Phantasm 3, and it was at the part where the bad guys were going through the house where the kids lived, and I watched up to the point where they got to the church in those same bad guys had turned into zombies and were chasing Reggie in the kid, at the time I couldn't tell what the movie was because I didn't have any kind of guide to tell me, but it scared me and I didn't want to go to church, LOL, and for years I never knew what the name of the movie was until I talked to a friend at work and explained what was going on and he said right off the bat oh that's Phantasm, I said what? He said Phantasm, I was like that's the coolest name for a movie, I then went to look it up at the library that I went too on a daily bases and saw that they had it on Amazon, and I had just started working at a Piggly Wiggly, and I had my own money now, so I started buying them in order and have been a big fan ever since, it's so awesome to see other fans making videos like this. I made one on my channel about a script I wrote for a Phanasm 6 film if you ever want to check it out, thanks for this video, you got a sub from me!
One of the most eeriest series to ever exist.
This was a fantastic retrospective! Learned some trivia I was definitely unaware of. Thanks! 😎👍
Born in 78. Growing up in the early to mid 80’s I use to think wow Beastmaster is on again YES!!!! It was on heavy rotation for sure on HBO. Haven’t seen the movie in years. Will have to look for it now
This movie inspired me to look into mortuary science, and I discovered how important a mortician is to the community. Thanks Don!
Boyyyyyyy! 💀 Love Angus Scrimm.
that shot at 4:20 is beautiful!
There's nothing to fear but the Sphere itself🤣 might get that on a T shirt
Loved all the Movie Trivia in this episode.
no matter where life has taken me, i never get tired of watching this and Oblivion. not to say the others are better or worse (IMO) but thems the breaks
I thought that HBO gag was unique to my friend circle circa 1990 LOL
A couple of years later it became "Home Alone's Back On"
I love all 5 movies and view them as 1 long story this is 1 of my favorite franchises
I always found Phantasm 2 to be really underrated as far as most horror sequels go. I like it as much as the first even though both films are different in their approach to horror, similar to Alien and Aliens
Great vid.
The score to this film is legendary. Up there with The Exorcist and Halloween.
Great job ! Such a scary movie when I first saw it back in high school 1980 .🎉
I feel bad for a kid whose imagination/nightmares resemble this film. It really does capture a nightmare atmosphere and is especially unnerving with the ambiguity that the protagonists may be dragged to hell rather than merely die.
One of my favorites
Such a timeless Cult Chiller Classick!
About a year ago I found a Phantasm VHS autographed by Angus Scrimm at a Salvation Army for just $2
Total score!
*PS- I think they made a big mistake recasting in place of Michael Baldwin for Phantasm II
Nice find
Thank You, this was a GREAT Video about a Great Movie 😀
love the series. it scared the hell out of me watching it in the 80's.
This is one of my all time favorite horror movies. I just adore this movie so much! 🤘🏻❤️
4:44 You did not intentionally mean for this to be a dark joke, but it made me laugh way too hard.
This film haunted me for years as it was scenes from my childhood nightmares and couldn't find out it was Phantasm till memories clicked.
I think someone brought me to the Drive-Inn when I was like 4 years old, It was very confusing at that age as the memories were split & mixed up as I was looking for a scene where a device clamps on to a finger and shoots out yellow blood in white halls. Typing that into Google to try and find didn't help, but I stumbled on to Phantasm again and it all clicked.
Why has no one else pointed out that postapocalypse Mike in Ravager doesn't have the telepathy and sphere summoning that Phantasm IV Mike had? It's because Reggie's actual Mike died in IV.
Great video! My love for this series unfortunately starts with two. I can appreciate the first one strictly from a story telling standpoint but i dont find it easily re-watchable. I might watch it once every 3 or so years if i do a full series watch. Part 2 on the other hand i can watch whenever. I also like the absurdity of three. 4 has its moments and as of halloween this year i rewatched it and its moved up my list but for me the winners are 2 and 3. I dont hate any of them especially part 5….. I really appreciate the story he told there with the limited budget he had.
I have always loved the original Phantasm, and it remains one of my favorite movies as well ❤️ Sadly, I don’t think any of the sequels even come close to matching the quality, ambition and atmosphere of the first, and to me, none of them are worth revisiting, but I watch Phantasm at least once every year and it’s still so good
This was really neat. As far as the last film, which iwas pretty good, im on the side of the fence that Reggie doesnt die. He rides off with Mike and the rest of the gang. So i like to believe hes not dead.
One of the best, most important, imaginative horrific horror movies of all time 😛 big fan of Don. One of the greatest fimakers of all. Hot as ♥️
For any PHANTASM fans out there, a quick question. Did Ben Affleck actually appear in one of the later sequels? The whole Brad Pitt trivia towards the end reminded me about the sequels. Sci-fi and horror movies have always been the testing ground for up and coming actors.
One word...Cuda 😍
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Neil Young's Road Eyes were expertly referenced in This is Spinal Tap.
Coscarelli's first film, Jim the World's Greatest also strongly influenced Phantasm. They both concern a young boy who idolizes his older brother. The older brother trying to protect the younger from a menacing older man, played by Angus Scrimm in both films.
Be sure to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE or the Tall Man will get you with his metal ball. BOY!
A few things. I've loved this movie since the first time I saw it. There's just something special about it not everyone gets. I talked to Reggie Bannister a few times over email when it was just evolving, just to tell him how great he was. Casting James Legross as Michael for Phantasm 2 really pissed me off and still does. The 4K release of Phantasm was my most anticipated movie purchase to date.
I did get to meet Reggie Bannister once at a horror con back in the late 90's. He really is as cool and laid-back as his character in the movies.
Do you think they would reboot Phantasm?
i wish they would release the original cut of alien and alien 3 ive seen the workprint versions and they cut a lot out
I remember watching 'Phantasm' as an 8th grader when I lived in Burbank, Ca. and went to John Muir Jr. High School. It was playing at the Burbank High School auditorium for Halloween in a double feature, the other movie was 'The Legend of Hell House' which was originally released in 1973 so that makes sense.... but... this was in 1975... 'Phantasm' supposedly didn't release until 1979... I remember watching 'Phantasm' as an 8th grader in 1975 on Halloween at Burbank High School. I was sitting next to a very attractive high school girl, so I was very aware of everything, lol! ... and we talked about 'Phantasm' as we were watching it as well... other kids remarked about the movie as well, with the flying gold ball chasing the boy around the mausoleum or whatever it was lol... how could this be? Did we watch an early cut of the movie? I guess it could be a false memory but that doesn't make sense, I distinctly remember where and when I first saw that movie... dang.
Seen it in the theater it was awesome
I would e joy more on this series