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Phantasm News
10/20/2007
An
MP3 of excerpts from Don Coscarelli's appearance on radio program 'The
Score' has been added under the multimedia section.
Don was invited onto the program as part of a tribute to Phantasm
Composer Fred Myrow. 'The Score' can be heard every other Saturday on
89.9 KBPS in Portland, Oregon.
The Phantasm V Film Cell offer and letter campaign are still going on
and you can find more details at Phantasm5.com. Keep those
beautiful letters coming!
10/11/2007
If
you've been wondering what A. Michael Baldwin has been up to lately -
the answer is here! Michael recently produced/directed and was featured
in a pilot for the show 'Conscious Horse, Conscious Rider' starring
Gary Douglas. A three minute trailer for this pilot has surfaced and
you can view it below.
This actually looks like a really interesting concept and we wish
Michael all our best in getting the show picked up.
10/07/2007
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UPDATE: I've now got
a higher resolution image of the DVD cover. Click here to see it.
You've got to wonder how some of this
news slips under our radar undetected.
MGM Home Entertainment, in all of their infinite wisdom, has denied us
a special edition for Phantasm: Oblivion in order to give us what they
think we really want.... a new cover! Yes, it would seem that the home
video distributor is or has re-issued the exact same disc they
introduced almost eight years ago with a new lenticular cover.
Honestly, folks... I'm totally in the dark about this one. Retailers
aren't listing this as a separate release which means it could be
months away or already in stores. This "lenticular cover repackaging"
of MGM titles is nothing new and frankly, just what we've come to
expect. They pulled a similar trick with their 'Hail to the King'
edition of Bubba Ho-Tep a few months ago. Same disc, new package.
I've dispatched a few e-mails looking for answers and when I have them,
I'll pass them along. The artwork to your left comes straight from MGM
who are officially calling this release the 'Phantasm IV (Special
Lenticular Edition)'. Bizarre that the official website of Phantasm
hasn't reported anything on this. More details later.
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10/03/2007
We've got a new interview posted with Mark Shostrom, the mastermind behind the gory
makeup effects of Phantasm II & III.
It's always great when Phantasm alumni get to reunite on projects and
this time it's Reggie/Gigi Bannister with P2 effects creator Robert
Kurtzman for the goop guy's latest film 'The Rage'. It'll be making
it's North American Premiere at the Hollywood Chinese Mann Theatre in
Los Angeles, CA on October 19th as part of the Screamfest '07 line-up.
Best of all, Kurtzman and Reggie/Gigi Bannister will be in attendance!
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Reggie
Bannister all gorified up in Robert Kurtzman's 'The Rage'
(click to enlarge).
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When we interviewed
the Regman at the end of August, he had this to say
about the film: "...
it's so
over-the-top violent that people are laughing at it. The smash-cuts
from 'Saw', for example, Bob takes that and double-triples it down. So
you're just going "Whoa! What the f*ck? When is this killing going to
stop?!". It becomes funny at a certain point. It's going to be a great
film." October 19th is a Saturday and the screening kicks off at
11 PM. For
more information and ticket pricing, hit up the Screamfest '07 website.
9/23/2007
 Forum-member Natalie
has brought to our attention that Reggie & Gigi Bannister will be
appearing at the Chicago Horror Film Festival taking place October 5-7
in Illinois as special guests. You can find more details at Chicagohorrorfest.com.
They're appearing at the festival alongside Jeff Thomas who directed
Reggie in his new film 'Fallen Angels', the cast of which is packed
with a staggeringly high number of horror icons. You've got Reggie
Bannister ('Phantasm', of course), Bill Mosely ('The Devil's Rejects'),
Michael Berryman ('The Hills Have Eyes'), Kane Hodder (Multiple 'Friday
the 13th's), R.A. Mihailoff ('Leatherface: TCM 3'), and Kevin MCarthy
('Invasion of the Body Snatchers'). Interested much? Learn more about
'Fallen Angels' at it's official
website.
Ever wonder what Phantasm V co-writer Stephen Romano has been up to
lately? He's developed a keen talent for making retro style 1970's
movie posters! His first poster is for the raunchy new film 'Black
Devil Doll'. I won't dare post this impoliticly correct yet awesome
poster on this news page so if you'd like to see it, click the small
thumbnail below. Romano is planning an entire book full of these and if
they're anything like the poster below, count me in for a copy.
9/3/2007
Reggie Bannister and his lovely wife Gigi 'Fast Elk' have just wrapped
their efforts on the Amel "AJ" Figueroa helmed picture 'Hush'. In the
film, Reggie plays 'Mr. Martino' and also helped out Gigi with the gory
makeup effects. 'Hush' also features Tony Todd of 'Candyman' fame. You
can see photos and get more information on the project at the Official
MySpace page.
9/2/2007
Following the sad news of Bruce Campbells
departure from Bubba Nosferatu, the sequel to Don Coscarelli's cult-hit
2002 film, I stumbled upon the following comments made by Nosferatu
performer Paul Giamatti. "I would really like
to do that," Giamatti says. "Did you ever see
Bubba Ho-Tep? Great movie. And that director [Don Coscarelli], I love
that guy's movies. All the Phantasm movies and stuff. But
we are
trying to do it." To read more about Bubba Nosferatu and
Giamatti's comments on it, visit Rotten
Tomatoes.
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