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To celebrate our new Look And New Site Address, I thought I would start off with a tribute To one of my favorite movies PHANTASM.
THE PLOT
Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear causes him to follow his brother to a funeral, where Mike witnesses the Tall Man lift a coffin on his own. Mike decides to investigate and discovers a horrible world where the Tall Man, along with his flying spheres, shrink the to half their normal size and reanimate them as slaves. It is then up to Mike, his brother, and Reggie the ice cream man to stop the Tall man.
A Few PHANTASM Facts.
The Idea for PHANTASM Came to Don Coscarelli when he seen the audiences reaction to a spook house scene from his second film KENNY & COMPANY a warm comedy about children. where the film's young star, Michael Baldwin went on to star in PHANTASM.
The screenplay for Phantasm was writen by Don Coscarelli wife Kate Coscarelli.
The uncut version is banned in Germany.
It was filmed on the weekends over a one-year period in 1977
The Mortuary dissolve effect is actually an element of the Star Trek transporter effect.
Called "The Never Dead" in Australia.
If you look at "The Tall Man" in the final scene, you will notice that he has short hair instead of the long hair that he has throughout the rest of the film.
Angus Scrimm ("The Tall Man"), whose real name is Rory Guy, is actually a journalist for several magazine such as TV Guide and Cinema Magazine. He has written liner notes for the likes of Frank Sinatra and the Beatles, and even has won a Grammy for his work.
Angus Scrimm is 6' 2". Different camera angles and smaller sized clothing was used to make him look even taller.
When it was released, critics dubbed the "Ball", the "first computerized vampire."
The killer dwarves were original going to be played by "little" people, but instead Don Coscarelli used his neighbor's kids.
Wilbur Green, the designer of "Sentinel" died mysterious a few weeks after the sequences for the balls were shot. He never got to see his work, the "ball", in action on the silver screen.
The Mortuary set burned down during filming and had to be rebuilt.
A Special Edition DVD of "Phantasm" is out. It contains all the features of the SE Laserdisc released a few years back.
MPAA originally wanted to cut down the "ball" scene because they found it too gory. Don Coscarelli was able to convince the President of the MPAA to change the ruling by showing that cutting the scene down made it more horrific.
The exterior shots of the Mausoleum at Morningside Cemetery were actually of the Dunsmuir House and Gardens in Oakland,
And was the same house that was featured in the film "Burnt Offerings".
Some PHANTASM Web site's
CLICK HERE TO SEE DON DEPAOLA JAMMIN ON THE PHANTASM THEME
CLICK HERE FOR PHANTASM.COM
CLICK HERE FOR DON COSCARELLI'S BIO
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE TALL MAN'S MAUSOLEUM
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FIRST 4 CHAPTERS OF KATE COSCARELLI'S NOVEL "PHANTASM"
CLICK HERE FOR A TRIUTE SITE FOR REGGIE BANNASTER
CLICK TO PLAY PHANTASM TALL MAN GAME
ClICK HERE TO SEE THE PHANTASM MOVIE LOCATION ON DREAD CENTRAL PART 1
ClICK HERE TO SEE THE PHANTASM MOVIE LOCATION ON DREAD CENTRAL PART 2
Now On to The House
Alexander Dunsmuir built this spectacular Oakland, California, home in 1899 for his new wife Josephine.The son of a wealthy
coal baron, Alexander built the 37-room mansion as both a wedding gift for his beautiful wife and as a showcase of his wealth.
Tragically, Alexander passed away while the new couple was on their honeymoon in New York. Josephine returned to
Dunsmuir where she lived alone in her 16,000-square-foot wedding present. Josephine and the home--with its Tiffany-style
dome, beautiful wood-paneled rooms and 10 fireplaces--did become important parts of San Francisco high society.
The Dunsmuir Estate has been the scene of numerous big-screen productions. Here are a few...
Phantasm (1979)
True Crime (1999)
A View to a Kill (1985)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Gloria (1999)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
CLICK HERE TO TAKE A 360 VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE DUNSMUIR ESTATE
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DUNSMUIR WEBSITE
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES OF THE DUNSMUIR ESTATE
Burnt Offerings Was Filmed at the DUNSMUIR ESTATE.
CLICK HERE FOR THE BURNT OFFERINGS REVIEW
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