It’s a big week for fans of Don Coscarelli’s cult horror series, Phantasm, which began with the original film in 1979. That spooky, surreal tale of the Tall Man—cinema’s most sinister undertaker—just ...

Since introducing horror fans to the fearsome flying spheres and terrifying Tall Man in Phantasm back in 1979, writer/director/producer Don Coscarelli has remained one of our most imaginative ...

Don Coscarelli is a bona fide horror icon. Not only is he the mastermind behind the much-loved Phantasm franchise, he helmed (semi)recent cult hits Bubba Ho-Tep and John Dies at the End. Coscarelli’s ...

Don Coscarelli discovered the idea for his latest movie, John Dies at the End, from a somewhat odd source: Amazon.com. “Well, true story, I got an email from an Amazon robot and it said that if I like ...

Back in 1979, Coscarelli was a young maverick with few resources. He borrowed money from his father and a few doctors and lawyers, and hired a cast of actors with few credits among them. With $300,000 ...

Coscarelli started working on his memoir after conversations with an editor at St. Martin’s Press, while working on promotions for his film version of Jason Pargin’s “John Dies at the End.” But there ...

Legendary genre filmmaker, Don Coscarelli, is unleashing the souls of the damned again, as his legendary horror series, ‘Phantasm,’ is now available On Demand and Digital HD. An all-new 4K restoration ...

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