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RUE MORGUE

#8: Authorized Phantasm Film Companion
Magazine

Launched in 1997 by Rodrigo Gudiño, RUE MORGUE is the world’s leading horror in culture and entertainment brand, spearheaded by its multiple award-winning magazine, RUE MORGUE and RUE MORGUE DIGITAL; RUE MORGUE TV specialty horror channel; RUE MORGUE LIBRARY book series; RUE MORGUE PRESENTS FRIGHTMARE IN THE FALLS horror expo and RUE MORGUE PRESENTS CINEMACABRE MOVIE NIGHTS monthly film series.

Rue Morgue Special Issues

AUTHOR’S NOTE

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ONE NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN

DON COSCARELLI

1979 PHANTASM

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH • PHANTASM’S ROOTS IN FUNERARY TECHNOLOGY AND CUSTOM

“THE FUNERAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN…SIR!” • LAWRENCE RORY GUY A.K.A. ANGUS SCRIMM

WHO IS THE TALL MAN … TO YOU?

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO …JOHN KENNETH MUIR?

REQUIEM FOR THE TALL MAN • LAWRENCE RORY GUY, A.K.A. ANGUS SCRIMM KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 1926 – TARZANA, CALIFORNIA, 2016

TRAUMATIS PERSONAE

A. MICHAEL BALDWIN • “IT’S MY LITTLE BROTHER. I THINK HE’S GOT SOME KIND OF A PROBLEM.”

REGGIE BANNISTER • “…AND YOU’RE A BALD, MIDDLE-AGED EX-ICE CREAM VENDOR.”

BILL THORNBURY • “YOU’RE NEVER COMING BACK, YOU GODDAMN BASTARD!”

KAT LESTER • “SO, WHAT’S THE ONLY THING TO DO IN THIS TOWN?”

OF SPHERES AND DWARVES

A DIFFERENT END, MY FRIEND FROM PHANTASM AND PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD • “WELL, I DON’T REALLY THINK THAT THE END CAN BE ASSESSED AS OF ITSELF AS BEING THE END BECAUSE, WHAT DOES THE END FEEL LIKE? IT’S LIKE SAYING – WHEN YOU TRY TO EXTRAPO-LATE THE END OF THE UNIVERSE – YOU SAY, ‘IF THE UNIVERSE IS INDEED INFINITE, THEN HOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOW FAR IS ALL THE WAY, AND THEN IF IT STOPS, WHAT’S STOPPING IT? AND WHAT’S BEHIND WHAT’S STOPPING IT?’ SO, ‘WHAT’S THE END?’ YOU KNOW, IS MY QUESTION TO YOU.”

SPHERES OF INFLUENCE • COSCARELLI ON INVADERS FROM MARS AND SUSPIRIA

1988 PHANTASM II

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO …DAVE ALEXANDER?

A VERY, VERY FAST HISTORY OF THE HEMI ‘CUDA

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

MUSIC OF THE SPHERES • DON COSCARELLI ON COMPOSERS FRED MYROW AND CHRISTOPHER STONE AND THE PHANTASM SCORE

1994 PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD

YOU’RE A BETTER MAN THAN I, BOB IVY • PHANTASM III’S INFAMOUS HEARSE CRASH STUNT: THE TRUE STORY

APOCALYPSE POSTPONED ROGER AVARY AND THE PHANTASM SEQUEL THAT NEVER HAPPENED

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

1998 PHANTASM: OBLIVION

REVISIT, RESTORE, REANIMATE • PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON J.J. ABRAMS’ 4K PHANTASM REVAMP

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

BETWEEN THE COVERS – WITH THE TALL MAN • KATE COSCARELLI AND THE NOVELIZATION OF PHANTASM

DARK DESIGNS • RARE AND UNSEEN PHANTASM CONCEPT ART BY JUSTIN ZAHARCZUK

RICHARD ELKIN: O.G.* • MEET THE MAN BEHIND THE SENTINEL

NEW KID IN THE MAUSOLEUM: DAVID HARTMAN

2016 PHANTASM: RAVAGER

EPILOGUE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 132 Publisher: MARRS Media Inc. Edition: #8: Authorized Phantasm Film Companion

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: July 6, 2021

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

Launched in 1997 by Rodrigo Gudiño, RUE MORGUE is the world’s leading horror in culture and entertainment brand, spearheaded by its multiple award-winning magazine, RUE MORGUE and RUE MORGUE DIGITAL; RUE MORGUE TV specialty horror channel; RUE MORGUE LIBRARY book series; RUE MORGUE PRESENTS FRIGHTMARE IN THE FALLS horror expo and RUE MORGUE PRESENTS CINEMACABRE MOVIE NIGHTS monthly film series.

Rue Morgue Special Issues

AUTHOR’S NOTE

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ONE NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN

DON COSCARELLI

1979 PHANTASM

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH • PHANTASM’S ROOTS IN FUNERARY TECHNOLOGY AND CUSTOM

“THE FUNERAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN…SIR!” • LAWRENCE RORY GUY A.K.A. ANGUS SCRIMM

WHO IS THE TALL MAN … TO YOU?

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO …JOHN KENNETH MUIR?

REQUIEM FOR THE TALL MAN • LAWRENCE RORY GUY, A.K.A. ANGUS SCRIMM KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 1926 – TARZANA, CALIFORNIA, 2016

TRAUMATIS PERSONAE

A. MICHAEL BALDWIN • “IT’S MY LITTLE BROTHER. I THINK HE’S GOT SOME KIND OF A PROBLEM.”

REGGIE BANNISTER • “…AND YOU’RE A BALD, MIDDLE-AGED EX-ICE CREAM VENDOR.”

BILL THORNBURY • “YOU’RE NEVER COMING BACK, YOU GODDAMN BASTARD!”

KAT LESTER • “SO, WHAT’S THE ONLY THING TO DO IN THIS TOWN?”

OF SPHERES AND DWARVES

A DIFFERENT END, MY FRIEND FROM PHANTASM AND PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD • “WELL, I DON’T REALLY THINK THAT THE END CAN BE ASSESSED AS OF ITSELF AS BEING THE END BECAUSE, WHAT DOES THE END FEEL LIKE? IT’S LIKE SAYING – WHEN YOU TRY TO EXTRAPO-LATE THE END OF THE UNIVERSE – YOU SAY, ‘IF THE UNIVERSE IS INDEED INFINITE, THEN HOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOW FAR IS ALL THE WAY, AND THEN IF IT STOPS, WHAT’S STOPPING IT? AND WHAT’S BEHIND WHAT’S STOPPING IT?’ SO, ‘WHAT’S THE END?’ YOU KNOW, IS MY QUESTION TO YOU.”

SPHERES OF INFLUENCE • COSCARELLI ON INVADERS FROM MARS AND SUSPIRIA

1988 PHANTASM II

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO …DAVE ALEXANDER?

A VERY, VERY FAST HISTORY OF THE HEMI ‘CUDA

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

MUSIC OF THE SPHERES • DON COSCARELLI ON COMPOSERS FRED MYROW AND CHRISTOPHER STONE AND THE PHANTASM SCORE

1994 PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD

YOU’RE A BETTER MAN THAN I, BOB IVY • PHANTASM III’S INFAMOUS HEARSE CRASH STUNT: THE TRUE STORY

APOCALYPSE POSTPONED ROGER AVARY AND THE PHANTASM SEQUEL THAT NEVER HAPPENED

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

1998 PHANTASM: OBLIVION

REVISIT, RESTORE, REANIMATE • PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON J.J. ABRAMS’ 4K PHANTASM REVAMP

WHO IS THE TALL MAN TO

BETWEEN THE COVERS – WITH THE TALL MAN • KATE COSCARELLI AND THE NOVELIZATION OF PHANTASM

DARK DESIGNS • RARE AND UNSEEN PHANTASM CONCEPT ART BY JUSTIN ZAHARCZUK

RICHARD ELKIN: O.G.* • MEET THE MAN BEHIND THE SENTINEL

NEW KID IN THE MAUSOLEUM: DAVID HARTMAN

2016 PHANTASM: RAVAGER

EPILOGUE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


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