CavityColors Unveils New Phantasm Merch Line!

The always impressive CavityColors have just debuted an entire line of fantastic Phantasm merch. We're talking shirts, hoodies, jogger sweatpants, and enamel pins! Best of all is that they're not simply using old artwork, but rather have commissioned an impressive array of new designs for this merch! Could this possibly get any better? Why, yes. Yes, it can. The company also posted this tease on social media: "This will be the first of many new official PHANTASM products to come over the next few years and beyond, and we couldn’t think of a better season to celebrate one of our all time favorite movies."

Basically, there's even more Phantasmic goodness yet to come! Check out a sampling of the groovy line-up below. When you're ready, make like a sphere and fly over to the CavityColors website to put in your order!

Phantasm Prop Found in Antique Shop? Not so fast, Bub.

Grannie’s Basement of Queens, New York claims to have a rare prop from the original Phantasm and she's willing to part with it for only $2,000. Remember the Greek god statue that hung above the door to the spacegate room in Morningside Mausoleum? Well, Grannie says she's got it, but we're not so sure. Read on for why we're skeptical.

For one, there are several notable differences between screenshots from the film and Grannie's sculpture. Notice the red circles below. On the far left god, the helmet is quite different. There is yet another big difference in the helmet on the middle god. Then notice the two gods on the far right. On Grannie's sculpture, the two helmets clearly connect. Yet in the film, their helmets do not connect and we can clearly see the wallpaper showing through between them.

Beyond that, we have questions. First, how did this prop travel nearly three-thousand miles from Southern California to Queens? Second, how did it escape the massive collection of Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli? Seriously, we've heard tales of this guy's prop storage facilities. Thirdly, who's to say this sculpture wasn't cast and recast a thousand times? Without background information, how can it ever be authenticated - especially with the differences mentioned above.

What do you think? Is Grannie pulling a fast one? Thanks to Scott Pensa for the heads up on these heads!

 

"Das Böse" included in New Phantasm Box Set

Region B phans, rejoice! There's a new Phantasm Blu-ray Collection set to arrive in Germany and it's packing a unique bonus supplement! You can glimpse the new set's packaging on your right, which depicts glorious new artwork from artist Graham Humphreys. While boasting many of the same old special features we've seen time and time again, the six-disc set will also include an exclusive bonus disc containing a Super-8 transfer of the half-hour long "Das Böse."

What is "Das Böse?" Well, that's the title Phantasm went by when first released in Deutschland. The film was later released in a condensed thirty-minute version on Super 8 for German film fans to enjoy in their home.

In all seriousness, who wouldn't want to watch a scratchy half-hour German dubbed version of Phantasm? That sounds like nostalgic-goodness. Grab a Dos Equis and press play!

LISTEN UP - Phantasm Ravager Score Hits the Net!

Now this is marvelous news. Phans have been begging for several years now (Okay, it's only been me. I've been begging) for Don Coscarelli to release the full score for Phantasm Ravager. While Don seems no closer to doing that, we are extremely fortunate that composer Chris Stone has uploaded the full unreleased score to his official website!

You can listen to all ten tracks here. It's around fifty-five minutes in total. And yes, the final track ends with the kick-ass "Reggie Rap" from the film's end credits. Ravager may have divided phans with its bold story choices, but you must concede that it had a stellar soundtrack.

Listen to it here!

ADMIT IT! You NEED these Phantasm Face Masks.

Well, it's finally come to this. We're all hunkering down trying to survive this scourge upon our land. Why not rep our phandom while we do it with some fashionable face masks? Thanks to the designers at TeePublic, we can now do just that. At $15 per, these designs are available for purchase now! Thanks to Scott Pensa for the head's up!

New Phantasm Pin Honors the Fortuneteller

Phans may recall a groovy Fortuneteller pin we posted about on this very blog three years back. That pin is now officially sold out, but fret not - there's a new collector's pin honoring the classic Phantasm character. The latest release from The Sally Hardesty Collection depicts the memorable sign outside the Fortuneteller's home of a hand on a tarot card.

Reasonably priced at $10 each, this 1.25" pin and its variant are limited to a scant 25 copies each. While you're pin shopping, I'd encourage you check out the Sally Hardesty Collection's other horror pins - they're fantastic!

Get yours here!

Killer New Tall Man Figure - Limited to 30!

Dig this and dig it quick - the marvelous Luther Berry of LB 3D Design has just released a new Tall Man figure as part of his Evil Entities figure line. This spiffy 8" retro Mego-style figure comes individually numbered in a resealable clamshell case with a custom art card. Limited to a scant THIRTY figures, there are only FOURTEEN left as of this writing and they just bloody went on sale. Priced at $125 each, this Tall Man is bound to find a good home in some phan collections.

Get yours here before they're gone!

DOWNLOAD NOW: The Phantasm Armageddon Game!

If you've been following this blog, you're probably aware of Jon Ivan's incredible work on a custom Phantasm game over the past few years. Our last big update was in September, which you can read about here. As the screenshots reveal, there's no shortage of classic characters and recognizable locations from all five films in the series.

Well, it's finally time to play! Jon has debuted the game for download as part of the festivities for the Phantasm Virtual Con, which is unfolding this weekend. Titled Phantasm Armageddon, this release is for PC users only and weighs just over 4gb. Check out new screenshots below and download the game here!

Thanks for all your hard work, Jon!

DOWNLOAD HERE! (4gb)

Impressive Etch-a-Sketch Art of the Tall Man!

From the Instagram page of Mike James aka PirateKiller1985, dig this terrific new artwork of the Tall Man and a silver sphere! All I can say is.... WOW! Mike not only sketched incredible detail on the Tall Man himself, but even on the mausoleum behind him as well. And how appropriate that he also sketched a silver sphere on a miniature Etch-A-Sketch. This is just too nice to shake clean. If you'd like to see more of Mike's impressive Etch-a-Sketch creations, visit his IG page.

It looks like Mike was recreating an iconic image from the set of 1988's Phantasm II. I've included the original shot at the bottom of this post for comparison purposes. Again, way to go, Mike! You've won the internet for today, hands down.