Dig This Incredible Phantasm Prop Display

As any collector knows, there is a unique art to displaying your items, especially when you're dealing with screen-used props. And for one lucky Phantasm phan, sculptor and prop restorer Tom Spina has assisted in artfully displaying two extremely rare items from the franchise! Dig the photos below of the incredible display put together by Tom and his team at Tom Spina Designs.

TSD restored the latex dwarf mask, mounted both it and the silver sphere, created a Red Planet backdrop/base, and added a miniature spacegate! You can read more about the project and see additional photos at Tom Spina's official website. The end result is stunning. I can almost hear the hum of the gate and feel the heat from the crimson world.

Is anyone else feeling the envy here or is it just me? Thanks to Scott Pensa for the head's up on this!

GALLERY: Twenty Phantasm Memes To Brighten Your Day

If you haven't visited the Phantasm Exhumed Books Facebook page in a long while, here are some Phantasm-related memes you might've missed, most of which you'll surely be able to relate to if you're a true blue phan. Cheers!

New Remastered / Ravager Trailers Up at AMAZON plus screenshots

Late last evening, exciting new trailers for Phantasm Remastered and Phantasm Ravager appeared on the film's pre-order pages on iTunes... only to vanish completely several hours later. Phans were left either gushing over the new previews or cursing the suddenly missing videos. Lucky for us,  these spectacular trailers have now appeared over on Amazon's digital pre-order listings for Remastered and Ravager! You can see a handful of screenshots from the new Ravager trailer below.

(These trailers will probably not work on your phone or in the Chrome browser, apparently.)

Amazon trailer page for Phantasm Remastered

Amazon trailer page for Phantasm Ravager

New Phantasm Ravager Pics Released by Well Go USA

Distributor Well Go USA has released five photos from their upcoming Phantasm Ravager! Some of these we've seen before, but several will probably be newish to many phans. Cast members pictured here include A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Kat Lester and Angus Scrimm. The second photo appears to show Reggie dressed in his ice-cream-man duds, which may mean it takes place following the ending of Phantasm Oblivion. Or perhaps he finds new reason to wear them again in the new sequel, which premieres next weekend at Fantastic Fest and hits select theaters and video-on-demand October 7, 2016.

Click any of the photos below to see them larger. Special thanks to Peter Marullo for the head's up!

New Phantasm Game Mod Pulls from Ravager, Phantasm's End & More!

Back in 2011, I blogged about how game designer Jon Ivan had impressively created a massively detailed multi-level mod for Doom 3 called Phantasm Beyond that featured characters and locations from the entire Phantasm series. You could battle dwarves, traverse the spacegate and directly take on the Tall Man. Simply put, it was an amazing creation.

Well, it's 2016 and Jon is back with a huge update to his mod, which is being called Phantasm Beyond II. It seems that he has positively outdone himself this time by drawing even more series elements into his world - including bits from the upcoming Phantasm Ravager and the never-produced Phantasm's End! Pictures from the release clearly show one of Ravager's mace spheres as well as Roger Avary's plague zone from End. On a strangely wonderful note, it appears that Jon has plunked a replica of the Bates Motel mansion onto the Red Planet (see the pic at the link below!) These are but a few of the surprises that await inside the levels of Phantasm Beyond II.

I'd also be lying if I told you I wasn't delighted as hell to see that he included both editions of my book, Phantasm Exhumed, in his new mod! My books can be seen inside a glass case of items you might be able to procure. Other items include all five Phantasm films, the rare Kate Coscarelli novelization, a Tall Man action figure and even the novel that Mike had on his desk in the first film. Jon's attention to detail here is staggering! (I wonder if buying the movies on home video in the game will cost you an arm and a leg like they currently do in the real world?)

Click here to see a whole gallery of terrific images from Phantasm Beyond II and find out how to download it!

GALLERY: Scrimm & Exhumed at DOTD 2015

Well, the 2015 Days of the Dead convention has come and gone in Atlanta, Georgia where both Angus Scrimm and Phantasm Exhumed appeared. It was a terrifically fun weekend spent reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. I manned the Exhumed table all three days with series crewmember/book photographer Kristen Deem. We signed many books that were bought at the show and a right many that phans brought from home having already purchased and read through. It was a pleasure meeting everyone and if you stopped by the table with a kind word, thank you. Now... how's about a slew of twenty or so pictures from the weekend?

Click here to see the gallery!

(and find out which Rob Zombie regular is actually a phan!)

This Phantasm II sphere sold for HOW MUCH?

Of all the Phantasm props out there, the most coveted appears to be the Tall Man's deadly silver sphere. This iconic franchise relic has graced every single poster for the series, both theatrical and home video, and has evolved significantly over the past thirty-six years, wedging itself in the hearts and minds of phans. Sadly, we've never seen an official replica made available for purchase, though there are those resourceful few that have offered quality unauthorized balls. Then again, there was that spectacular box set from the UK (now out of print) that housed the DVDs inside of a sphere, but that wasn't a true replica. There's nothing like the real thing.

True Phantasm props are incredibly difficult to come by. A few have been snapped up by cast and crew over the decades, but the vast majority still reside in the ownership of Don Coscarelli. Every few years, however, a silver sphere will find its way onto the auction block. This was the case in July, 2012 when a ball from Phantasm II was made available for bidding. Head inside this post to see pictures of the decades-old prop and learn how much it eventually sold for.

Click here for pics and the final bid amount!

Fan Spotlight Cont'd: The Revenge of Scott Hoffman

My first post of 2015 highlighted more than twenty works by artist and phan Scott Hoffman from his Transformative Impressions series. Scott has been one busy fellow since then and returns to share an additional six Phantasm-related works he has created. These images depict moments from Phantasm, Phantasm II, Phantasm Oblivion and the hotly-anticiapted Phantasm Ravager. If you did Scott's work, I encourage you to check out his web store and like him on Facebook.

Click here to see the new art!

Weird Phantasm Stuff: Foreign VHS Covers

I dig seeing how Phantasm travels throughout the world. I also dig retro-VHS artwork. So you know I'm a sucker for the four international videotape covers featured in this post. The first two covers are from the Republic of Croatia, the third from Spain and the fourth from France. And there is something weird about each one of them. Then again, there's something weird about pretty much every Phantasm home video cover ever, but that's a blog post for another day.

Click here to continue reading this post and see these unusual cover artworks. If you want to, skip the text and scroll down to the covers to see if you can spot what's weird about each of them before I tell you.

Fan Spotlight: Phil Sawyer's AMAZING Phantasm Display

Move over, Freddy, Jason and Michael. There's a growing presence in the world of horror cosplay and it's Phantasmic in nature!

After having posted John Krieg's terrific Phantasm street display earlier this week, I'm back to show you another super-phan's handiwork. Phil Sawyer, who in 2011 shared with us his sweet homemade Phantasm figures, returns to the Phantasm Archives blog with pictures of his own unique outdoor display. Like Krieg, Phil has a magnificent Tall Man mannequin and dwarf replica - but also a live graver, distressed damsel, 'Cuda and even a Reggie! Head inside to see more photos and learn more about this impressive setup!

Click here to see pictures from Phil's photo shoot!

Huge Gallery: Scott Hoffman's Phantasm Art!

Today I'm very pleased to share with you the Phantasmic artwork of Artist Scott Hoffman. Scott is a huge phan from way back and enormously talented at recreating some of the most memorable moments from the franchise. These works are part of his Transformative Impressions series. In this post, Scott has allowed me to feature a whopping twenty-two of his art pieces here on the Archives, the first three of which depict the upcoming Phantasm Ravager.

You can check out Scott's web store here and like him on Facebook here.

Here's a brief artist biography: "Scott has been creating since as far back as he can remember. His passion in life and art has always been to add value to what has naturally existed and share his passion with others. His transformative works have been hailed as "Monet meets Freddy Krueger". Scott's ever evolving body of work carries a repertoire so diverse, that he has something for the true art lover to the conventional passerby."

Click here to expand this post and see Scott's gallery!

GALLERY: Scrimm Award Ceremony & Exhumed Book Signing

This past weekend saw the New York City Horror Film Festival award its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award to a very deserving Angus Scrimm. The Tall Man actor was on hand to personally receive the award at the Tribeca Cinema - along with yours truly and Phantasm series crewmember Kristen Deem. His award ceremony was followed by a brief Q&A and a PHANTASM EXHUMED book signing.

EXHUMED photographer Scott Pensa was on hand to document the event and you can see all of his wonderful photos by expanding this post. These include the award presentation itself, the onstage tributes to the Tall Man and the book signing.

Screencaps: Angus Scrimm in Femme Fatales

Submitted here for the Phantasm Archives are six screencaps from last night's Femme Fatales episode entitled 'The Clinic'. Though the concept is overall a bit racy for my taste, I thought Angus Scrimm was magnificent as the sinister Dr. Chandler. He positively steals the show, especially in the final moments when his character's true nature is revealed. Phantasm fans should delight at hearing Angus sneak in a "Boy" as he taunts the gun-wielding hero. Femme Fatales airs on Cinemax and if you happened to miss last night's airing, it's scheduled for repeats and featured on the premium channel's On-Demand service. Click any image to enlarge it.