Time to report some crappy news. After learning last month that the filming location for the Fortuneteller's Home may be soon demolished, it has come to my attention that the filming location used as the Pearson Residence exterior in the original film HAS been demolished. Phans will fondly recall this as the spot where Jody and Reggie strummed "Sittin' Here at Midnight," where Mike showed his brother the severed finger and from where the Tall Man single-handedly carted Mike out to his waiting hearse.
The dastardly deed appears to have been carried out only a few short months ago. A lavish new structure appears to be under construction in its place. Located at 1232 Corsica Drive, Google Street View gives us a close-up look at the property.
I was fortunate enough to visit the property back in 2009 with Kristen Deem and Guy Thorpe. The location has been immortalized through both Sean Clark's Horror's Hallowed Grounds column in HorrorHound and in Reggie's Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour on the out-of-print R2 Phantasm box set. For all those bummed that they will never be able to make pilgrimage here, I say chin up!
After all, we'll always have Dunsmuir.
(Top photo by Kristen Deem, Bottom photo from Google)
I need this to be real. From super-phan Russell Wagus comes this tease of what a Phantasm trading card set might look like.... and it seems to me such a set would look fantastic! Russell mentioned drawing inspiration from the old Topps Star Wars trading cards of yesteryear. These are but nine sample cards he designed. Imagine what he could do with a full set or possibly the sequel films? Fingers crossed he explores these possibilities!
