Wrong Discs Included on New Phantasm Set

Per the official Phantasm Ravager Twitter account, we've learned that Well Go USA apparently packaged the wrong discs in some editions of their newly released Phantasm Double Feature Blu-ray. These discs were supposed to be identical to the one included in their Sphere Collection, but phans have been complaining that they contain older discs instead. What's the difference? The newer discs contain additional special features on both films and the 4k UNCUT edition of Phantasm II. Some phans are quite pissed at this distributor screw-up, which is understandable. When you're paying these prices for movies you likely already own, you want the discs as they were advertised.

The Ravager Twitter account encourages phans to reach out to Well Go USA to discuss how to get replacement discs. They also claim that only SOME of the new editions were affected, but we've yet to hear from a phan who received the correct discs. (Speak up in the comments if your set was packaged correctly!)

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— Phantasm Ravager (@PhantasmRavager) October 8, 2021

Phantasm Exhumed is now on Audible!

If you've been looking for an excuse to revisit either PHANTASM EXHUMED or FURTHER EXHUMED, they've both just debuted as audio books over on AUDIBLE! They collectively total over thirteen hours of Phantasmic-goodness. Not a member of Audible? Not to worry! You can snag one of these audio books for FREE by signing up for the site's free 30-day trial, which allows you to keep your audio book even if you cancel!

Check out Phantasm Exhumed here.

Check our Further Exhumed here.

"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!

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!

OFFICIAL: Phantasm Collection Black Edition Cancelled

When word broke earlier this year about Well Go USA's mega-awesome Phantasm Collection, phans were psyched. And why not? This thing is packing beautiful transfers, a treasure trove of extras, and a new silver sphere replica. Plus, it was going to come in both black and white editions sporting Aaron Lea's incredible new artwork.

After several unfortunate delays, the white edition finally debuted through Best Buy last week. The Phantasm Archives reached out to Well Go this morning to inquire about other potential retailers and also the release of the black variant edition. Well Go responded that other major retailers should be stocking the Phantasm Collection by year's end, which is great.

As for the Black Variant edition? It's officially cancelled. A sure bummer, but a small one all things considered. We're still mighty lucky to be getting such an incredible release.

The NEW Phantasm Collection Has Arrived! (sorta)

After much anticipation and several delays, Well Go USA's newest Phantasm Collection has finally arrived - sorta. While most retailers are still awaiting their shipments, Best Buy seems to have lucked out and are already offering the sets online and in-store. (Only the white editions, apparently.)

Although it can be a major pain tracking down one of these sets in-store right now, early feedback from phans is that this is by far the greatest collective offering of the franchise we've seen yet. The newly added bonus features are reportedly wonderful and Phantasm II has never looked better with its stunning new transfer.

Photo snagged from Don Coscarelli's official Facebook.

LIMITED - Reggie/Dwarf Figure 2-Pack from Morningside Customs

It was just last month that Morningside Customs' Mike/Tall Man double-offering sold out damn near immediately. Priced at roughly $250 and limited to only 50 pieces, they were at once a hot commodity on the secondhand market. Well, MC hasn't wasted anytime in following this up with another Phantasm double-figure pack.

Pre-orders have just opened up for a Reggie/Dwarf figure combo. While they aren't saying how many are being made this time around, they're sticking with the same $249.99 price tag. I must admit, this second round of hand-painted figures look just as cool as the last ones. Reggie even comes with a four-barrel shotgun accessory!

You can pre-order yours at Monsters in Motion.

New AUTOMATONS Book Features Tribute to Angus Scrimm

Readers of this blog might remember me talking about a film called AUTOMATONS over the years. This post-apocalyptic indie from 2006 was written and directed by James Felix McKenney of Glass Eye Pix fame and featured our dear Tall Man Angus Scrimm in a starring role. I was a big fan of the movie when it first debuted on home video eleven years ago. (Check out my original review here.)

To celebrate the project's thirteenth anniversary, Pulp 2.0 Press has now released the official book of the film, which features a behind the scenes look at its unique production along with cast/crew interviews. Among the books features is a special tribute to Angus Scrimm, who played "The Scientist." Being such a big fan of the movie, I cannot wait to check out this book.

AUTOMATONS: The Book of the Movie is now available from Amazon for a very reasonable $9.99. Get your copy here! To learn more about Automatons, visit the Glass Eye Pix website.

Phantasm.com Now Selling Hammers

Here's something rather unexpected. The official Phantasm store is now offering limited edition replicas of Mike's shotgun-shell-enhanced-hammer from the original film! These replicas ship out in a glass case and are hand-signed by Don Coscarelli. The official site has dubbed this item the "Phantasm War Hammer" and they're each priced at $99.99.

Per the product page: This beautiful prop replica of the Hammer/Shotgun shell device, which young Mike uses to escape his bedroom in the original Phantasm, comes in a lovely glass and wood display case. The hammer handle is autographed by Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli and signature comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The shotgun shell within is empty and non-operational. This display case containing the Phantasm War Hammer is approximately 15" in length, 8.5" in width and approximately 2.5" tall.

Get yours here. What other prop replicas would you like to see? Reggie's dwarf-destroying four-barrel? Better quality spheres? A life-size space gate, perhaps?

New Look at 40th Anniversary Blu-ray Set

While the Phantasm 40th Anniversary Collection is waaaay past the original October release date and also set to miss the rescheduled release date, we now have a better look at the packaging courtesy Amazon. Boasting an impressive array of bonus features AND a silver sphere replica, this new collection will come in both black and white editions. Here's to hoping we get it before the 50th Anniversary! (kidding not kidding)

40th Anniv. Set Delayed AGAIN? Seemingly, Yes.

Many of you heard about the recent confirmation that Phantasm's 40th Anniversary Blu-ray set had been delayed due to issues concerning the silver sphere replica. (Word on the street is there's an issue importing them from their place of origin. Not the Red Planet, apparently, but mainland China.) Originally slated for release on October 22nd, Don Coscarelli had been promoting December 3rd as the new release date. (This according to a promotional trailer shown at his recent Tucson, Arizona appearance.) We now have reason to believe that the set has been delayed even further.

The always terrific Dark Delicacies has just announced an in-store signing event for the release. Guests scheduled to attend - as of now - include Don Coscarelli, Reggie Bannister, Gigi Bannister, Ken Jones, and David Hartman. The plot twist in all of this is that the event is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10th and yet is mentioned as being a "Pre-Release" signing. That would seem to nix the December 3rd release date, though we've yet to get any official confirmation on that. In fact, the official camp has yet to even acknowledge that the original October 22nd release date didn't happen - except in-person, of course. An announcement would be nice.

As always, will post more news as we get it.

Stunning Mike/Tall Man Figure 2-Pack from Morningside Customs

Here's some cool news that I wasn't quite fast enough in posting about as it's already bloody sold out! The Monsters-In-Motion online store has just posted this stunning Mike Pearson/Tall Man Retro-Figure 2-Pack from "Morningside Customs." Priced at $250, this fan-produced offering is limited to a mere fifty pieces, which explains why it sold out so quickly. The 8" figures were sculpted by Chris Elizardo with box art by Allan Graves. This collection comes with silver sphere and mutant-bug accessories.

Fingers crossed they'll produce more in the near future as the quality appears quite good. You can still view the listing here. Click any of the images below to see them in greater detail. (Thanks to Scott Pensa for the initial heads up!)

New Release Date 40th Blu-ray Set / New Extras

According to Blu-ray.com, the new release date for the 40th Anniversary Blu-ray set is December 3, 2019. We've yet to receive official confirmation of that, but Blu-ray.com is a pretty reputable source for this kind of stuff. Phans will recall that the set was originally supposed to debut on October 22 (today!), but manufacturing issues overseas involving the sphere replicas have delayed its release.

For those wondering what's in this gigantic set, it contains everything that was in the previous Well Go USA boxset that sold out so quickly.... along with the following new items:

PHANTASM
- New 7.1 Dolby Atmos Soundtrack by Post Haste Digital
- New Dunes Cantina Party commentary featuring Don Coscarelli and the cast/crew of Phantasm
- Phantasm: A Horse Drawn Hearse - new HD master of Angus Scrimm in B/W flashback footage

PHANTASM II
- New 4k scan of the original camera negative supervised by Coscarelli
- Director's Cut version with never-before-released X-rated sphere/gore sequence

PHANTASM RAVAGER
- P5: How It Was Made - Feature-length documentary on the production

(Thanks to Steve VanMeter for the tip!)

OFFICIALLY DELAYED - Phantasm 40th Blu-ray Set Hits Snag

Phantasm phans have been skeptical that the 40th Anniversary Blu-ray Sphere Set announced earlier this year would be hitting store shelves on time and rightfully so. Major retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy have yet to start taking pre-orders for the massive set despite its original release date being less than ten days away. Some smaller retailers have begun taking pre-orders, but all without offering actual product art or details on their listings.

This past weekend in Orlando, series creator Don Coscarelli confirmed to phans at the Fantasm convention that the 40th Anniversary Set was officially behind schedule due to manufacturing issues overseas. He was hopeful that distributor Well Go USA might be able to release the boxset by Thanksgiving or - at the very latest - early December.

This is unfortunate as Well Go has already spent a chunk of change on advertising the release for October including a full-page advertisement in a recent issue of Rue Morgue Magazine. Fingers crossed they get the issue(s) resolved soon as this set still looks amazing!

Seller Offering 3D Printed Silver Sphere Model Kits

We've seen a lot of great sphere replicas over the years, but this may be a first. Etsy user Pixi3DStore is offering 3D printed silver sphere model kits for sale! Assembly looks super easy and they're a great buy at only $14.99 per kit. Sure, they're only plastic, you have to paint them, and they're nowhere near the superb quality of a BakerProps or Nightmares Unlimited ball, but it's still quite nice for the price. Get yours here!

This Phantasm II Sticker Sold for $257 because, uh... reasons?

This kind of blows my mind, but remember those nifty Prism stickers from the 80s? The kind you'd get from quarter machines at the supermarket? Well, they're super collectible now, especially ones depicting horror movies of the era. And Phantasm II is one of the more collectible ones, apparently. We've seen P2 stickers fetch as high as $75 on eBay, but this...

This afternoon, a Phantasm II prism sticker sold for $257 after a fierce bidding war! I'm not sure I've ever paid that much for a Phantasm collectible, much less a sticker! But I can't deny that it does look cool!

I guess the moral of the story is that if you've got a few old Prism stickers laying around, definitely list them on eBay!

New Phantasm Clock from Nightmares Unlimited!

You might've seen that tacky-ass Phantasm III clock dumped on video stores back in the 90's, but dig this classy-looking Phantasm time piece cooked up by Mark Phillips of Nightmares Unlimited! This bad boy features an actual chrome sphere as the centerpiece with marble backing and Phantasm lettering across the top!

Mark is currently offering ten of these clocks for sale. They're $75 each plus shipping. If you'd like one, message him on the Nightmares Unlimited page to reserve yours.

Vinyl Announcement: Angus Scrimm in "The Grandfather"

Here's some terrific news for fans of the Tall Man. Holy Mountain Printing has just released a vinyl pressing of Angus Scrimm's performance in "The Grandfather," an episode of the audio drama series Tales from Beyond the Pale. This particular installment was written and directed by the marvelous Graham Reznick, a friend and collaborator of Scrimm's. If you missed this gem when it was originally released back in 2010, I'd highly recommend you check it out. You can read my review of the episode here.

The album comes in split-color vinyl (limited to 400 copies) and glow-in-the-dark (limited to 100 copies). The split-color is $20 and glow-in-the-dark is $22. The photo below originated over on the Glass Eye Pix website.

Angus Scrimm wrote liner notes for countless albums throughout his career at Capitol Records, but this is - to my knowledge - the first time his voice has been featured so prominently on an actual vinyl album!

Get your copy of "The Grandfather" vinyl here!