PHANTASM: REMASTERED (1979)
Underground auteur Don Coscarelli (BUBBA HO-TEP, JOHN DIES AT THE END) launched his career as a purveyor of weird fantasy with 1979’s PHANTASM, which spawned a series of sequels, becoming his signature franchise. A death-haunted young boy (A. Michael Baldwin), recently orphaned, notices weird goings-on at a local funeral parlor and discovers a bizarre grave-robbing plot hatched by a visitor from another dimension — a frightening figure known only as “The Tall Man” (Angus Scrimm). Coscarelli wrote the role of Reggie, the comic relief everyman, specifically for his friend, actor Reggie Bannister. DIR/SCR Don Coscarelli; PROD D.A. Coscarelli. U.S., 1979, color, 88 min. RATED R
In Memoriam: Reggie Bannister (1945–2026)
Directors: Don Coscarelli
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026
Genre: Horror fantasy
