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First Two ‘Phantasm’ Films Getting a New Blu-ray Release Including Remaster and Director’s Cut
Out now from Well Go USA, The Phantasm Sphere Collection brings all five Phantasm movies back to Blu-ray, and the first two films are also getting their own new release on Blu-ray.
Also from Well Go USA, the upcoming Phantasm I & II Special Edition Blu-ray double feature set includes both Phantasm: Remastered and the Director’s Cut of Phantasm II.
Here’s the full breakdown from Diabolik…
Disc 1: PHANTASM: REMASTERED
At a funeral, Mike (Michael Baldwin), watches as a tall mortician clad in black (Angus Scrimm) tosses the unburied coffin into a waiting hearse as if it were nothing. Seeking the truth behind this unusual sight, Mike breaks into the mortuary, where he comes face-to-face with the sinister Tall Man. After barely managing to escape with his life, Mike enlists the help of his brother, Jody (Bill Thornbury), and their friend Reggie (Reggie Bannister). Together they set out to uncover the secrets of the Tall Man and those who dwell in his hellish world.
PHANTASM Special Features Include:
• NEW 7.1 Dolby Atmos soundtrack by Post Haste Digital
• NEW Dunes Cantina Party commentary featuring Don Coscarelli and the cast and crew of PHANTASM
• NEW Phantasm: A Horse Drawn Hearse – new HD master of Angus Scrimm in black and white flashback footage
• Audio Commentary with director Don Coscarelli, co-producer Paul Pepperman and Roberto A. Quezada
• Audio Commentary with Don Coscarelli, stars A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury and Angus Scrimm
• Graveyard Carz episode featuring custom Phantasm tribute ‘Cuda • Behind the Scenes Home Movies with commentary by Coscarelli and Reggie Bannister
• Deleted Scenes And more…
Disc 2: PHANTASM II
Released after seven years in a mental hospital, Mike convinces his old pal Reggie to join forces with him to hunt down and destroy the Tall Man once and for all. Mike’s visions lead the two to a quiet little town where a horde of flying killer balls aim to slice and dice their gruesome way through everyone. Exploding with special effects, unparalleled thrills, horror and suspense, PHANTASM II climaxes with a blood-curdling conclusion that you have to see to believe.
PHANTASM II Special Features:
• NEW 4K scan of the original camera negative, supervised and approved by Don Coscarelli
• NEW Director’s Cut with never-before-released X-rated sphere/gore sequence
• Audio Commentary with director Don Coscarelli and stars Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister
• THE BALL IS BACK and THE GORY DAYS featurettes
• Deleted Scenes
• Additional scenes from the original work print cut
• Behind the Scenes footage And more…
The release date for this double feature is October 5. Pre-order through Diabolik today!
Are you ready to go back?
After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.
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