A trailer for the Bad Robot-supervised 4K remaster of Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm has been released and can be seen below. The restoration was announced late last year and is being overseen by J.J. Abrams, who is a big fan of the film.
“The residents of a small town have begun dying under strange circumstances, leading young Mike (Michael Baldwin) to investigate. After discovering that the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), the town’s mortician, is killing and reanimating the dead as misshapen zombies, Mike seeks help from his older brother, Jody (Bill Thornbury), and local ice cream man Reggie (Reggie Bannister). Working together, they try to lure out and kill the Tall Man, all the while avoiding his minions and a deadly silver sphere.”
The remastered version of the 1979 cult horror film will hit cable and digital platforms on October 4th with a theatrical run set for October 7.
