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Watch Touching Memorial Tribute to ‘Phantasm’ Star Angus Scrimm
This year started off on a very sad note here in the horror community with the January passing of icon Angus Scrimm, but we were all smiles last week when Phantasm: Ravager, along with newly restored versions of the previous films in the franchise, were finally unleashed. Scrimm will live on forever as the terrifying Tall Man, and we take great comfort in that.
Prior to screenings of Phantasm: Remastered and Phantasm: Ravager that took place earlier this month at Durham, NC’s Carolina Theatre, a Phantasm tribute video titled Journey to Ravager was shown off, and franchise fan Dustin McNeill took it upon himself to edit that video into an absolutely beautiful memorial tribute to the late Angus Scrimm. This is merely an excerpt of the full video, and it contains behind-the-scenes footage and images that have never before been seen.
The memorial video also includes a touching theme song by Lito Velasco titled “For Angus,” which is based on the iconic Phantasm theme. Said Velasco:
I wanted the theme we know and love to evolve as the footage changed in tone. To become something more ethereal, loving, and spiritual while also retaining the shape and structural basis of the original tune.
Check out the video below. Bless you for putting this together, Dustin.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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