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Watch Touching Memorial Tribute to ‘Phantasm’ Star Angus Scrimm

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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.

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Alien Hunt’ – It’s an ‘Alien’ and ‘Predator’ Mockbuster Rolled into One! [Trailer]

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While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.

This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.

You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!

In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?

“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.

“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”

Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.

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