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Don Coscarelli is Hungry to Make a ‘Phantasm’ Video Game

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We’re living in a golden age for video game adaptations of horror franchises, with recent Friday the 13th, Predator and Alien games paving the way for upcoming games based on The Evil Dead and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It would seem that all franchises are up for grabs on the video game front at this point, and that could end up including Phantasm.

That is, if the franchise’s creator has any say in the matter…

Don Coscarelli, who wrote and directed the original Phantasm and returned to direct three sequels, has taken to Twitter to publicly declare that he wants a Phantasm video game!

Coscarelli tweets, “The most common question I get about PHANTASM is….. WHEN WILL THERE BE A VIDEO GAME? What better time than NOW. To all my friends in the video game industry. DMs are open. To all the PHANS reply to this thread and tag who would do it justice.”

In other words, if you’re a video game developer who happens to be a huge fan of the Phantasm franchise, you might want to reach out and drop Don Coscarelli a message.

After all, it’s not often that opportunities like this one present themselves!

The original Phantasm was released by Coscarelli in 1979, centered on a teenage boy and his friends who face off against a mysterious grave robber known as the Tall Man. The late Angus Scrimm played the iconic horror movie villain in Coscarelli’s original classic and all four sequels, with the franchise coming to an end – for now, at least – with 2016’s Phantasm: Ravager.

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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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‘El Paso, Elsewhere’ – LaKeith Stanfield Starring in Adaptation of Monster Hunting Video Game

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Last year’s monster hunting shooter El Paso, Elsewhere is headed to the screen, with THR reporting that LaKeith Stanfield (Haunted Mansion) will star in the live action film adaptation.

Stanfield will also produce the film alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

THR notes in today’s report, “There is no writer or director, as the project is still being packaged in the hopes of finding a studio home. The package is seen as buzzy, as it is a video game adaptation, a bustling genre thanks to titles such as The Last of Us, the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and the most recent hit, Fallout.”

In the upcoming movie version of El Paso, Elsewhere, “Recovering from a toxic relationship, James Savage (LaKeith Stanfield) confronts both his inner demons and enigmatic ex-girlfriend, Janet, before she executes a world-ending ritual. James navigates her reality-bending universe of ethereal monsters while facing the truth of his own addictions and skewed sense of self-worth. James learns that the only route to love is through healing.”

Developer Strange Scaffold’s El Paso, Elsewhere was released this past September.

Aaron Boehm wrote in his 4-star review here on Bloody Disgusting, “Much like its inspiration Max Payne, and other games in Remedy’s catalog, there’s a clear vision that unites every frame of this game, making for an experience that both reignites a classic action subgenre and forges an identity all its own. Few games have a better elevator pitch than El Paso, Elsewhere, and it’s awesome to see it live up to those expectations with style and heart.”

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