Yesterday was a big one forPhantasmfans, not only did the 4K restorationPhantasm: Remastered(with the help of J.J. Abrams, no less) finally arrive, so did the long-awaited next installment,Phantasm: Ravager. The first Phantasm sequel in almost two decades,Ravagersees David Hartman step into theDavid Hartmanstep into the director’s chair forDon Coscarelli, who returned to produce and co-pen the screenplay. Picking up a near twenty years later, our heroes are no longer just fighting the perils of the red dimension, but the all too real battle against dementia, as they try to prevent the reality of the red world’s dimension from bleeding into our own.
With such a long downtime between entries you’d be forgiven for forgetting some of the ins and outs of what happened in the last four Phantasm installments. Of course, ideally, we’d all have time to re-watch the first four before delving into the latest chapter, but what’s a workin' folk to do?Fortunately, the studio has put together the comedy shortPhantasm and Youto bring you up to speed with Mike, Jody, Reggie and their decades-long battle against The Tall Man. Get caught up with more than three decades of Phantasm in less than 4 minutes in the video below.
You can check out the Phantasm Ravager trailer below and check out myinterview with Hartman and Coscarellihere. https://www.youtube.com/embed/A4tAuouyJTQ Here’s the synopsis forPhantasm: Ravager:
For 37 years, audiences have followed small town friends Reggie, Mike, and Jody in their quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm in his final performance) and his armada of killer Sentinel Spheres. Now, Don Coscarelli’s acclaimed horror/sci-fi Phantasm franchise comes to a close in a truly epic finale, a multi-dimensional battle across multiple timelines, alien planets, and altered realities, where no less than the fate of Earth is on the line.
