Rambling, Randomly

...in fact, as it progresses it makes less sense than ever. Don Coscarelli has stated that the first film was a stand-alone, it was...the filmmaker? Nobody should have a better handle on the franchise than Coscarelli, but he's left a legacy of head-scratching frustration for most...money and laziness work it's way in? I dunno. Certainly Don Coscarelli isn't rich or famous by Hollywood standards. I guess I"...

Barlow's crypt and my first kiss

... to keep our secret even now, except for the fact that the boy who kissed me in Barlow's crypt died of a disease several years ago. I just learned about that recently and decided that I could share the secret now. [The image is of the poster for the Spanish release of the film, for some reason called Phantasma II there; maybe it was packaged as a sequel to the Coscarelli film Phantasm ?]

How could I have gone from the King of rock 'n' roll to this?

...$6. That's a no-brainer right there. Written and directed by Don Coscarelli, based on a short story by Joe R. Lansdale (who also wrote the story that Coscarelli's Masters of Horror episode Incident on and Off a Mountain Road was ... Because if they don't take a stand, who will? Now if only Coscarelli would hurry it up with the promised followup, Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of ...

Weekend Comparison: Phantasm/Phantasm II

... Phantasm (1979), distributor AVCO Embassy Pictures insistently asked Don Coscarelli to make a sequel right away, but the filmmaker was... finite ending. His mother, future best-selling novelist Kate Coscarelli, was indeed interested and wrote a script called "Phantasm ...as the funding for The Beastmaster (1982) came through and Coscarelli moved on. Nevertheless, he nowadays admits that his decision to...

Theme Week: Animals - Weekend Comparison - Beastmaster/Beastmaster 2

... Beastmaster: An eighteen years old Demi Moore auditioned several times for the part of Kiri. Although she was Don Coscarelli's favorite choice, the producers decided to cast Tanya Roberts. Trivia - Beastmaster 2: Don Coscarelli sold off his rights on the story and characters. He has no involvement with the sequels, nor the ...

Don Coscarelli's Phantasm

Скачал 4 части меагафильма ужасофантастики "Фантазм". Не только для очередного просмотра, но и для того, чтобы еще раз убедиться, что все современные фильмы ужасов - полное УГ, где главный упор идет на "многа кровищи, спецэффекты и злое бугого!", где присутствует минимум мозга и сюжета. А творение Коскарелли как зацепило меня 11 лет назад, так и не отпускает - отличная атмосфера, куча ужаса и ...

Phantasm (Don Coscarelli, 1979)

Phantasm on IMDb Plot outline Trailer on YouTube View Poll: #1299551 Two years ago: You know the name. You know the number.

Women in Horror

... A mixture of various different elements? Will it be an open project, will it be just a few contributors? Will it just be Kate and myself? Well after Crypticon, and upon the urgings of the fantabulous Don Coscarelli, I sent out a proposal to Rue Morgue and Fangoria magazines. Rue Morgue turned it down but Fango wanted more detail. I gave it to them and then didn't hear back for two months. I've ...

...the filmmaker-centric new century, Gary Kent weaves an expertly written and all-true story of the world of movies, with all of the action, actresses, drink, drugs, sex, and creative genius!”  — Don Coscarelli, Producer Director (Bubba Ho-Tep, Phantasm) “This book is a magic piece of candy, transporting the reader back to earlier days of celluloid Villians and Heroes, where hindsight is 20/20 and ...

Murky your estrogen levels may preclude cancer return

... food and transportation, confers a degree of well-being and has a protective effect, says psychologist Anne Coscarelli, PhD, director of the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology at the university’s Jonsson Comprehensive ... way, and to be able to receive that way.” To a person reluctant to seek help, Coscarelli advises: “The first step is to say, ‘I’m worthy of help. I deserve this help...