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Movie: Phantasm Ravager

[TRAILER] Small-town friends Reggie (Reggie Bannister), Mike (A. Michael Baldwin), and Jody (Bill Thornbury) continue in their quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) and his armada of killer Sentinel Spheres. This time, the fight becomes a multi-dimensional battle across multiple timelines, alien planets and altered realities, where no less than the fate of Earth is on the line. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 28, 2025 - 1 comment

Movie: Phantasm IV: Oblivion

[TRAILER] Taking off immediately where the last one ended, in this episode Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) travels across dimensions and time fleeing from the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), at the same time he tries to find the origins of his enemy, and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie (Reggie Bannister) battles the spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 26, 2025 - 2 comments

Movie: Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

[TRAILER] The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike (A. Michael Baldwin, returning to the role) and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie (Reggie Bannister). The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 25, 2025 - 3 comments

Movie: Phantasm II

[TRAILER] Mike (this time played by James Le Gros), after his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with his old pal Reggie (Reggie Bannister) to hunt down the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 25, 2025 - 5 comments

Movie: The Beastmaster

Prehistoric Dar (Marc Singer) uses ESP with animals to save a slave girl (Tanya Roberts) from a sorcerer (Rip Torn). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 22, 2022 - 13 comments

Movie: Phantasm

The residents of a small town have begun dying under strange circumstances, leading young Mike (Michael Baldwin) to investigate. After discovering that the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), the town's mortician, is killing and reanimating the dead as misshapen zombies, Mike seeks help from his older brother, Jody (Bill Thornbury), and local ice cream man Reggie (Reggie Bannister). Working together, they try to lure out and kill the Tall Man, all the while avoiding his minions and a deadly silver sphere. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 25, 2022 - 10 comments

Movie: Bubba Ho-tep

Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK (Ossie Davis) and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 22, 2022 - 10 comments

Movie: John Dies at the End

A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion? [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 29, 2014 - 23 comments

MeFi Horror Film Club, #7: John Dies at the End

This week's pic is Don Coscarelli's (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) adaptation of David Wong's loony serialized novel, John Dies at the End. This goofy, mind-bending horror comedy combines slacker comedy, Lovecraftian horror, and freshman dorm philosophy weirdness. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 24, 2014 - 59 comments

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