Post by mirai on Oct 18, 2007 7:50:02 GMT -5
most of you probably know most of these
The uncut version is banned in Germany.
It was filmed on the weekends over a one-year period in 1977
The Mortuary dissolve effect is actually an element of the Star Trek transporter effect.
Called "The Never Dead" in Australia.
If you look at "The Tall Man" in the final scene, you will notice that he has short hair instead of the long hair that he has throughout the rest of the film.
Angus Scrimm ("The Tall Man"), whose real name is Rory Guy, is actually a journalist for several magazine such as TV Guide and Cinema Magazine. He has written liner notes for the likes of Frank Sinatra and the Beatles, and even has won a Grammy for his work. But he will always be "The Tall Man" to me!!!!!
Angus Scrimm is 6' 2". Different camera angles and smaller sized clothing was used to make him look even taller.
When it was released, critics dubbed the "Ball", the "first computerized vampire."
The killer dwarves were original going to be played by "little" people, but instead Don Coscarelli used his neighbor's kids.
Wilbur Green, the designer of "Sentinel" died mysterious a few weeks after the sequences for the balls were shot. He never got to see his work, the "ball", in action on the silver screen.
The Mortuary set burned down during filming and had to be rebuilt.
A Special Edition DVD of "Phantasm" is out. It contains all the features of the SE Laserdisc released a few years back.
MPAA originally wanted to cut down the "ball" scene because they found it too gory. Don Coscarelli was able to convince the President of the MPAA to change the ruling by showing that cutting the scene down made it more horrific.
The exterior shots of the Mausoleum at Morningside Cemetery were actually of the Dunsmuir House and Gardens in Oakland, CA the same house that was featured in the film "Burnt Offerings".
The uncut version is banned in Germany.
It was filmed on the weekends over a one-year period in 1977
The Mortuary dissolve effect is actually an element of the Star Trek transporter effect.
Called "The Never Dead" in Australia.
If you look at "The Tall Man" in the final scene, you will notice that he has short hair instead of the long hair that he has throughout the rest of the film.
Angus Scrimm ("The Tall Man"), whose real name is Rory Guy, is actually a journalist for several magazine such as TV Guide and Cinema Magazine. He has written liner notes for the likes of Frank Sinatra and the Beatles, and even has won a Grammy for his work. But he will always be "The Tall Man" to me!!!!!
Angus Scrimm is 6' 2". Different camera angles and smaller sized clothing was used to make him look even taller.
When it was released, critics dubbed the "Ball", the "first computerized vampire."
The killer dwarves were original going to be played by "little" people, but instead Don Coscarelli used his neighbor's kids.
Wilbur Green, the designer of "Sentinel" died mysterious a few weeks after the sequences for the balls were shot. He never got to see his work, the "ball", in action on the silver screen.
The Mortuary set burned down during filming and had to be rebuilt.
A Special Edition DVD of "Phantasm" is out. It contains all the features of the SE Laserdisc released a few years back.
MPAA originally wanted to cut down the "ball" scene because they found it too gory. Don Coscarelli was able to convince the President of the MPAA to change the ruling by showing that cutting the scene down made it more horrific.
The exterior shots of the Mausoleum at Morningside Cemetery were actually of the Dunsmuir House and Gardens in Oakland, CA the same house that was featured in the film "Burnt Offerings".