Phantasm / Phantasm II / Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead / Phantasm IV: Oblivion / Phantasm: Ravanger

Actors: Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Paula Irvine, James Le Gros

Director: Don Coscarelli

Language: ENGLISH: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, ENGLISH: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Subtitles: English

Region: Untested

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Number of Discs: 6

Rating: R

Orig. Release Date: 1988-1998

Studio: Well Go USA

Release Date: 12/3/2019

Run Time: 454 Min.

Phantasm

• Graveyard Carz Episode (1080p; 11:23) is a fun vignette with Don Coscarelli and A. Michael Baldwin.
• Interviews from 1979 (1080p; 28:04) is an older tv show with Coscarelli and Angus Scrimm.
• Deleted Scenes: (1080p; 10:04) are now authored together rather than separately as on the first release.
• Phantasm 1979 Trailer (1080p; 2:15)
• Remastered Trailer (1080p; 1:52)
• Audio Commentary features Don Coscarelli, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm and Bill Thornbury.
• Interview Outtakes (1080i; 4:39)
• Phantasm Behind the Scenes Home Movies (1080p; 20:08)
• Additional Home Movies (1080i; 19:03) have no sound.
• TV Spots (1080p; 3:12)
• Radio Spots (2:35)
• Angus Scrimm 1989 Convention Appearance (1080p; 9:59)
• Fangoria 1988 Commercial With Angus Scrimm (1080p; 00:53)
• Still Gallery (1080p; 6:52) defaults to an Auto Advance option, but also allows for Manual Advance
• Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Don Coscarelli, Co-Producer Paul Pepperman and Visual Consultant Robert Quezeda

Phantasm II

• Commentary with Director Don Coscarelli and Actors Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister. Somewhat hilariously, Angus Scrimm is indentified as Angus Scrumm on the menu options here (he does sound like a football or rugby player, doesn't he?). This is a fun and engaging commentary that's very conversational but which moves through a fairly wide assortment of material. Coscarelli obviously has very strong memories of the film (and the franchise in general) and imparts quite a bit of interesting anecdotal information along the way.
• The Ball is Back (1080p; 46:38) is a good in-depth piece that features new interviews with a host of participants, including Don Coscarelli, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister and Paula Irvine, as well as some of the production crew.
• The Gory Days (1080p; 22:01) focuses on makeup artist Greg Nicotero and his contributions to the film.
• Deleted Scenes (1080p; 6:51) are culled from archival 35mm elements provided by Don Coscarelli.
• Workprint Scenes (480p; 18:58) feature a lot of interesting content for fans, with alternate takes, extended scenes and a few extra moments of blood and guts. These feature a rather obtrusive timecode caption, no score and only minimal sound effects.
• TV Spots (480p; 1:25)
• Behind the Scenes includes:
  • Makeup and Effects (1080i; 9:12)
  • On the Set (1080i; 9:08)
• Trailers include:
  • 'Phantasm' Trailer (1080i; 2:17)
  • 'Phantasm II' Trailer (1080p; 1:27)
  • 'Phantasm III' Trailer (1080i; 1:27)
• Still Galleries include:
  • Behind the Scenes (1080p; 4:17)
  • Makeup and Effects (1080p; 3:12)
    Posters and Stills (1080p; 5:17)
  • Rare Short Film Featuring Rory Guy (480p; 18:40) stars Angus Scrimm (AKA Rory Guy) as none other than Abraham Lincoln in an Encyclopedia Brittanica short that no doubt thrilled countless schoolchildren back in the Dark Ages.

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

• It's Never Over: The Making of Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1080p; 48:11) is a very well done retrospective with some great interviews with Don Coscarelli, Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin and others.
• Balls of Steel: Bob Ivy's Stunt for the Ages (1080p; 9:38) documents the great "flying hearse" stunt that's a highlight of the film.
• Behind the Scenes Compilation (1080i; 28:20)
• Phantasm III: Behind the Scenes (1080p; 8:52)
• Deleted Scene (1080i; 00:11)
• Trailer (1080p; 1:21)
• Radio Spot (1:01)
• Still Gallery (1080p; 4:20) defaults to an Auto Advance mode, but a Manual Advance option is also available.
• Audio Commentary with Director Don Coscarelli and Norman Buckley
• Audio Commentary with Stars A. Michael Baldwin and Angus Scrimm

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

• Death is No Escape: The Making of Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1080p; 47:34) is another extremely enjoyable and informative retrospective, with some typically comical comments from Don Coscarelli and a few cool looks at the Avary film that might have been.
• Behind the Scenes Compilation (1080i; 30:25)
• Phantasm Sequels: Conceptual Art Gallery by Justin Zaharczuk (1080p; 8:36)
• Phantasm IV: Behind the Scenes (1080p; 10:48) intercuts candid footage with snippets from the film.
• Promo (1080i; 1:33)
• Trailer (1080p; 1:42)
• Behind the Scenes Still Gallery (1080p; 4:00) defaults to an Auto Advance mode, but also offers a Manual Advance option.
• Audio Commentary with Director Don Coscarelli and Actors Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm

Phantasm: Ravanger

• Behind the Scenes (1080p; 5:07)
• Deleted Scenes (1080p; 7:25) are authored together this time, rather than separately as before, and also include some explicatory text. These are in rough cut form, with an overlay and timecode from the production house. An optional commentary is also available.
• Phantasm: Bloopers and Outtakes (1080p; 8:35)
• Trailer (1080p; 1:44)
• Audio Commentary features Don Coscarelli and David Hartman.
• The Making of Phantasm: Ravager (1080p; 50:25) takes a little different tack than the previous "Making Of" featurettes did, with a compilation of things like alternate takes, VFX tests and artwork.
• Friendship and Phantasm: An Interview with A. Michael Baldwin (1080p; 19:10)
• The Lady in Lavender: An Interview with Kat Lester (1080p; 17:36)
• The Name is Chunk: An Interview with Stephen Jutras (1080p; 8:31)
• Red Credit Sequence (1080p; 4:34:) is from the end of the film.
• A Moment with the Director (1080p; 1:05)
• Teaser Trailer (1080p; 1:03)

Phantasm
Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear causes him to follow his brother to a funeral, where Mike witnesses the Tall Man lift a coffin on his own. Mike decides to investigate and discovers a horrible world where the Tall Man, along with his flying spheres, shrink the to half their normal size and reanimate them as slaves. It is then up to Mike, his brother, and Reggie, the ice cream man, to stop the Tall man...

Phantasm II
Mike is released from psychiatry, when he agrees with the doctors that the terrible happenings in his past were just in his imagination. But once he's free, he contacts Redge and they team up to hunt down and eliminate the "Tall Man", who plunders the graveyards and abducts the sleeping with help of his terrible gnomes. A beautiful strange girl starts to appear in Mike's dreams. He assumes she's in danger and needs their help - will they find her before the Tall Man can do her any harm...?

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies. They also must contend with the resurrected dead plus a growing number of the infamous and deadly silver spheres which aid the Tall Man as he sets his sights on indoctrinating Mike and finishing the fight begun so many years ago...

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

Taking off immediately where the last one ended, in this episode Mike travels across dimensions and time fleeing from the Tall Man, 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 (accompanied by a beauty he picked up on the road) battles the spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation...

Phantasm: Ravanger