Don Coscarelli

The Beastmaster (1982): Fantasizing About Fantasy Films

Posted 5 years ago

Welcome back to Fantasizing About Fantasy Films! Written and narrated by Jessica Dwyer, in this very special episode we look back at an eighties cult classic, The Beastmaster, starring Marc Singer and the late Tanya Roberts. Directed by Don Coscarelli,...

Bubba Nosferatu, Bruce Campbell (The Horror Movie That Almost Was)

Posted 5 years ago

Phantasm director Don Coscarelli's 2002 film Bubba Ho-Tep (watch it HERE, buy it HERE) is a favorite of mine. It stars Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis as a pair of nursing home residents who believe that they are Elvis Presley and JFK, respectively, and...

Awfully Good: The Beastmaster with Tanya Roberts

Posted 6 years ago

Jason It’s been a hard week for fans of former Bond girl Tanya Roberts. In her honor, we look back at one of her most famous roles…   The Beastmaster (1982)   Director: Don Coscarelli Stars: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts,...

R.I.P.: Ken Jones, Phantasm caretaker and sphere victim, has passed away

Posted 6 years ago

Although Kenneth V. Jones (usually credited as Ken Jones) only had three screen acting credits to his name, one of the roles he took on did make quite an impact. Genre fans might not have known his name off the...

Don Coscarelli regains Beastmaster rights, planning restoration and new film

Posted 6 years ago

Back in the early '80s, PHANTASM mastermind Don Coscarelli collaborated with PHANTASM producer Paul Pepperman to write THE BEASTMASTER (watch it HERE), a film that paid tribute to the sword and sorcery films they had grown up on. Coscarelli directed the film,...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net:Joker, Game Of Thrones, A Quiet Place

Posted 8 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

Phantasm director Don Coscarelli spills his guts in memoir True Indie

Posted 8 years ago

I'm always fascinated to hear behind-the-scenes stories about the making of some of the horror genre's low budget indie classics – one of those being the 1979 film PHANTASM, which was made on a budget of around $300,000 by writer/director...

The Test of Time: Phantasm II (1988)

Posted 8 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must see?...

Phantasm films and Bubba Ho-Tep returning to theatres this October

Posted 8 years ago

The American Genre Film Archive has a very exciting event planned for this Halloween season, as they have announced that they're teaming with writer/director Don Coscarelli for theatrical re-releases of his films PHANTASM, PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD, PHANTASM:...

First Look: Don Coscarelli’s memoir True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking

Posted 8 years ago

I'm a big fan of writer-director Don Coscarelli (PHANTASM, BEASTMASTER, BUBBA HO-TEP) and so it is with this in mind that I'm automatically looking forward to checking out his upcoming memoir on the art of low-budget, indie filming which hits...

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