Don Coscarelli Returns With Phantasm: Ravager

Great balls of dire

"...Every story has a beginning and an end, and Don Coscarelli thought he had completed his Phantasm saga last..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page

Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

"...is True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking by Don Coscarelli, the director of such genre masterpieces as the..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Spoiler Alert! John Dies at the End!

Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli is still doing exactly as he damn well pleases

"...Don Coscarelli never met two genres he didn't want to..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sphere of Influence

The creators of Phantasm talk about the amazing success of their work over the years and why on Earth it's been so successful in the first place.

"...prom. Followed by sequel." That's Leonard Maltin's synopsis of Don Coscarelli's 1979 cult horror/sci-fi hybrid Phantasm, excerpted from my..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

God Help Us

Austinite Stephen Romano's psychotic collaboration with Don Coscarelli launches Showtime's 'Masters of Horror' series

"...Don Coscarelli, director of the Phantasm cult horror film series..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

John Dies at the End

Together, Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli and Cracked.com editor David Wong created this horror-comedy jumble that's customed-tooled for the midnight hour.

"...Directed by: Don Coscarelli. Starring: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Beneath the Darkness

This thriller starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Smithville and Bastrop.

"...and prying outsiders, Beneath the Darkness has nada on Don Coscarelli's epic Phantasm saga or, for that matter, Norman..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lansdale Unraveled

How a cult director translated a cult author to craft a surefire cult favor

"...somehow. Clambake it ain't, but with cult favorite director Don Coscarelli (creator of the Phantasm series) at the helm,..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Inside the Actor's Superego

How Michael Baldwin got here (hint: It involves a showbiz upbringing, Oreo cookies, and shrieking armadas of flying, brain-sucking spheres)

"...Stateside, the debut feature from 19-year-old Don Coscarelli opened and closed with barely a box-office ripple,..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bubba Ho-Tep

Elvis Presley and JFK (played brilliantly by Campbell and Davis) fight a soul-sucking mummy in this twisted sci-fi horror film loaded with generous chunks of cheese.

"...Directed by: Don Coscarelli. Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

'John Dies at the End'

'John Dies at the End'

"...John Dies at the EndMidnighters D: Don Coscarelli; with Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...a promise of more programming to come. Cult fave Don Coscarelli will be in attendance to screen his most..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Lights Go Down at South Lamar

Final night at the Alamo Drafthouse mothership

"...and genre fans, the big draws were Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli returning with his newest genre-bender, John Dies at..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...is the arrival of the new 4k restoration of Don Coscarelli's surrealist screamer Phantasm (overseen by one of the..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

SXSW Film Festival 03 update

"...of the best programming coups out there, films like Don Coscarelli's weird and wonderful Bubba Ho-Tep (Elvis and JFK..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Phantasm-ania

Don Coscarelli, Angus Scrimm, and Reggie Bannister talk 'Phantasm'

"...the series would be shown back-to-back with the director Don Cosacarelli, and stars, Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister, in..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

Savlov goes South by

"...7-15 run. Of course, I'm talking about Phantasm director Don Coscarelli's much-anticipated film adaptation of Texas writer Joe R...."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Elvis Lives

An interview with Bruce Campbell of Bubba Ho-Tep

"...Before teaming with Don Coscarelli to make Bubba Ho-Tep, horror icon Bruce Campbell..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

"...an intense attraction to his best friend. Phantasm auteur Don Coscarelli's Bubba Ho-tep stars Bruce Campbell in a twisted..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Tom Noonan Explains What Happened With What Happened Was ...

Revisiting his Sundance-winning dating drama after a quarter century

"...sequences. When Phantasm got its 4K restoration in 2016, Don Coscarelli was finally able to digitally paint out an..."

Jan. 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale

All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage

"...in Joe's orbit. [Hap and Leonard star] James Purefoy, Don Coscarelli, Joe Hill, Bruce Campbell, and on and on...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...Remastered United States, 1979, Special Screening, 88 min D: Don Coscarelli One of the most influential and important horror..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Revenant

This horror comedy follows the the walking-dead path of an undeceased Iraq War vet and his stoner best friend.

"...this was as a visual effects coordinator on various Don Coscarelli projects – including Bubba Ho-Tep and Phantasm(s) III..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble

Joe Lansdale may be Texas' bloody answer to Mark Twain

"...Iliad and The Odyssey to Batman comics to Jack London and Mark Twain...."

June 26, 2009 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

My Name Is Bruce

Cult star Bruce Campbell directs and stars here as himself, but the actor is mistaken for his popular character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and is forced to fight a real monster.

"...watch in, say, Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy or Don Coscarelli's smartly bizarre Bubba Ho-Tep. The disappointment derives more..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe Lansdale, His Ownself, at Bookpeople

Joe Lansdale at Book People Thurs, April 5

"...ever written, like The Nacogdoches Kid, and if you don't believe us, tough titty and your loss, pardner. But..."

April 3, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...“Once It Started It Could Not End Otherwise,” and Don Hertzfeldt’s “it’s such a beautiful day.”..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Wizardly Way

Human Centipede, Abe Sapien and more speak at Austin Comic Con

"...not something he takes for granted: He said, "I don't know an artist or musician that doesn't have day..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...Dennis Steckler, Al Adamson, Ted V. Mikels, Peter Bogdanovich, Don Jones, and Don Coscarelli. His fingerprints were over late-night..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Digging Up the Marrow

Adam Green on the long and very personal path of his new feature

"...it made sense. There was a reason it was done that way. But now you start hearing about scripts..."

March 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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