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Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy; August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016) was an American actor, author, and journalist, known for his portrayal of the Tall Man in ...
Angus Scrimm was chosen to portray the main villain because when Coscarelli and Scrimm worked together in a previous film, Scrimm was able to frighten a child by just staring at him while raising one eyebrow (this action later becomes one of the Tall Man's most iconic behaviors).
Phantasm is a 1979 American science fantasy horror film that was directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli.The first film in the Phantasm franchise, it introduces the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), a supernatural and malevolent undertaker who turns the dead of Earth into dwarf zombies to be sent to his planet and used as slaves.
Angus Scrimm, the character actor who played the Tall Man in the 1979 horror movie ?Phantasm? and its four sequels, died Saturday. He was 89. Angus Scrimm, star of 'Phantasm' movies, dies at 89
Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm are still in great shape and raring to go." [1] In March 2005, Coscarelli was in the final stages of talks with New Line Cinema to produce a new entry. A reported wrote the new film was "being developed as a relaunch and as a possible trilogy about Mike's coming of age". [2] This version never came to fruition.
Bannister starred in the films, which were directed by Don Coscarelli, alongside A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Angus Scrimm. [2] [3] Bannister has appeared in several films and worked with such notables as Ossie Davis, Bruce Campbell, Ella Joyce, Daniel Roebuck, Andy Griffith, Joe Estevez and Andrew Divoff, and many others.
The Tall Man (played by Angus Scrimm) is an alien undertaker, who is building an army of the living dead by sending corpses to his home planet for conversion. The Tall Man was once a 19th century human named Jebediah Morningside, who invented a dimensional portal that sent him to unknown places before bringing him back to Earth as the monster ...
An unrated version of the film was released in 2007 by Anchor Bay Entertainment, featuring an audio commentary by A. Michael Baldwin and Angus Scrimm, a deleted scene, and behind-the-scenes footage. [ 5 ]