On this day in movie history - Phantasm V: Ravager (movie & book):

Phantasm V: Ravager

aka Phantasm: RaVager and Phantasm: Ravager,

directed by David Hartman,

written by David Hartman and Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on October 7, 2016.
Music by Christopher L. Stone.

Cast:

A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Dawn Cody, Gloria Lynne Henry, Stephen Jutras, Kathy Lester, Bill Thornbury, Daniel Roebuck, Daniel Schweiger, Cean Okada, Joe Jefferson, Kenneth V. Jones, Cesare Gagliardoni, Kathleen Hartman, Tim Divar, Vinton Heuck, Tyler O. Super, Jonathan Sims, Kyle Shire, Jay Oliva, Angus Scrimm, James Brink.

Recommended reading:

Further Exhumed:

The Strange Case of Phantasm Ravager

By Dustin McNeill.

Published by Harker Press.

Published 2018.

ISBN-10: 069205703X

ISBN-13: 978-0692057032

Description:

IT'S A STORY OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND SPHERES!

The fifth and final PHANTASM took an incredible eight years to go from set to screen. The project began as an experimental short before becoming a thirteen-part web series and finally a feature length sequel. Shot in secret on a microbudget, RAVAGER reunites PHANTASM's core cast thirty-five years after the original cult classic. The new sequel filmed not in Hollywood soundstages but in the homes of cast and crew. Visual effects were handled mostly by the director. Decades-old props were taken out of storage and dusted off for reuse. They just don't make movies like this anymore. In fact, they never really did to begin with. Such is THE STRANGE CASE OF PHANTASM RAVAGER!

FURTHER EXHUMED includes:

A thorough chronicle of the journey from web series to feature film.

Analysis of unproduced scripts by Roger Avary and Stephen Romano.

Examination of RAVAGER’s story, themes and conclusion.

Info on deleted scenes and alternate dialogue.

Why the film was delayed years after announcement.

Details on filming locations and special effects.

A breakdown of the Red Credit sequence.

Phantasmic Drink Recipes and Trivia Questions from the Hollywood Premiere.

More tips and tricks for better embalming (still kidding!)

On this day in movie history - Phantasm II (1988):

Phantasm II

directed and written by Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on July 8, 1988.
Music by Fred Myrow and Christopher L. Stone.

Cast:

James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Samantha Phillips, Kenneth Tigar, Ruth C. Engel, Mark Major, Rubin Kushner, Stacey Travis, J. Patrick McNamara, Amanda Gray, Elizabeth Quezada, Lauren Gray, June Jordan, Megan Gibbons, Craig Murkey, Amanda Gibbons, Troy Fromin, Georgeanna Valdez, Guy Alford, Irene Korman, Ricky Murkey, Katie Carlin, Delia Ortega, Lee Craig, Ramona Ortega, Richard F. Berry, Patrick W. Allen, Phil Fondacaro, Ed Gale.

On this day in movie history - Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994):

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

directed and written by Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on May 6, 1994.
Music by Fred Myrow and Christopher L. Stone.

Cast:

Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Gloria Lynne Henry, Kevin Connors, Cindy Ambuehl, John Davis Chandler, Brooks Gardner, Angus Scrimm, Irene Roseen, Sarah Scott Davis, Duane Tucker, Claire Benedek, Wendy Way, Robert Beecher, Chuck Butto, Beau Lotterman, Paula Irvine, Jennifer Bross, Samantha Phillips, Kathy Lester.

On this day in movie history - Phantasm (1979):

Phantasm

directed and written by Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on March 28, 1979.
Music by Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave.

Cast:

A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Terrie Kalbus, Kenneth V. Jones, Susan Harper, Lynn Eastman-Rossi, David Arntzen, Ralph Richmond, Bill Cone, Laura Mann, Mary Ellen Shaw, Myrtle Scotton, Angus Scrimm, Dac Coscarelli, Kate Coscarelli.