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PHICTION: Tales from the World of Phantasm
By Don Coscarelli.
Illustrated by Aaron Lea.
Foreward by Joe R.
Lansdale.
Paperback.
Published by Molotov
Press.
Published 2024.
ASIN: B0D2QZ3MQK
ISBN-13: 979-8988243038
Description:
“Electrifyingly tense
and gruesome… Horror fans and cult devotees of the classic horror series will
find Coscarelli’s ingenuity a rare treat.” - Kirkus Reviews.
“It’s magnificent. An
impressive collection of remarkable short-story horror fiction that I can
proudly display on my bookshelf next to Poe, King, Dahl, Barker, Bradbury, and
Lovecraft.” - Nick DiGilio, WGN Chicago.
In 1979, filmmaker Don
Coscarelli (Bubba Ho-tep, The Beastmaster) wrote and directed
what became one of the seminal sci-fi/horror films of that era, Phantasm.
The film was a worldwide theatrical success and spawned four
acclaimed sequels.
For the first time in
the history of horror cinema, a celebrated filmmaker of a cult-classic horror
film series has continued the adventure by swapping mediums and personally
authoring a series of fictional works exploring in detail the characters he originally
created. Coscarelli has now returned to the world of Phantasm to tell more
tales of these inspiring phantasmic heroes.
PHICTION comprises six stories set in the expansive Phantasm world
that have never been told before:
In Life and Death in
the 'Nam we explore the origin story of our favorite ice cream vendor/hero
Reggie and his first encounter with the supernatural forces of evil in the
jungles of the Vietnam war. It's a two-fisted tale of a young man enduring the
horrors of war and at the same time facing down the horrors of the unknown.
In Behind the
Mortuary Door we learn the secrets of the embalming trade from one of the
most memorable characters from the original film.
In He Was Home Alone
we revisit the young boy Tim, prior to the events from Phantasm Ill, and
how, using only his wits and guile, he survives against unspeakable horrors.
In Tobe we follow
the trail of one of Phantasm's forgotten characters as he witnesses the key
events of that film from an entirely different perspective.
In The Rocky Road
we track the events of one of the Phantasm saga's fan-favorite characters, the
nunchuck-wielding Rocky as she's mustered out of the armed services and travels
the backroads of the rural South in the early 90's. In a desperate search to
find her family she encounters love, vengeance and horror, frequently reacting
in the only way she knows how, with her fists and her feet.
And finally in Escape
From New York we join another Phantasm fan-favorite character, the
diminutive Chunk from Phantasm Ravager as he attempts to flee his home
in the big city from the horror of an oncoming apocalypse. Along the way he
bonds with some unexpected allies on a thrilling quest for survival.
In association with
illustrator Aaron Lea (GHOST, Rob Zombie), Molotov Press now presents Phiction:
Tales from the World of Phantasm.
Tales from the world of
Phantasm.
Phiction conuures six stunning new tales from the world of the
classic Phantasm film franchise. Acclaimed filmmaker, series creator and
Master of Horror, Don Coscarelli, returns the reader to Morningside Mortuary
with revelatory origin stories for some of the Phantasm saga’s most
compelling characters including ice cream vendor/action hero Reggie,
fan-favorite Rocky from Phantasm III and Chunk from Phantasm:
Ravager.
Six Stories from the
master of horror.
“You
are in for a treat. As with the [Phantasm] films, these stories will give you
what people call chicken skin, and others call Goosebumps. What [Phiction] will
do above all else, is entertain. Dive in. The dark waters are fines.” – Joe R.
Lansdale (best-selling author of Hap & Leonard, Cold in July and
Bubba Ho-tep).
