Phantasm Star Angus Scrimm Passes Away At 89

[The Deadman]

http://411mania.com/movies/phantasm-...es-away-at-89/

It’s a sad day for horror fans, as one of the most iconic horror villains has passed away. Angus Scrimm, who played The Tall Man in all four Phantasm films (and the yet-to-be released Phantasm: Ravager), died in his sleep last night.

Phantasm director Don Coscarelli wrote on Facebook: “Angus Scrimm passed away peacefully tonight surrounded by his friends and loved ones. He was 89 years old. His performance as the Tall Man is a towering achievement in horror film history. He was the last in a long line of classic horror movie stars. Angus was a terrific actor and an even better friend. He will be missed.”

In addition to playing The Tall Man, Scrimm showed up in a variety of other horror films, including Subspecies, Mindwarp, Wishmaster, John Dies At The End and the Masters of Horror episode “Incident On and Off a Mountain Road”.

Anyone see the Tallman films? If you did, which ones are your favorite?

[JakeSully]

Sad news, RIP Tallman

[Etsyturtle2]

That sucks balls.

Spoiler:

knife balls...

[Cryomancer]

Phantasm movies are really good and he's a major part of why. But yeah he's been playing "creepy old man" since at least 1979 so it's not exactly an unexpected death.

The original film is currently undergoing a restoration for HD release so watch that when it comes out if you haven't seen it, good stuff.

My favorites are probably 1 and 4, there are some incredibly cool and unusual risky directorial moves in them and it pays off.

[JakeSully]

Originally Posted by Cryomancer

Phantasm movies are really good and he's a major part of why. But yeah he's been playing "creepy old man" since at least 1979 so it's not exactly an unexpected death.

The original film is currently undergoing a restoration for HD release so watch that when it comes out if you haven't seen it, good stuff.

My favorites are probably 1 and 4, there are some incredibly cool and unusual risky directorial moves in them and it pays off.

New restoration? oh wow! and part V has been complete and i hope Scream Factory does a blu-ray collection of the movies in one set with part V included.

I always thought he could make a good live-action King Haggard in a live-action Last Unicorn movie.