New Deluxe edition for the only book in Italy chronicling the Phantasm saga. A lucid analysis of Don Coscarelli’s nightmares in the society in turmoil of the 1970s: the birth of the Tall Man and his private hell, the influence of the New Hollywood and zombie cinema, the dystopian universe and the first supervillain of the silver screen.

Between death and sorcery, desecration of symbols and terror of alien invasion, Coscarelli’s directorial experiment reinvents the concept of “genre,” bringing the germ of a new science that will precede the cinematic efforts of the futuristic Interstellar by thirty-five years.

The book is written by Luigi Boccia, Lorenzo Ricciardi, Nicola Lombardi and Giada Cecchinelli. Cover by Giorgio Finamore.

Exclusive interviews by Lorenzo Ricciardi:

DON COSCARELLI
REGGIE BANNISTER
GIGI BANNISTER
DAVID HARTMAN

Title: PHANTASM: THE UNIVERSE OF TALL MAN
Author: AA.VV.
Publisher: Weird Book
Series: Insomnia
Genre: Essay
Pages: 154
Price: € 25.90
Format: 15 x 22 cm
ISBN: 979-12-81603-18-9
Release Date: September 2024

You can purchase your copy HERE.