I revisit a lot of films for Someone Else’s Movie — some of which I haven’t seen, or even thought about, in a very long time. Usually they’re just as I remember them; I have a pretty good memory for movies and TV, it’s just the way my head works. But watching Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm for this week’s episode was a whole other thing.

Writer-director Jeremiah Kipp chose Coscarelli’s 1979 breakout in part because he borrowed some of its DNA for his new film The Mortuary Assistant, which is now streaming on Shudder. But mostly he chose because he’s loved it since childhood, and couldn’t wait to talk about the film that introduced him to to weird cinema and left him wondering whether he might be able to make some of his own. Even if you’re not a fan of the Tall Man and his weird flying spheres, our conversation is well worth your time.

So go get it!  Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice, or download the episode directly from the web and listen to it while you snoop around the local funeral home, trying to avoid whatever it is that’s slithering around in there.

And then go check out the new edition of Shiny Things, where I wrote about two new Warner Archive Collection collections (I know, they need to work on that) and pointed people in the direction of the 17th anniversary sale that’s wrapping up tonight (Tuesday, March 31st) at the US retailer MovieZyng. And of course paid subscribers got my exclusive reviews of Bait and the new seasons of Deadloch and Last One Laughing UK in Friday’s What’s Worth Watching newsletter. Not a paid subscriber? Maybe check out the 14-day free trial! That’s what it’s there for!