Honestly, I find this article WAY TOO self entitled and really over-exaggerates the actual reality of what’s going on. It’s more about self-entitled opinions & expectations speaking than the actual objective truth. Yes, it was said “sooner than you think”, but that is a very broad phrase. Even though it is a broad phrase & it has been 14 months now, I still feel “soon than you think” applies because honestly, none of us have expected to see Phantasm V happen at all, so to find out not only that it was happening, but it had been filmed already, that to me still qualifies sooner than I think. I do feel they should be promoting it a little more instead of letting news lag on it so much. But in the long run, when it does release, we phans will flock to it all the same because we want to see it. Also, considering it was announced that there were going to be a lot of visual composition effects, along with CGI, I would much prefer they take their fucking time with it and make sure it is as polished as possible instead of rushing through it and possibly fucking it up. Just because it hasn’t released yet and/or hasn’t had a lot of news does not mean something is wrong. This entry was made without studio backing of any kind. It was made completely independently over a span of several years, so there are a lot of liberties and challenges that come with that. The liberties being you have total creative control, the challenges being along the lines of finding ways to get it out there as widely available as possible and taking all the time you have to in order to ensure you have all the viable resources available to make sure you do the film right. I don’t mean to sound rude to the writer of the article, because like said, I do agree there should be more promotion rather than so much downtime, but suck it up, man. We just have to wait a little while longer. At least we know it’s coming for sure rather than dreaming about if & when the fifth film would be made (like we had been doing between 1998-2014).
Time will tell, Kendall. But I’m not the only industry onlooker to make some of these observations. This article has a pessimistic slant, for certain, but whether or not my conjectures are exaggerated is not known at this time. As a horror blogger, I put considerable time and enthusiasm into promoting Ravager, beginning last year on the day the announcement was made, so I am disappointed by what I see as a misrepresentation of the philm’s status.
Don Coscarelli said at Scarefest this past weekend that it will likely not be until early next year. It sounded like it had to do more with distribution and such. The special fx are still being worked on but it mostly sounded like deals to show the film. Remember this really low budget. It is not like there are hundreds of people working on the FX.
I am such a huge man of phantasm and the tall man. Always watch them and never get tired of them. I hope Phantasm Ravenger comes out soon and its a blast!!! Im sure Angus Scrimm would like to know his acting was appreciated before he leaves us for good.
[…] released a video Christmas card assuring phans that we’d see the movie in 2015. But then, at an Alamo Drafthouse event in June, Coscarelli casually mentioned that RAVAGER was still in post-production (in other […]
What the hell? Where is this movie? I have been a huge fan of these movies since I was 12 years old. I don’t understand why this movie has not been distributed yet. We are getting close to 2 years since its announcement. Yes, I am going to throw a fit like a child and kick and scream on the ground, where the hell is the new movie? I am super sadders.
And so we enter February 2016 and still… nothing. If it’s a distribution issue then it may never see the light of day 🙁 Also RIP Angus, you were a true icon!
