Mike Pearson

First appearance: Phantasm (1979)


A troubled orphan witnesses something strange at the funeral of his older brother's best friend. Further investigation reveals a terrifying secret: the owner of the funeral home is a monster from another dimension (or something.) With the help of his older brother and their best friend, local ice cream vendor Reggie, the boy attempts to destroy this fiend from another plane. Or is it all just the nightmare of a recently orphaned young man? Three more sequels indicate it's not just a dream or is it!?

 I love Phantasm. All four of them. Can't wait for Ravager!

This is the third time I've visited Phantasm for a Monstar. Dig Reggie and The Tall Man:

Reggie

First appearance: Phantasm (1979)

A Fifth Phantasm film was announced recently so I felt the urge to draw the world's most bad ass Ice cream man.
If you've never heard of Phantasm, check out my Monstar of the film's iconic villain "The Tall Man" for details.

Here's the Phantasm V teaser trailer:

Golden Sphere

First appearance: Phantasm II

What you saw happen at the end of Phantasm is not what actually happened.

What really happened is the Tall Man and his minions attacked Reggie and Mike at Reggie's house. In order to save themselves Reggie was forced to blow up his house, now infested with midgets. 

The pair meet up with a psychic girl who has a crush on Mike because she's been dreaming about him for years. The trio travel across a slowly emptying America in order to confront the tall man and put an end to all his grave-robbing-midget-building shenanigans before he can kill the world.

The studio demanded the recasting of the role of Mike. One of the people who auditioned for the role was Brad Pitt, he didn't get it.

The Tall Man

First appearance: Phantasm (1979)

A troubled orphan witnesses something strange at the funeral of his older brother's best friend. Further investigation reveals a terrifying secret: the owner of the funeral home is a monster from another dimension (or something.) With the help of his older brother and their best friend, local ice cream vendor Reggie, the boy attempts to destroy this fiend from another plane.

Or is it all just the nightmare of a recently orphaned young man? Three more sequels indicate it's not just a dream or is it!?


I love Phantasm. All four of them.