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Yes: Phantasm prequel series

The late, great Angus Scrimm as the Tall Man in Phantasm, terrifying even while just strolling around town.
The late, great Angus Scrimm as the Tall Man in Phantasm, terrifying even while just strolling around town. Screenshot: AVCO Embassy Pictures

Don Coscarelli’s 1979 Phantasm is so wonderfully weird you almost don’t want to know any more about the Tall Man and his army of wee inter-dimensional creatures. The first film hints at a long history—remember that terrifying moment when teen hero Mike sees that vintage photo of the Tall Man animate itself?—and Phantasm IV: Ravager features a trip back in time to shed a little more light on how all this came to be. Still, it feels like there’s a lot more story to tell here… the freakier, the better.