Don Coscarelli

Directing

Don Coscarelli

Born

1954-02-17 (72)

Place of birth

Tripoli, Libya

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Don Coscarelli (born February 17, 1954) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for horror films. His credits include the Phantasm series, The Beastmaster, and Bubba Ho-Tep. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Coscarelli , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Beastmaster poster
6.3

Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.

The Beastmaster

1982

John Dies at the End poster
6.3

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

John Dies at the End

2013

Bubba Ho-tep poster
6.5

The "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.

Bubba Ho-tep

2002

Phantasm poster
6.5

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

Phantasm

1979

Digging Up the Marrow poster
5.4

A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.

Digging Up the Marrow

2015

Phantasm IV: Oblivion poster
5.2

Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

1998

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Behind the camera

The Beastmaster poster
6.3

Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.

The Beastmaster

1982

The Beastmaster poster
6.3

Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.

The Beastmaster

1982

John Dies at the End poster
6.3

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

John Dies at the End

2013

John Dies at the End poster
6.3

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

John Dies at the End

2013

John Dies at the End poster
6.3

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

John Dies at the End

2013

Bubba Ho-tep poster
6.5

The "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.

Bubba Ho-tep

2002

Bubba Ho-tep poster
6.5

The "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.

Bubba Ho-tep

2002

Bubba Ho-tep poster
6.5

The "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.

Bubba Ho-tep

2002

Phantasm poster
6.5

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

Phantasm

1979

Phantasm poster
6.5

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

Phantasm

1979

Phantasm IV: Oblivion poster
5.2

Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

1998

Phantasm IV: Oblivion poster
5.2

Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

1998

Phantasm IV: Oblivion poster
5.2

Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

1998

Phantasm II poster
6.2

Mike, after his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with his old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does.

Phantasm II

1988

Phantasm II poster
6.2

Mike, after his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with his old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does.

Phantasm II

1988

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead poster
5.8

The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies.

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

1994

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead poster
5.8

The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies.

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

1994

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead poster
5.8

The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies.

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

1994

Phantasm: Ravager poster
4.8

Brothers Mike and Jody join family friend Reggie to battle the Tall Man and his evil minions from another dimension, for the final time.

Phantasm: Ravager

2016

Phantasm: Ravager poster
4.8

Brothers Mike and Jody join family friend Reggie to battle the Tall Man and his evil minions from another dimension, for the final time.

Phantasm: Ravager

2016

Incident On and Off a Mountain Road poster
6.1

While driving at night on a mountain road, Ellen gets distracted and hits an abandoned car. When she tries to get help, she is attacked by a backwoods killer and must fight to stay alive.

Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

2005

Incident On and Off a Mountain Road poster
6.1

While driving at night on a mountain road, Ellen gets distracted and hits an abandoned car. When she tries to get help, she is attacked by a backwoods killer and must fight to stay alive.

Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

2005

Kenny & Company poster
6.8

A coming-of-age story about the lives of a teenage boy and his friends as they traverse the highs and lows of boyhood in the run-up to Halloween.

Kenny & Company

1976

Kenny & Company poster
6.8

A coming-of-age story about the lives of a teenage boy and his friends as they traverse the highs and lows of boyhood in the run-up to Halloween.

Kenny & Company

1976

Kenny & Company poster
6.8

A coming-of-age story about the lives of a teenage boy and his friends as they traverse the highs and lows of boyhood in the run-up to Halloween.

Kenny & Company

1976

Survival Quest poster
5.5

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed by one of the city slickers, he coaxes his team into exterminating all of them. They will have to rely on their wits and on each other in order to survive.

Survival Quest

1989

Survival Quest poster
5.5

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed by one of the city slickers, he coaxes his team into exterminating all of them. They will have to rely on their wits and on each other in order to survive.

Survival Quest

1989

No artwork available
6.2

One of his earlier pieces, Don Coscarelli (of Phantasm Phame) has a knack for seeing the world through the eyes and heart of a young boy. He offers a Peter Pan-esque adventure to men from the boomers to present day, with each generation being introduced to a more innocent time.

Jim, the World's Greatest

1975

No artwork available
6.2

One of his earlier pieces, Don Coscarelli (of Phantasm Phame) has a knack for seeing the world through the eyes and heart of a young boy. He offers a Peter Pan-esque adventure to men from the boomers to present day, with each generation being introduced to a more innocent time.

Jim, the World's Greatest

1975

No artwork available
6.2

One of his earlier pieces, Don Coscarelli (of Phantasm Phame) has a knack for seeing the world through the eyes and heart of a young boy. He offers a Peter Pan-esque adventure to men from the boomers to present day, with each generation being introduced to a more innocent time.

Jim, the World's Greatest

1975