I met Angus Scrimm, best known as The Tall Man from Phantasm, at a local comic convention in Los Angeles.

What struck me immediately was how genuine and warm he was in real life—completely opposite the ominous character he portrayed on screen. He wasn’t there to promote himself or relive past fame; he was simply supporting a friend who was promoting a film.

When I asked for his autograph, he took time to talk with me. He asked thoughtful questions about my life and what I was working toward. There was no judgment or agenda behind his curiosity—just sincere interest. It left a lasting impression.

Seeing such a stark contrast between the man and the character was a powerful reminder of the magic of acting.

Rest in peace, Mr. Scrimm.

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Box No. 996

License: Shaun of the Dead (2024)

I felt extremely luck to have won this poster on an Ebay auction. I absolutely love grindhouse films and especially the posters who will write and photograph or draw explicit things (within reason for public display) to get you into the theater and pay to watch the movie.

This poster is definitely the epitome of trying to get you into tge theater. For those who were too young to understand, this was before the internet, youtube abd imdb where you could find out anything about a movie. Advertising on tv and radio were very expensive, especially for low budget exploitation films like this. You might see a quick trailer after 11 pm on a local station, but that was it. It would be preview of coming attractions before another movie would start and the newspaper in the movie section would have ads with showtimes and names of the theaters was how you’d find out about it.

Even though there’s writing on the poster, I feel this is a great win for my collection.

Any Grindhouse Exploitation movie fans out there?

This is a card for a signing I have with David Howard Thorton the terrifier Art the clown, and I hopefully can get it signed by Spencer from INK also.

One of my obsessions is ‘80s horror movies. So I was super pumped to find this at the flea market…a 3D TCM2 video store light box poster! My family used to go to the local video store every Friday when I was a kid, and my first stop was always their amazing horror section. Some of my favorite childhood memories. I love finding this kind of stuff!