The year was 1997 and this new thing called DVDs were hitting the world of home entertainment.

The very first movies put on DVD were: A Time to Kill, Blade Runner, Eraser, Goodfellas, Interview with the Vampire, The Road Warrior, Se7en, The Birdcage, The Bridges of Madison County, The Fugitive, The Mask, The Wizard of Oz, Twister, Unforgiven, Woodstock. (source)

Horror fans were wondering one thing: When would PHANTASM be released on DVD?

MGM stepped up the plate. They had recently put out PHANTASM OBLIVION and now it was time to turn a whole generation of people onto PHANTASM.

The PHANTASM Special Edition DVD was released on September 28, 1999

It contained the following special features: Letterboxed widescreen (1.85:1), single-sided, dual-layered, Amaray keep case packaging, audio commentary (with writer/director Don Coscarelli, and actors Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm & Bill Thornbury), 6 deleted scenes, "behind-the-scenes" footage with commentary (by Coscarelli and Reggie Bannister), stills gallery featuring lobby cards and press materials, merchandising items, posters, fan art and props, Phantasm theme (disco version), radio spots, complete recording of Sitting Here at Midnight (written and performed by Bill Thornbury), Australian TV spot for The Never Dead (Phantasm), Fangoria commercial featuring Angus Scrimm, Fangoria: World Of Horror convention footage, two-part interview from 1979 with Coscarelli and Scrimm, theatrical trailer, 3 TV spots, film-themed menu screens with animation and music, scene access (32 chapters), language: English (DD 5.1 and 1.0 mono), subtitles: English and French, Close Captioned

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