Patrick called today and told me he was interested in using Angus Scrimm as the coroner in Red 71.

Angus was the 'Tall Man' in Don Coscarelli's 1979 horror film Phantasm. He's been in dozens of horror films since then and is one of the most widely known horror villains. He's also 81 years old.

Patrick contacted Angus's agent to see how much it would cost to have him in the film. Considering out budget - a lot.

Patrick asked me expand the coroner scene to better showcase Angus. We talked about different ways to do this and most of them were pretty funny.

Dark, but funny.

Patrick was excited and by the end of the phone call I was too.