Books
Kate Coscarelli, whose best-selling fiction was known for its adroit portrayals of strong, mature women coping with life changes in glamorous worlds, died Wednesday at her Century City home.
Aug. 27, 1999
Movies
A spry old Elvis Presley meets an Egyptian mummy when Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell join cinematic forces.
Feb. 26, 2003
Obituaries
Cast an actor for a movie, and you never know what you might summon up.
Jan. 13, 2016
In 1978, John Carpenter’s “Halloween” upended the movie industry, sending Hollywood studios and independent producers scrambling to find more stories about masked slashers.
Oct. 6, 2016
Eight years ago, then 25-year-old film maker Don Coscarelli turned out a true sleeper, “Phantasm,” a scary gem of a movie that was more a thriller of the supernatural than horror picture.
July 8, 1988
Hero Complex Blog
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Oct. 16, 2009
Kate Coscarelli’s sexy novel “Fame and Fortune,” just published in its softcover edition by New American Library after having done very well in hardcover, last Sunday broke onto the best-seller lists in both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.
March 14, 1985
Politics
Aug. 21, 2017
Anyone who lived through the heyday of the video store era in the ’80s and ’90s will remember that in any home video establishment worth its salt – or its late fees – you’d find a section specially devoted to cult movies.
Oct. 26, 2016
Don Coscarelli’s 1988 Phantasm II (Channel 5 Sunday at 8 p.m.) is a more literal and traditional horror picture than the 1980 original, a scary gem that evoked a small-town America where Norman Rockwell images intersected those of Salvador Dali.
Oct. 7, 1990