CREEPYPASTA FILES 3 (MOVIE EDITION): THE TALL MAN

Lying dormant somewhere in the world of the dead and undead, is the Tall Man from the Phantasm-franchise. Before being dubbed the Tall Man, he was once known as Jebediah Morningside; a quiet mortician from the 19^th century. Years of doing his undertaker-duties of burying the recently departed began to take a toll on Jeb’s mind, causing him to become somewhat fascinated with the world of the living and that of the dead. Well ol’ Jeb created a machine that allowed him to traverse between time and space. During his first excursion, he experienced something that resulted in a complete change in his being; henceforth, he would now be known as the Tall Man.

The Tall Man appears as…a tall, elderly, white-haired, crowning (balding), grimace-faced man, dressed as a mortician, in a tailored all-black suit, white shirt and black tie. He rarely speaks, as he prefers the use of his animated and story-telling facial features. Want to know where WWE-superstar The Rock pulled his signature eyebrow-raise; check out the scowl from the originator of the raised eyebrow, the Tall Man.

The mysterious Tall Man hordes several unique capabilities; superhuman strength (he can hold an occupied coffin in the air with a single arm), telekinetic powers, as he can control people and inanimate objects, shapeshifting into other people (including women), and a freaky fact (as if those were not enough); if an appendage is severed or amputated from his body, said part will become an insect of something evil that will now do his bidding. He is rarely alone, as he calls upon his posse of the undead; reanimated corpses from gravesites nearby. He takes the cadavers, crushes the body down to the size of a dwarf, removes their brain and voila! A completely new minion to take orders!

His weapon of choice are these metallic spheres that appear at will. The spheres are manned by the brains of the cadavers that had once been removed, and each sphere is outfitted with a number of hidden weapons; lasers, circular saws, blades, spikes and drills. Impervious to a permanent death (possibly because there are many Tall Men from another dimension); the Tall Man does show signs of weakness. He has a strong aversion to colder temperatures and high pitched sounds that can immobilize him. Otherwise; you might as well just give it up…because the Tall Man will send his spheres after your ass and there’s nothing you can do about it.