Tag Archives: Tom Savini

Sean Cunningham turns eighty years old this year on December 31st. Well, now I feel old. It’s hard to believe that the father of Friday the 13th (1980) is eighty. Seems the older I get, the more I’m seeing my heroes grow old as well. I’ve always felt that in …

He’s a director (Night of the Living Dead 1990), a special effects and makeup genius (Creepshow, Maniac), an actor (From Dusk Till Dawn), and even a stuntman (Friday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead). If you watch horror movies, chances are you’ve seen something connected to Tom Savini, either directly …

In the horror community, there are many instances where a name will be mentioned and we all know instantly who it is. For me and I am sure many many others, one of those names is Tom Savini. This month I want to extend a very very happy birthday to …

Pro-wrestling has always gone through hot and cold times. One could say the same thing about horror movies. Sometime, the genre has some of the most popular genre films at the box office; other times, the it feels as if it’s on its last breath. Pro-wrestling falls into the same …

In Search of Darkness: Part III, the final chapter in the worldwide ‘80s horror documentary In Search of Darkness saga (read reviews – here and here) from CREATORVC, will be available to the public for a limited-time membership sale from October 6th through midnight on October 31 (Halloween) at 80sHorrorDoc.com. …

Coming Soon to On Demand from Wild Eye Releasing and Director Jason Baker is a new documentary called Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini. The film features Tom Savini, Danny McBride, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, Alice Cooper, Tom Atkins, and Doug Bradley. It will be available October 19, …

Blue Underground presents: a double dose of terror from the directors of (the original) Dawn of the Dead and Suspiria. Yes, I’m talking about Two Evil Eyes! The star studded horror anthology is coming soon in glorious, 4K UHD, and it is loaded with special features. You’re definitely going to want …

One of my all time favorite films is George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (check out the link for our epic retro review here). Then there’s Tom Savini’s ’90 remake (read our retro of that film here). And boy, oh boy, was I lucky to be able to see …

Filmmaking is hard, much less filmmaking on an independent level without a studio to act as a net below you. And no on knows this more than Justin McConnell (Lifechanger), the director of the documentary Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business. In his documentary, McConnell documents the process it …

Much in the same way that Sean Cunningham ripped off John Carpenter’s Halloween, many filmmakers since have ripped off Friday The 13th (1980). In my opinion, one of the best F13 ripoffs is 1981’s The Burning. In just the past few years, The Burning has gained quite a cult following. …