Tom Savini: Ask Me Anything

Film legend Tom Savini (From Dusk Till Dawn, Friday the 13th, Day of the Dead) visits Full Sail University to answer all questions about production techniques and film business strategies.
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[@schuriken]

Thank you Tom Savini for inspiring me to become an artist. I'm a bit older now but I wish one day to come and study in your school.

[@gageshelvay4810]

Me too

[@willfade7994]

Schuriken You're never too old! Reach out to him. Do it!

[@Artbyally-k8k]

Too bad I live in Canada I'm so green I need years of experience before even thinking I could enter the doors but would be a dream

[@thedistractedcanadian4355]

The nice thing is Tom doesn’t care how old his students are I don’t think I think it’s more for keeping the trade and the craft alive

[@snicker576]

19:45. Oh my god, that chick's voice. Sight unseen, still a 10/10

[@tubegold4390]

Sit your thirsty ass down

[@andrewdecker5214]

Tube Gold woosh

[@bigboss-yv2nr]

you're gushing over a woman's voice dude, jesus. Hope u got some pussy since this post.

[@davidgoodman6924]

He mentioned the movie Children Shouldnt Play With Dead Things a couple of times...one of the all time great zombie movies...loved that film.

[@bodyrot2794]

Day of the Dead is my favorite from the night of the living dead franchise definitely.

[@slainemccool2875]

I could listen to him talk for hours

[@CaptainColdyron222]

I see you, chocolate man!

[@shaneslikker9013]

Tom Savini is an absolute legend. Love his work on the George A Romero zombie movies and on all the slasher movies he did and i gotta say that i liked his Night of The Living Dead remake

[@mindriot91_96]

His FX work on Day of the Dead (1985) may have been his finest ever....and that's saying a lot!

[@PeaPodTheSquirrel]

He Inspired The Walking Dead,,,He's the GODFATHER of zombieland

[@DevilMaskMedia]

Most overused question asked of anyone involved in horror: What scares you? Guys like Savini, or King, or Romero, or Barker must die a little inside every time they get that one.

[@09nob]

He gave a good reply though.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

"Take something bad and make it better." That's what I've been thinking for years. Don't remake stuff that's already good.

[@thomasgrieve1924]

When Hollywood remakes a movie, they're remaking the name. Remaking a flop makes no commercial sense since the name has no value

[@kingkevboi67]

Well he did remake 'night of the living dead'

[@Governor2310]

Unfortunately Hollywood goes by this: “If something is profitable, sequel and remake it to smitherines until it’s no longer profitable”.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

@@Governor2310 Unfortunately. Nailed it.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

@@kingkevboi67 If my research is correct, Savini remade the film because Romero had lost the rights to the original (hence the original can be shown in its entirety on KZbin and can be seen in quite a lot of horror flicks when a character watches it on television) and feared somebody would make a lackluster remake. He even pursued the film company to make sure Savini would direct it.

[@angrybunny1377]

This guy gets it! I always liked Savini. He’s a straight shooter. Down to earth and very likeable!

[@Adam-qv2bd]

I agree with him. People are scary. Also, my parents never told me that some people are literal animals and act no different. I'm living near Seattle and downtown is a nightmare. It had been on a huge downturn even before covid19. The animals there will rob you, roll you and kick your ass when their done. I can't stand that arrogant criminal attitude where they throw their weight around acting invincible. IMO there needs to be much more police in downtown Seattle

[@Tchernobog]

this man is the creator Jason, no he didn't name the character, nor did he put the hockeymask on Jason's face, but he chose to make Jason deformed to give a better motive to Pamela, she needed her child to be watched every minute because he was a special child, and the only way to show it was through the face and if he wasn't like that he wouldn't have been interesting enough to bring back in the sequel and he would have no reason to cover his face with the hockeymask. Tom is the creator of JASON

[@jasonl1942]

Well... you don't have to be deformed to have a character who doesn't know how to swim. Literally everybody has to learn how to swim. Jason being misshapen has nothing to do with anything really.

[@Tchernobog]

@@jasonl1942 not sure why you replied so many years after. The deformity is EVERYTHING to do with the character.. what are you talking about? if it wasn't for that, then he'd just be a guy and not bother to cover his face with masks and the franchise wouldnt have a hockey mask, nor so many sequels. he'd have been bland.

[@colinfarren8326]

Good to hear Lon Cheney was his 1st inspiration becausee Lon Cheney really was the man of 1000 faces. In the era of silent films he did all his own makeup which for a time before prosthetics and CGI is incredible a true genius. Each time he appeared on set he would have his makeup case with him and lock himself into his trailer and come out being whatever he needed to be. I think this has been documented in the Mark Gatiss series A History of Horror.

[@dafrog491]

He has so much energy for an older man. The untrained eye would never believe that he was old enough to be in the vietnam war. Long live Savini.

[@DVincentW]

His gore make up in his first feature (Dawn of the Dead 1979) was unusually realistic because he saw the real deal as a combat photographer in Vietnam.

[@bootleggodzilla1]

its weird to hear that people are saying that mr savini is not nice at conventions. i must have met him 10 times in the 90s and he always signed anything you brought for free and was always willing to answer questions and talk about what he had worked on and movies in general. maybe since he is getting older he is just getting crotchety i know im getting meaner as every year passes. he was never anything but nice to me.

[@fullsailuniversity]

It's amazing to hear that you've had great experiences meeting him! Did you get any good advice from him over that time?

[@bootleggodzilla1]

@@fullsailuniversity i never really asked any advice as i consider myself just a fan and wasnt trying to pursue any professional acting or spfx but he always liked it i think when my friends and i would show up because he knew he could talk about old horror movies and the like. i will always have fond memories of meeting him.

[@fullsailuniversity]

Wow, we feel like that must have been a great experience for him too! He knew when he saw your group he could enjoy a solid horror conversation! That must have been refreshing. Thank you for sharing with us! That is truly a cool experience!

[@bigboss-yv2nr]

lol i feel ya on that last part.

[@drisszyani3497]

I like this guy. a genius for horror.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

From Dusk till Dawn put Tom Savini and Greg Nicatero in the same scene. Thank you Rob Rodriguez for saluting a legend and an up-and-coming legend of the horror genre.

[@BoondocksOfBoston]

He seems like such a genuinely nice guy. I'm shocked that there are comments out there on the internet that say he's mean to people at convention. I mean... Really? This guy?

[@Zrayel]

He did say he's afraid of people at 16:30 . Could have something to do with it. That is, the way he was approached or the type of conversation. He does look like a nice guy but he might not like being swarmed by fans which(I assume) would happen at a convention. And was he there promoting stuff or was he attending? Many factors would have to be known.

[@thomasgrieve1924]

I've met him twice at two different conventions and the first time he was dismissive and the second time he was indifferent

[@davidstewart4310]

I've met Tom 4 times...the most recent was 2 days ago in Manchester...I've had a few things signed from him...and while I can honestly say, he wasn't rude to me, but he just doesn't seem interested in meeting these fans that idolise him but i suppose he is getting asked the same questions over and over so it must be very monotonous. But he just doesn't seem to care about anything other than the money as opposed to people like George Romero, Adrienne Barbeau or Ken Foree who genuinely like a quick chat and make an effort. Savini is still a hero of mine though but it's much better to just watch his interviews online.

[@nemospodcast6766]

He was a little bit of a dick. I had film that I was starring in, At the convention He was cool with me but he was a dick to my friend little bit. I know him as sex machine I had no idea he did SFX! I feel bad for my friend but after he told me I was like holy shit I wish I would’ve got a picture! I love FX and movie props!

[@frankwagner6164]

30 years ago, my first SFX Makeup book was Tom Savini. I learned so much from this great and wise man.

[@Orang315]

😂 When I was a kid I had to use my HE-MAM action figures for Day of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead. Skeletor was Tom Savini 😂😂😂

[@NewYorkRipper77]

What a cool guy.... a workaholic! a visioneer! awesome!! SEX MACHINE Rocks,..... saw several Interviews with him now and must say,................. Awesome Guy!!

[@jrogers5152]

The OG of horror! First time I ever seen Maniac (I was only 12, definitely shouldn’t of holy fuck 😂) it scared the shit outta me I legit thought it was real! Watching it again recently the effects are insane and still hold up to this day! Love his work and wish horror movies nowadays did more practical work, Midsommar and Hereditary had some awesome practical SFX 👌

[@Barnabas45]

He was hilarious on David Letterman!

[@GilbertSyndrome]

Interestingly, Rick Baker recently mentioned that if they ever did remake "The Man of A Thousand Faces," that he'd choose Brian Cranston to play Lon, and even mentioned this to Cranston when they met at a convention.

[@derekwest3193]

God I hope he's serious about bringing Friday back with hodder I would watch that film

[@Shredothan_Davis]

Tom Savini has given me the best advice. I’ll never stop creating.

[@TheUniversalEyes]

Makeup rules over computer any day.

[@johnmcglothin5418]

HOLY SHIT!!!!! THERE IS A NEW FRIDAY THE 13TH AND TOM SAVINI IS DIRECTING IT IT MUST BE GOOD

[@TurkeysLeg]

John McGlothin nope

[@thomasgrieve1924]

OOOOooooOOO I'm from the future This never happens Savini dies in the year 2020

[@matt.undisclosed]

@@thomasgrieve1924 lmao try again

[@NaneuxPeeBrane]

So did this happen?!?

[@bigboss-yv2nr]

@@NaneuxPeeBrane no

[@vincentshellacque6228]

I really like how he starts telling a story at every question :)

[@Orang315]

I wish I had an action figure of Steel 😄 he would have been a good motorcycle guy in Dawn of the Dead

[@DVincentW]

"Bang Youre Dead!"

[@zyx7478]

I met Tom Savini twice in Albany NY. He was awesome 😎

[@eriksavini691]

Great job uncle Tom!

[@MrBoyYankee]

Awesomeness.

[@drewgrows7765]

@Devlin Savini He needs to make more movies. Their are many horror movies but few really good ones. If Tom or Tarientino or Rob Zombie or the late great George Romero are not involved they are usually garbage.

[@Deader87]

I love Tom Saving as he is my favorite makeup artist in film history!

[@fullsailuniversity]

He's amazing, an excellent favorite to have! Thanks for taking the time to check out our video.

[@Deader87]

You are welcome! I am glad I got to see your video of Tom. Maybe I could be a student of his one day at his school.

[@fullsailuniversity]

That would be awesome. You should go for it!

[@RicoChrisRage]

Legends of Legends Mr. Tom Savini

[@4EverAwake]

What passion. Admirable, thank you for your service, and that damn duck 🦆. Legend

[@splitrock3202]

One of the best q’s and a’s I’ve came across.

[@ronaldgundrum2174]

Awesome movies 🎬

[@naziwalrusbastard9216]

tom savini President

[@clarkkent4734]

Stopped watching after part 5 but wants to bring back Kane Hodder? Kane's film are the worst ones... Ted White and Richard Brooker were the best Jasons by far.

[@fullsailuniversity]

Awesome! How did you meet him?

[@theredroom8668]

LEGEND .... My caps need neon. Tom rules. Thanks for all your amazing work.

[@andremorelli216]

Mr. Savini, my paisano, YOU SIR are the Best! Thank you for your service to our country. You are indeed a great man.

[@BraxtonWages]

Did that happen in the Friday remake? “You’re stupendous! Where are you, gun?!” It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it.

[@eddieloius4592]

Tom Savini directing F13 movie is an awesome idea. it's 10 years later, is kane in shape to do jason again?

[@davebooshty299]

3:04 Supposedly one of the workers behind the scenes had a hockey mask laying around and at one point the filmmakers decided to try it out out of creative oppurtunity type stuff.

[@martyxxl6751]

Yesss, Rob Bottin!

[@DVincentW]

I was at one of the first times Tom Savini and George A Romero gave a talk at Full Sail (Winter Park Fl) about film making in 2003. Tom signed my Dawn of the Dead hat. I then got a role as a zombie in Zack Snyders remake of Dawn of the Dead. Im a zed in the last scene when they escape to an island. Filmed at the Jaws ride at Universal Studios.They used a dock location in the ride. I met Greg Nicotero..

[@fullsailuniversity]

That's really so cool! What an awesome memory to have!! It's so cool how it all came together!

[@willfade7994]

Tom Savini is brilliant! What a gem. Thank you for sharing. 🎬

[@NotASaint1985]

I will NEVER understand, why they didn't have Tom Savini direct a Dawn of the Dead remake in the same style as the Night of the Living Dead remake. THAT would have been incredible. George A. Romero producing and writing again, and Tom could reprise his role as the biker once more. I will never understand why they never did that.

[@fullsailuniversity]

That would have been awesome!!

[@bigboss-yv2nr]

idk but Snyder's Dawn of the dead remake is one of the best zombie movies of all time too.

[@at0micl0bster]

they only remade the first one cause George didnt have the rights to it

[@NotASaint1985]

@@bigboss-yv2nr it is certainly legendary but I have grown to not like it that much. It DOES NOT deserve the name and it should have been its own love letter to George's work, but they should not have called it a DAWN of the dead remake, because it is not.

[@NotASaint1985]

@@at0micl0bster I know, but I think Dawn deserved a scary remake, with actually scary zombies and way better gore, more dark and dramatic.

[@Darkem-ur5ho]

He should do a directors cut of Night of the living dead

[@Studeb]

Damn, the Vietnam origin is dark.

[@bird4birdhotmail]

vietnam was dark

[@Silenced23]

Great talk, but I would never tell anyone i got a degree from full sail University.

[@wombra8314]

Alexander Colon 😂👍

[@ulriklm1]

Saw him for the first time in dusk til dawn as that badass with the gun in the belt. And looked him up and became fan. What a cool and innovative guy

[@KronnangDunn]

He is also a Vietnam War veteran. They should have mentioned it at the begining...

[@AutobotOrionPax]

@Cory McNevin i mean a veteran is still a veteran. Its not like photographers there literally dont do anything. When the time calls in desperate measures. Photographers become soldiers. Its not like they literally give them zero training and leave them hopeless

[@Siegemistress]

word of advice: Next time you're documenting something. USE A F*CKING DICTAPHONE! what's the point of recording an "ask me anything" if ya can't hear the fricken questions?

[@MmmmmApplesauce]

If you can't deduct the question from the answer i suggest going back to school and getting a proper education.

[@Siegemistress]

Nowhere in my comment did I state that I could not deduct the question from the answer. The principle of recording of a Q & A session is being able to hear both the question and the answer. But I appreciate your attempt at trolling :)

[@user-lr3zx9qi8t]

Tom directs a Friday movie?! Yaaaaaaaas!!!!

[@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9]

Someone should've asked how it is that a university has its own bottled water brand.

[@DiabloTommaso]

Kissai Sith Jen'ari just look how smoothly Tom covered them

[@DVincentW]

Its a marketing ploy. If you wanted you could buy filtered water with your name on it. Full Sail is not what it was in the early 2000s, or before. in 2003, a video game degree was 23 G.. today its around 40 G. I have fond memories of playing Quake 2 with friends at Full Sail on a LAN w 15 PCs. Rail Gun for the win.

[@backforblood3421]

@@DVincentW Nah, I think 75% of students' tuition went into implementing measures to ensure that they have the best water on Earth on campus, and they intended to keep it that way. There was a scandal with the Art Institutes having hijacked a few dozen pallets of Full Sail water and trying to pass it off as their own, but eventually someone ripped the fraudulent Art Institutes ring label off like they were unmasking a Scooby Doo villain and exposed the road cone-colored truth.

[@robertkaplan848]

Tom Savini, Legend!

[@hvitekristesdod]

His role in Planet Terror is so good and of course he gives himself the epic limb-from-limb death. I love how much fun he always puts into everything

[@Justin974]

Legend. Better yet the Goat!

[@tompierce9551]

i meet tom in orlando in oct 2015

[@ReelRadical]

I love Tom, but he needs to sit still! He's so fidgety!

[@branaa09]

Joshua Hill Hes always been that way since the 1980s.He might be ADD or something.

[@KronnangDunn]

He was also in Vietnam... right in the shit.

[@ismaelrosas7495]

He is hyper! Lol

[@jrogers5152]

I think it’s just nerves and anxiety infront of a lot of people, I always fidget and move about awkwardly when talking to people I don’t know 😂

[@MrMatt-cm6do]

I saw him on the Late Show with David Letterman 30 years ago and he was much calmer, quieter and shyer.

[@MaxwellSchreck66633]

Legend.

[@theresaclark6117]

At 26:30.. so true about Tom Hanks' character in Captain Phillips. This is a great video, and I'm not a horror writer!!

[@BraxtonWages]

Yes, I totally agree. One of the most believable and heartbreaking performances of a person completely traumatized.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

The roach story was priceless. ;-)

[@gterrymed]

TOM SAVINI IS THE GREATEST!!!!!

[@LordOfDeath2266]

🖤🖤🖤

[@Nemesios777]

Tom savini is amazing !

[@MightyJabroni]

Does this guy even age?

[@magnoliamike]

I was watching an interview he did with a KZbinr and he talked about the same cockroach story in the same exact way

[@cimbakahn]

Zombies and vampires are overrated!

[@markusniepmann4804]

Tom Savini rulez forever 🤘🤘🤘👍🔨

[@EveryWishEveryStar]

Jason got his mask in part 3. The directors were big Hockey fans. Jason pulled it off the goofy murder victim.

[@unclematt3134]

Should have faded to black and rolled credits after Jason pops out and grabs the girl. It doesnt have to make sense. It's scarier.

[@teddykgb2450]

Not only is he the king of horror makeup but his family was in the Italian Mafia. Don't fuck with this guy.

[@carlossaldamando1031]

Soy super fan de TOM SAVINI ¡¡ mexicali baja calidornia , MEXICO 🇲🇽✌👍

[@claymationwaves]

This is the school JD from the Stern show attended.... Bahahahahhaha

[@dawnofthewalkers4915]

You forgot director as well night of the living dead 1990

[@carlossaldamando1031]

Acabo de ver SCREAM GREATS ¡¡ ME RUCUERDA LOS 80,S QUE TIEMPOS AQUELLOS ¡¡ TOM SAVINI ES PARTE DE MI NIÑES Y ADOLECENCIA ¡ ERA FANATICO DE LAS PELICULAS DE TERROR Y LAS GRABABA EN BETAMAX Y VHS ¡¡ SALUDOS A TOM SAVINI ¡¡👍✌🇲🇽☺️

[@manicmania7046]

I came here because of the simpsons episode - where are the headless bloody corpse answers damnit!!! (Kidding of course this is fasciating!)

[@MrMatt-cm6do]

It’s interesting that he draws the gore-line at the movies Hostel and The Saw movies.

[@cwallace9713]

Still, an inspiration to me was wanting to be a special effects makeup artist, decided to be a Geologist.

[@Varg84]

I want the coke that Savini is on.

[@Deadono]

Nice that he repeats the question in case the viewer couldn't hear it when the microphone is off or somewhere else.

[@rifftipton7709]

Big fan of Toms. I do wonder and would like to ask him if David Letterman ever forgave him for lighting his hands on fire.

[@claymationwaves]

Horror movies I just cannot get into them or seem to care

[@Danimal77]

Only 41K views???!!

[@noway4413]

Whats with his bullwhip fetish?

[@kibakim]

LOVE YOUR WORK IN F13 THE "FINAL CHAPTER"

[@needmypunk]

why are there condoms on the food table...

[@cameronmesser7094]

I was in this a lot question after question.

[@splunky2536]

because it's a q&a

[@marioTmaggot]

I hate spiders as well.

[@restricttheopennotes]

ah, he said Deepak chopra lol

[@nicoladouglas3270]

this guy also in dusk till dawn he is the guy with the gun underpants

[@vandamme6379]

Scott Gr That's what he just said.

[@Stephen-lt1tp]

VIEEETNAAM!

[@savageone777]

To Tom Savini I have met you and bought a skull from you. You may never read this but I knew the man you described who did the scanner scene of the head blowing up. He would come to the comic store I managed and talk to me on movie’s he was working on and that head blowing up in scanners. Now he does more CGI and worked on x-men ,Godzilla and others.

[@XHEARTwithHOLESX]

whoaa hes directing friday the 13th part 2 2015!!???!?!?!?!?

[@derekwest3193]

It didn't happen unfortunately

[@vandamme6379]

Anyone here actually notice that the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th was actually a remake of the first 3 movies?

[@owen-bz6pj]

No shit.

[@Largentina.]

Did you also just notice that water is wet?

[@JMV422]

This guy did great work for his time. But he wouldn’t make it today. Rick baker , Greg Nicotera , and many more fx guys adapted with the times. Tom didn’t in my opinion. Also I think Fluffy was one of his worst works he ever did. He toots his own horn too much about his stuff especially Fluffy. Tone it down a little Tom. Let your work speak for itself. Would love to meet you tho haha. 👊🏼