Tom Savini Net Worth

Tom Savini's Quotes

• [asked if his Vietnam experiences influence his makeup effects) I get asked that question a lot. I did see a lot of first-hand anatomically correct gore and I think the most important part of that was if we create a dead body or situation there's a certain feeling you get from seeing the real thing. If I'm creating a gory effect and I don't get the same feeling when I saw the real stuff, I'm not satisfied.
• I actually turned down Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) to do The Burning (1981) because Jason was running around in "Part 2" and as you know, there is no Jason. Jason was a kid that died in the first movie. If you watch a "Friday the 13th" movie past "Part One", you're stupid. 'Cause there's no Jason. There shouldn't be a Jason.
• Everyone thinks Tom Savini doesn't like something unless there's blood and gore. That's stupid. My favorite movies are love stories.
• Film is a truly magical medium. You can create illusions of reality, make people think they've seen things that they really haven't -- like blowing a guy's head off with a shotgun.
• My grandson is five years old and he knows who Frankenstein (1931) is. One day I will show him my bust of Jack P. Pierce and say, "You've seen what Grandad does and he made these monsters and that's why I make my monsters now."

Interesting Facts about Tom Savini

1. Father of Lia Savini.
2. Has his own effects company Tom Savini Ltd.
3. Uncle of Donna Savini and Mike Savini.
4. Is good friends with horror director George A. Romero. The two have worked together on many films.
5. Turned down Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) to work on The Burning (1981).
6. Has appeared in both the original and the remake of Dawn of the Dead (1978).
7. Only man in Hollywood who can claim all four titles of stuntman, make-up artist, actor, and director. Only one man has come close: makeup artist, actor, stuntman Lon Chaney - Tom's influence and childhood idol.
8. Is a close friend of stuntman Taso N. Stavrakis.
9. For his stunt work, his reference is action legend Jackie Chan.
10. Turned down the chance to direct Pet Sematary (1989).
11. Has a haunted house, Terrormania, also located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The students from the classes he has perform and work in the haunted house.
12. Has a make-up/special effects school in Monesson, Pennsylvania (Douglas School of Business).
13. Was supposed to play the part of the second biker in Oliver Stone's U Turn (1997), after Stone saw him in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). But due to scheduling conflict, Stone cast his producer Richard Rutowski in that part instead.
14. His role in Sea of Dust (2008) (Prester John) was written by Scott Bunt with Savini in mind.
15. Vietnam veteran.
16. Is the only actor to star in three 'Dead' films; he first played the role of 'Blades', an outlaw biker in Dawn of the Dead (1978) and then in the 2004 remake of Dawn as a County Sheriff. He then reprised his 'Blades' role in Land of the Dead (2005), this time as an undead.
17. Is a skilled fencer.
18. Was originally supposed to be a special effects make-up artist on Night of the Living Dead (1968), however Tom enlisted to serve in Vietnam.
19. Provided his voice to the horror game "City of the Dead" - a spin-off to George A. Romero's Dead films, but the game's distributer Hip Interactive went bankrupt, and the game was never released (2006).
20. Has a son named Lon and a granddaughter named Chaney in tribute to his hero Lon Chaney.