SIDE HUSTLE XI: Tom Savini, Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Night of the Living Dead (1990).
Spooky season episode! We are joined once again by screenwriter and horror expert Erik to talk some Tom Savini, an icon to generations of horror fans for his legendary makeup work along with his larger-than-life persona that has made him and his mustache instantly recognizable.
We chose two films that both need parentheticals because they were either remade or were remakes themselves. The movie business, amirite?
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) is one of the great horror films. Top ten... probably top five... easily top three all time! Oft imitated, never matched; the Citizen Kane of zombie movies. We talk a lot about that film’s genesis along how it came to be by its brilliant writer/director, George Romero. We’re fans.
Then the remake of Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead, Savini’s film directorial debut in 1990.
There is a story behind this film. A sad one. Maybe a cautionary tale. Ken and Thomas chew on the bones of this one while our guest Erik slowly shambles away.
THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.
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SIDE HUSTLE XI: Tom Savini, Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Night of the Living Dead (1990).
Spooky season episode! We are joined once again by screenwriter and horror expert Erik to talk some Tom Savini, an icon to generations of horror fans for his legendary makeup work along with his larger-than-life persona that has made him and his mustache instantly recognizable.
We chose two films that both need parentheticals because they were either remade or were remakes themselves. The movie business, amirite?
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) is one of the great horror films. Top ten... probably top five... easily top three all time! Oft imitated, never matched; the Citizen Kane of zombie movies. We talk a lot about that film’s genesis along how it came to be by its brilliant writer/director, George Romero. We’re fans.
Then the remake of Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead, Savini’s film directorial debut in 1990.
There is a story behind this film. A sad one. Maybe a cautionary tale. Ken and Thomas chew on the bones of this one while our guest Erik slowly shambles away.
THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.
Email: thegoodthepodandtheugly@gmail.com
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/TGTPTU
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegoodthepodandtheugly?igshid=um92md09kjg0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegoodthepoda1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mI2plrgJu-TB95bbJCW-g
Buzzsprout: https://thegoodthepodandtheugly.buzzsprout.com/
Letterboxd (follow us!):
Ken: Ken Koral
Jack: jackk1096