Tom Savini on the resurgence of Night of the Living Dead
"I get 1,100 emails a week, and that’s all they ask about - the Dead movies," said Savini.
Though Night of the Living Dead didn’t necessarily receive a warm welcome when it premiered in 1990, age served the remake well, according to director Tom Savini.
During an interview, Savini, who directed the film based on a screenplay by original Living Dead creator George A. Romero, revealed that over a decade after the film’s release, he was still contacted about the franchise.
“I get 1,100 emails a week, and that’s all they ask about - the Dead movies,” said Savini to the Times Colonist.
Savini had spent much of his career in the horror genre, and he understood that an audience’s interest ebbed and flowed like the tide. In fact, the creative explained that a return to previous horror passions was common in the industry.
“It started with monsters and creatures,” said Savini. “Frankenstein, The Mummy - then went to the terrors of Psycho and Strait-Jacket. Then came the bloodbaths, the Herschell Gordon Lewis stuff (Blood Feast) and back to creatures with Alien and Predator, you name it. Then it was back to terror with The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and then the kind of splatter movies I’ve done.”
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