Tom Savini Archives

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter / Paramount Pictures (1984)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter – Standing Out 40 Years Later

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 21, 2024

Originally an independent film project developed in 1979, in unprecedented fashion Friday the 13th became a Horror movie empire that dominated the early ‘80s. Starting with a bidding war between three major film distributors (Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and United Artists), fortunately, Paramount Pictures Executive Frank ... Read More

Deathdream (4K Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMay 24, 2024

There are many conflicting opinions of the United States of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. A conflict that lasted nearly 20 years, the US entered the Southeast Asia region with ground troops beginning in 1965, and over the course of 8 years into 1973, ... Read More

Nightmare (3-disc 4K Ultra HD Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockApril 26, 2024

Censorship has existed for thousands of years when it comes to speech, literature, and art. Something that rightfully angers those who believe in free thought, in more recent history this societal suppression was highly prevalent in the UK during the 1980s when many films were ... Read More

Creepshow (Collector’s Edition 4K UHD + Blu-Ray Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 26, 2023

To many 80’s Horror film fans, 1982’s Creepshow is the ultimate party. A unification of beloved Director George A. Romero and Writer Stephen King working together, the film highlights everything any fan of the era could ask for. King, who actually made his screenwriting debut ... Read More

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (Documentary Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 20, 2019

When thinking of the imagery that had made Horror cinema so terrifying during the ’70s and ’80s, one of the first names that comes to mind is Mr. Tom Savini. Perhaps the most easily recognized special effects makeup artist names in the genre, Savini has ... Read More

Interview – Patricia Tallman

CrypticRockCrypticRockAugust 1, 2019

Almost as if a seed was planted in her soul from birth, Patricia Tallman was destine to be creative. Growing up with television shows such as Star Trek and Dark Shadows, she would later follow her impulse for performing arts, finding success as both an ... Read More

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