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2026 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing. This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Haunt Love) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Founded in 2006, Wild Eye Releasing has carved out a name as a driving force in low-budget, underground, and outsider cinema, earning a cult following among filmmakers and fans alike. Wild Eye champions horror, action, sci-fi, exploitation, arthouse, documentaries, and vintage gems from across the globe, delivering them worldwide via home video, digital and theatrical avenues. We also produce our own in-house features and mockbusters like the fan-favorites Cocaine Shark, Amityville in Space and the Ouija Shark and Jurassic Shark series, while proudly distributing VHS era classics such as Splatter Farm, Zombie Bloodbath, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell and The Necro Files via our sister imprint, Visual Vengeance. The definitive documentary on one of the most iconic and sought after special effects artists in horror film history, whose genre-defining creations earned him the title “The King of Splatter.” We follow Savini from his childhood in Pittsburgh and his tour of duty during the Vietnam War, leading into his legendary collaboration with George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow, Day of the Dead) and beyond. directed by: Jason Baker starring: Tom Savini (Self), Danny McBride (Self), Robert Rodriguez (Self), Danny Trejo (Self), Alice Cooper (Self), Greg Nicotero (Self), George Romero (Self), Tony Todd (Self) 2020 / 91 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Additional info: Region Free Blu-ray Audio commentary with Tom Savini and director Jason Baker Excerpts from Tom's personal behind the scenes video archives: Featuring BTS footage from several classic horror films like Day of the Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, From Dusk Til Dawn, Creepshow, Friday the 13th Part IV, and more Tom's behind the scenes personal video from directing Night of the Living Dead (1990) Excerpts from Tom's personal home movies Excerpts from Tom's personal video of Dracula: The Stage Show Trailers English SDH subtitles
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (2015)
91 min
Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the first time ever a feature length film has covered not only Tom's amazing career spanning over four decades, but his personal life as well.