Portraits of Horror
True Horror film fans connect with some Horror icons. Which ones are yours? Lon Chaney- stage, film actor, make-up artist, director and screenwriter known as The Man of 1,000 Faces, who often worked with former carnival barker Tod Browning, has become one of my favorites. Horror FX artist Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, The Burning, The Prowler, Creepshow, etc) values the work of the elder Chaney, and considers everyday to be Halloween. Savini has a 16-month educational program for skills such as application, mold-making, casting, animatronics, animation, sculpting, life casting, appliance prosthetics, exhibit, and design. Truthfully, my interests are varied, yet Tom Savini is an example of a guy who has really committed to everything HORROR. Through the Horror magazine Fangoria, he became a superstar to moviefans in the late 1970s and 1980s, as he builds on the legacy of Lon Chaney. Gene Simmons from the band Kiss also made a song in tribute to the horror icon, linked below. I'd love to extend and elaborate on these topics, yet only if there's interest and if others have horror icons they enjoy as well. We grow near two weeks remaining for The Top 100 Horror Movie submissions.