How did they kill in Day of the Dead?!
Question:
How did they kill in Day of the Dead?
How exactly did they do the special effects while killing Torrez and Rickles in this movie?
Answers: ...if you are up for a real challenge, seek out the Paramount/Fangoria produced video production entitled "Scream Greats Volume One: Tom Savini, Master of Special Make-Up Effects; it was released on videotape, back in 1986, just after the videotape release of "Day of the Dead". This facinating one-hour documentary covered the quite colorful and eclectic career of Savini, with interviews by not only him, but also, many of the notable filmmaking talent, who have worked with him...
...in this documentary, many of the make-up special effects tricks, which Tom used in several of his films, are revealed, including those you mentioned above...
...unfortunately, this very informative production has yet to see release on DVD, and the videotape is long out-of-print (...though you might get lucky through some private seller, of perhaps Ebay)... Source(s):
http://www.amazon.com/scream-greats-savi... you should e-mail George Romero with that same question! I read it was all latex, pig guts & some animatronics. Impressing stuff considering when it was made. State of the art at the time.