Dawn of the Deaths

TOM SAVINI HAS a tattoo on his left arm. It’s a doodle of a pair of thick-rimmed glasses, accompanied by the words “STAY SCARED”. It’s his way of keeping George A. Romero, the director who gave Savini his big break, close after Romero died in 2017. “I used to wear his watch, which his wife gave me when he died,” says Savini. “So my left hand was a tribute to George Romero.” was Savini’s first big gig for