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...intestine and anything else that can come spurting, splashing, oozing, or quivering out; a source of irridescent colors, strange and squashy textures, squishing and crunching sounds. Devising these spectacles takes real showmanship, as evidenced by this excerpt from the horror mag Fangoria's interview with "effects wizard" Tom Savini, as he explains the scalping of a woman in his new shocker, Maniac...
...Savini's work on Down of the Dead wasn't truly offensive because cannibalistic zombies and not, for the most part, human beings were destroyed. The audience appreciated this and enjoyed the turkey shoot, indulging its most aggressive fantasies without the accompanying guilt. This attitude, however, has spread to living characters, often innocent victims (though usually reduced to zombies by one-dimensional scripts), and the laughter is--well, immoral...
Twelve fumbles (eight by the Crimson), five pass interceptions, and an 11-yard punt by Columbia's Don Savini characterized a game that also saw Lion quarterback Tom Vasell set an Ivy League record with 16 completed passes. Bad calls by quarterbacks on both teams merely added to the confusion. The 21,889 fans at Baker Field enjoyed it thoroughly...
...Finally, Savini ignited the Columbia drive with a snaky 37-yard punt return that took the ball to the Harvard . Savini shook about half the Crimson by just standing still when he thought the ball and letting them speed by either side...
Vasell tried to pass the Lions back into the game, and he nearly did it. But with third and five on the Harvard 11 and Savini warming up his kicking too and Lion coach Buff Donelli holding a tee. Vasell called a pass. End Dave Hudepohl smashed through the weakening Columbia line and hurried Vasell, who tossed the ball to the Crimson's Tom Boone on the five. That was it.A Columbia end eludes a Crimson defender and snares one of Vasell's passes...