- Films
- 39
- Avg rating
- 6.11
- Peak run
- 2010’12
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Tom by the numbers
Average
6.11
31 rated films
Vote weighted
6.30
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±1.33
rating spread
Career
50y
1977 to 2026
Total votes
4.5M
across every film
Best
8.5
Django Unchained
Worst
5.5
Diary of the Dead
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Black Zombie | Self - Special Effects Artist | · | 133 |
| 2015 | Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini | Self | · | 953 |
| 2013 |  Machete Kills | · | 5.6 | 86,144 |
| 2012 | Inhuman Resources | Peter Bava | 5.9 | 3,089 |
| 2012 |  Django Unchained | · | 8.5 | 1.92M |
| 2012 |  The Perks of Being a Wallflower | · | 7.9 | 608K |
| 2012 | Robin Hood: Ghosts of Sherwood | Sheriff of Nottingham | · | 613 |
| 2011 | The Theatre Bizarre | · | 5.2 | 4,715 |
| 2010 |  Machete | · | 6.6 | 211K |
| 2010 | The Dead Matter | Sebed | 3.3 | 1,108 |
| 2009 |  Fanboys | · | 6.5 | 63,613 |
| 2008 |  Zack and Miri Make a Porno | · | 6.5 | 188K |
| 2007 | The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' | · | · | 901 |
| 2007 |  Diary of the Dead | · | 5.5 | 51,487 |
| 2007 |  Planet Terror | · | 7.0 | 235K |
| 2006 | The Absence of Light | The Higher Power | · | 343 |
| 2006 | Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | · | 7.2 | 3,779 |
| 2006 | Beyond the Wall of Sleep | The Sheriff of Ulster County | 2.9 | 1,161 |
| 2005 | Forest of the Damned | Stephen | 2.9 | 1,272 |
| 2005 |  Land of the Dead | · | 6.2 | 106K |
Better together?
Tom Savini's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: George A. Romero and Tom Savini movies
Takes
On Tom Savini
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