The Southern Haunts Staff were lucky enough to catch up with a very busy Tom Devlin for a few minutes to ask him about some of his personal projects that were in the works and about the future of 1313FX in the Haunt Industry. For more info on Tom be sure to check out both websites at www.1313FX.com and www.1313FXFrightZone.com.

Tom Devlin – “Being a contestant on Face Off was pretty awesome! I met some great people and got to work with a lot of materials that I may not otherwise have had easy access to. I got to go to the Psycho House, which was very cool. I also got to meet a lot of great guest judges, a lot of people I respect. One of the greatest things was the availability of resources and materials, for example, if an airbrush gun got clogged you didn’t have to worry about unclogging it, you just dropped it and grabbed another one.”

Tom Devlin – “I was asked to come to Canton, Mississippi on a project called “Big Bad” for director Opie Cooper. It went awesome. We constructed a full creature suit, very suggestive of a werewolf/sasquatch type creature. It was awesome because it wasn’t just a straight horror film; it was more along the lines of movies such as “Monster Squad” or “Goonies” for example. It was really cool. We got to make this awesome creature. It was tough and cold on the Canton project; I even think it snowed one of the days. The locations were incredible. We were in this ancient jail and a cotton gin. I met some very talented individuals and really enjoyed the project. I am scheduled to work on a couple of projects through Ivox and hope to return to Mississippi.” You can follow the progress of “Big Bad” here: www.facebook.com/bigbadmovie

Tom Devlin - “1313fx has lots of projects in the near future. We just finished a movie called “Sand Shark,” for the SYFY channel. We are currently working on a project in Belize where we will be creating giant beetles. I am not sure of the title yet. We are hopefully shooting in April. We also have big movie in pre-production called “Dances With Werewolves” which we are doing some really wicked werewolves. The creatures are absolutely insane, their on stilts, and they have arm extensions. There’s a whole werewolf transformation on this film that develops on horseback. It is pretty insane.”

Tom Devlin - Be prepared for an industry that’s not as welcoming as your own. The haunt Industry is so much more incredible than the film industry, in my eyes. If your goal is to work on movies, which mine was my whole life; you’ve just got to want it bad enough to bang down the doors. You need to pound the pavement, make connections, and start in the haunt industry now. At some of the haunt shows you, can meet great artist like Scott Ramp from “Scream Team”, or Bob Kurtzman from “Creature Corps”. These guys are currently my heroes and inspirations and were as well as I was growing up. They are totally approachable, and they’ll point you in the right direction.

Tom Devlin – “Keep your eye on “1313-fx Fright Zone”. We are trying to transition more into the Halloween world from our film industry status. We love the people in the haunt Industry. Someday, I hope to own my own haunt. We just want to keep supplying actors in haunts with custom pieces that will hopefully emphasize what they do.”

Be sure to follow Tom’s American Nightmare  web series on YouTube