The Living Dead Museum

After taking some photos of the zombie on the outside of the Monroeville Mall, we ventured inside to The Living Dead Museum.  Walking through the same spaces where Dawn of the Dead was shot was a very neat experience.  I tried to imagine Romero filming in those giant empty spaces.  And tried to picture motorcycles driving through there at some point back in 1977-78.  And of course - the zombies.

The museum is at the far end of the mall, right above Romero Square.  Tickets were reasonably priced and the items within were fantastic.  Loads of historical facts and artifacts relating to Romero's films, and other zombie-centric movies.  And a wall of autographs (and bloody handprints from their signers) - the Maul of Fame.

If you're ever in Pittsburgh, this museum is definitely worth the trip.  

Click here for the Museum's IG.

And click here to see some more photos that Jenna took over at her IG.

When There's No More Room In Hell

They're after the place. They don't know why; they just remember. Remember that they want to be in here.

- DAWN OF THE DEAD

We couldn't visit Pittsburgh without taking a zombie along to the shooting location of George Romero's 1978 Dawn of the Dead - the Monroeville Mall.  

Dawn

Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!

- Dr. Foster, Dawn of the Dead

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Exponential

Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!

Dr. Foster, Dawn of the Dead, 1978

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Woman Falls Ill After Exposure To Monkeys At Pennsylvania Crash Site

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Rest In Peace: George A. Romero

One of the few horror icons I actually met in person.  What a legacy he leaves behind.
The weird tag line of Dawn of the Dead was one of the earliest memories I have of something truly scaring me..."When there's no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH."  Some kids were talking about that in grade school when the film came out, and it really REALLY got under my skin.  

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"This Was An Important Place In Their Lives. "

When There's No More Room In Hell

Images by nijimeijer.

Pure, Motorized Instinct

We must not be lulled by the concept that these are our family members or our friends. They are not.

 Images by Usually Melancholy.
 

Dawn Of The Dead

One of the few remakes that got it right.

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Feed

They won't run out of food, that's the problem you see. And they won't run out of food as long as we're still alive. 

 Image by echogravity.

Undead Cannibals

Of course 'cannibal' implies interspecies activity, and they don't feed on each other.  Just us.

Now Playing: Zombie

Remakes

Was reading about the new FRIGHT NIGHT now being a 3D movie and needed to remind myself that not all remakes turn out being garbage (though most seem to).

Here's one that definitely pulled it off:

Mall Of The Dead

Arguably the finest of all zombie flicks.
George Romero's Dawn of the Dead.


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