{"id":2354,"date":"2012-10-30T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:42:54","slug":"february-1978-if-youre-a-pittsburgher-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/30\/february-1978-if-youre-a-pittsburgher-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Romero\u2019s \u2018Dawn of the Dead\u2019 filmed in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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February 1978:<\/strong>\u00a0If you\u2019re a Pittsburgher and you haven\u2019t seen George Romero\u2019s \u2018Dawn of the Dead,\u2019 then shame, shame on you. We at the Digs recommend you quickly find a copy and spend Halloween night watching zombies romp through the Monroeville Mall. Romero, by the way, is a 1960 Carnegie Mellon University graduate who redefined horror and made zombies cool. \u2018Dawn\u2019 is his second zombie flick \u2014 the first, \u2018Night of the Living Dead,\u2019 released in 1968, is a classic in its own right.<\/p>\n

‘Dawn of the Dead’ is so gory it would make your eyes hurt if not for the cartoonishly red blood. It’s also a clever satire on consumerism, according to critics who, for the most part, loved the movie. Dawn was listed #27 on Entertainment Weekly’s list of top cult films, but we knew it was great cinema the moment was saw a hopelessly confused zombie stumbling down the mall’s \u201cup\u201d escalator.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Katherine Kolbert, Dawn Associates)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Dawn of the Dead’ is so gory it would make your eyes hurt if not for the cartoonishly red blood.<\/p>\n

Look at the picturesRomero\u2019s \u2018Dawn of the Dead\u2019 filmed in Pittsburgh<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[946],"tags":[962,963,1200,1035,1036,1044],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mcohcr97dk1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C878&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1249,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/11\/01\/halloweens-of-the-past\/","url_meta":{"origin":2354,"position":0},"title":"Halloweens of the past","date":"November 1, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Zombies, the Rubber Duck and Miley Cyrus may have dominated costume choices in Pittsburgh this year. 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