night of the living dead Archives

Remembering Richard ‘The Rev’ Ricci: Pitt alum and spiritual force behind ‘Night of the Living Dead’

By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor • August 26, 2020

Ricci provided inspiration, friendship and the occasional spiritual guidance to his fellow filmmakers.

George A. Romero Collection brings the dead to life

By Sinead McDevitt, For the Pitt News • October 24, 2019

The undead strolled through the dimly lit first floor of the Hillman Library Wednesday night — past the grave of Nicholas Kramer, which Barbara (Judith O’Dea) clung to in after the first zombie attack in the 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead.”

Remembering horror film icon Romero at Carnegie Lecture Hall

By Maggie Medoff, Staff Writer • October 23, 2018

George A. Romero is the filmmaker behind the classic film “Night of the Living Dead,” and he was remembered over the weekend with the event “Reflection on Romero.”

Horror movie classics should be standard for scares

By Maggie Durwald | For The Pitt News • November 3, 2017

Johnny and Barbara arrive at their father’s grave in rural Pennsylvania, a storm brewing in the distance. A gaunt, staggering man approaches silently across the landscape of headstones. He murders Johnny....