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The one-legged priest's warning to Peter and Roger at the tenement, about how the police and na [...]	D
The two zombie children who attack Peter in the airport chart house are played by Melissa Savin [...]	D
Two of the four main cast, David Emge (Stephen) and Scott H. Reiniger (Roger) are both left-han [...]	D
Folk Singer-Musician/Songwriter Vincent Vok appears as a TV Station Employee (wearing a white c [...]	D
Joe Pilato who played Captain Rhodes in Day of the Dead briefly appears as an unnamed police of [...]	D
Christine Forrest: (wife of George A. Romero) director's assistant in the television studio.	D
Stephen hypothesizes that the zombies invade the shopping mall because they remember the mall a [...]	D
People still visit the shopping mall just to see where the film was made.	D
The MPAA had threatened to impose the X rating if George A. Romero didn't make cuts. Romero did [...]	D
Three members of the local theatrical, space-themed rock band Fluid (which was originally a roc [...]	D
The late Dave Hawkins' Biker character is the long dark haired, bearded biker wearing the blue [...]	D
Many of the extras cast in the film (especially the zombies in close-up shots) were friends and [...]	D
George A. Romero: plays both the director in the television studio, and "Old Nick" the Santa Cl [...]	D
Dawn of the Dead was intentionally more comedic than La notte dei morti viventi (1968) because [...]	D
George notes his collaboration with Argento and the Italian financiers was a very good partners [...]	D
Despite their names appearing in the credits, Joe Pilato and the rest of the officers at Police [...]	D
In an interview, Scott H. Reiniger says his favourite moment of his in the film was the spontan [...]	D
The living quarters where the four heroes shacked up in wasn't located in the mall. It was a se [...]	D
The scenes between Stephen, Peter, Roger and Frannie in the helicopter were filmed with the hel [...]	D
Tom Savini, head of makeup effects, was unhappy with how the blood mix (produced by 3M) photogr [...]	D
The skating rink shown in the film was part of the Monroeville Mall. It has since been replaced [...]	D
The only one of Romero's 'Dead' movies to contain the word 'zombie.' Before the bikers break in [...]	D
J. Clifford Forrest Jr. (who played Father Zulemas in Wampyr (1976)) and Ingeborg Forrest (who [...]	D
According to Romero in the voice over narrative the whole scene of Fran wearing makeup and posi [...]	D
The cop that gets shot on the roof near the beginning of Dawn of the Dead was Savini's first ev [...]	D
All three (Romero, Savini, Forrest) agree how awesome the sound was when all the bikes were dri [...]	D
The National Guard unit with the hunters are from the 28th Infantry Division "Keystone" from Pe [...]	D
The airstrip used in the film, the Harold W. Brown Memorial Field (aka Monroeville Municipal Ai [...]	D
In the Extended Edition (available on both laserdisc and Anchor Bay's "Ultimate Edition"), the [...]	D
Dario Argento was an admirer of George A. Romero's work, and vice-versa. When Argento heard tha [...]	D
The revolver that Stephen finds in the maintenance office is a RÃ¶hm RG-66. He uses it throug [...]	D
During the raid on the tenement building early in the film, a zombie escapes from one of the ap [...]	D
Scott H. Reiniger's grandmother, despite his warnings, insisted on seeing the film at the theat [...]	D
Gaylen Ross said that the brief scene where she is skating in the ice rink was a near-disaster. [...]	D
Final film for Daniel Dietrich, Clayton McKinnon, Rudy Ricci, Ron Gibson, Michael James, J. Cli [...]	D
Joe Shelby's Biker Van Driver character is the one who wears the funny cowboy hat and glasses. [...]	D
Savini recollects the stunt of driving through a window. The glass was much thinner on one end [...]	D
The split second before and after Wooley blows the head of the apartment resident (it was NOT m [...]	D
Released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video in Australia and New Zealand in 1985.	D
In addition to the lead biker Blades, Tom Savini plays the zombie who breaks the window of the [...]	D
Some of the actors playing zombies in the movie would frequently get drunk at a late-night bar [...]	D
In the original draft of the script, the TV station's call sign was WJAS, the call sign of an a [...]	D
The novel reveals the surnames of all the characters. Peter's last name is Washington, Roger's [...]	D
The working title was "Dawn of the Living Dead."	D
Real cow intestines were used in the scene where Sledge (Taso N. Stavrakis) gets his guts rippe [...]	D
John Amplas: In 3 roles: Rico, the last Puerto Rican bandit to be shot on the ghetto apartment [...]	D
Tom Savini used the same dummy throughout the course of filming. During that time it was blown [...]	D
Much of the fighting done by Fran was at the behest of Gaylen Ross, who refused to play a chara [...]	D
The helicopter blades in the shot where the zombie accidentally chops the top of his own head o [...]	D
Some of the cast were made physically sick by the makeup work.	D
Randy Kovitz: Biker (wearing blue beret)	D
Director George A. Romero had already wanted to hire Tom Savini to do the special makeup effect [...]	D
Much of the stock music used in this film was licensed from the Music De Wolfe Library, a much- [...]	D
The standard issue rifle to both the Philadelphia SWAT team and the United States National Guar [...]	D
Kathleen Feeney' Lead Zombie character, The Nun Zombie trapped in a door was originally suppose [...]	D
Zombie actors took photographs of themselves dressed up in full zombie makeup inside a photo bo [...]	D
Director George A. Romero has said several times that David Emge's zombie walk is his favorite [...]	D
In the commentary for the 2004 Ultimate DVD box set, Assistant Director of the film (and then-w [...]	D
Because of the budget and the available technology at the time, the production wasn't able to s [...]	D
Peter (Ken Foree) takes a scoped Savage 99 lever action rifle, chambered in .300 Savage, from t [...]	D
The storage room the survivors jump into is full of boxes and barrels marked 'CD,' which stood [...]	D
There is great dispute over the film's alternate ending, where Peter shoots himself in the head [...]	D
George A. Romero was initially hesitant to cast Scott H. Reiniger as Roger, despite the fact th [...]	D
Much of the fake blood used in the blood packets was a mixture of food coloring, peanut butter [...]	D
Because the majority of the movie was filmed inside of a live retail mall between the hours of [...]	D
Shooting at the mall was suspended over the Christmas season because it would have been too cos [...]	D
John Amplas, the casting director for this film, had starred in a previous Romero film, 'Martin [...]	D
A Behind The Scenes still from the Extended Version of the Ultimate DVD boxed set indicates Geo [...]	D
The bike gang in the third act of the film was primarily made up of a real gang, the Pagans. Sa [...]	D
Until his death, George didn't use storyboards. He worked from shot lists, as he did with Dawn [...]	D
Banned in Queensland, Australia, until 1986.	D
When Stephen idly uses the typewriter roughly 2/3 of the way through the movie, he types 'NOW I [...]	D
The calendar Fran crosses out dates upon is from December, 1976. This assumes Sun-Mon format, i [...]	D
When Peter and Stephen are preparing to fight the raiders, Peter begins taking off all of his j [...]	D
The owner of the restaurant where actor David Emge was working introduced Emge to George A. Rom [...]	D
The late Ralph Tallo, Father of Nick Tallo (who plays Jack, The Biker with Seltzer Bottle in th [...]	D
The biker invasion was shot over two nights.	D
While waiting for Roger (Scott H. Reiniger) to return as a zombie Peter (Ken Foree) appears to [...]	D
Cliff Forrest, younger brother of Christine Forrest appears as Tony, the Copyboy who shakes Fra [...]	D
Savini stated that the production had a go-to dummy named Boris, He doesn't say whether or not [...]	D
George A. Romero described this as the balance point in the series, when the number of humans v [...]	D
When asked what kind of direction he would give his zombies. Romero stated, "Oh, you can't," me [...]	D
During Tom Savini's dive over the balcony, initially he missed the crash mat.	D
In order to save on production costs, director/editor George A. Romero had all the 35mm film st [...]	D
The skating rink shown in the film no longer exists at the Monroeville Mall. It has since been [...]	D
The beer the hunters are seen drinking is Iron City Beer, a once-popular beer brewed in Pittsbu [...]	D
The most profitable film in the "Dead" series.	D
The weapons store featured in the film was never a part of the Monroeville Mall. George A. Rome [...]	D
When Peter is attacked by the two zombie children at the hangar office, actor Ken Foree's react [...]	D
Filmed over a period of four months.	D
The scene between Roger and Peter in the trucks when they are kidding each other about their he [...]	D
The alternative rock band My Chemical Romance wrote a song based on the movie called 'Early Sun [...]	D
The car driven in the mall is a 1977 Volkswagen Scirocco.	D
Extras who appeared in this film were reportedly given $1 in cash, a donut, and a Dawn of the D [...]	D
Greg Besnak (who played Rhino, the Bald Mustachioed Biker Gang Leader in Knightriders (1981) an [...]	D
There was originally a scene during the biker raid involving a zombie getting an arrow in the h [...]	D
Why the pie fight? "I said, 'Hey, we've got to have a pie fight in this,'" George responds. Chr [...]	D
Tom Savini chose his friend Jim Krut to play the helicopter zombie because he was notorious for [...]	D
EASTER EGG: On disk 4 (Document of the Dead) of Anchor Bay's "Ultimate Edition" DVD set, there [...]	D
In the original script Peter is trapped inside the storage room without ammunition, and the zom [...]	D
The Arminius HW-5T is a common revolver in the movie, used by the apartment dwellers in the beg [...]	D
George was introduced to Goblin, the Italian band who did soundtracks for a number of horror fi [...]	D
The policemen, firemen and army national guardsmen featured in the film as the survivors fly ov [...]	D
Filming at the Monroeville Mall took place during the winter of 1977-78, with a three-week repr [...]	D
To achieve the bullet ricochets off the side of the elevator shaft wall when the bikers are sho [...]	D
Gaylen Ross refused to scream during the film. She felt that Fran was a strong female character [...]	D
One of the reasons Scott H. Reiniger secured the role of Roger was because he gave the characte [...]	D
Romero notes there are about a dozen shots or so, most of them establishing shots, where he wis [...]	D
Tom Savini had a crew of eight who had to apply make-up to 200 extras.	D
Some of the zombies (notably one in the tenement scene) were actual amputees.	D
The voice of Christine Forrest (George A. Romero's wife) can be heard on a pre-recorded announc [...]	D
When Peter shoots a zombie (Nick Maestandrea) in the head. This effect was generated by yanking [...]	D
Joseph Pilato: as a policeman at the boat dock. Pilato had auditioned for the role of Stephen, [...]	D
On the commentary are several instances where George, Chris, or Tom point out when one of their [...]	D
Tom Savini has since gone on record, complaining that the blood in the film looks like melted c [...]	D
Actor David Emge's resemblance to famed British actor/comedian Hugh Laurie has often been discu [...]	D
It took up to three hours in makeup to transform someone into a zombie.	D
Several members of the marauding band of bikers were played by members of the local chapter of [...]	D
"War is Hell until it turns into a party," said Romero when asked what he was aiming at with th [...]	D
The narration for the USA radio and TV commercials for this film was provided by Adolph Caesar. [...]	D
The late Pam Chatfield's Lead Zombie character is the dark haired zombie wearing a black and wh [...]	D
Chris Romero states she doesn't like horror movies. Savini calls her a pansy because of this. S [...]	D
David Emge speculates that Scott H. Reiniger's slide between the escalators was a motivation fo [...]	D
Tom Savini chose the gray color for the zombies' skin, since La notte dei morti viventi (1968) [...]	D
The "head explosion" shot was important to American horror films and how horror films before th [...]	D
Peter picks up a Jarlsberg cheese.	D
The idea for the film came about when George A. Romero was invited by his friend Mark Mason to [...]	D
Romero stated the feeling with Dawn of the Dead was "unrestricted." "You're not trying to top y [...]	D
The helicopter used in the film was a Bell Jet Ranger II. The registration number was N90090.	D
On the back of the cover of the CBS/Fox videotape of the film in Australia and New Zealand had [...]	D
While writing the script for La notte dei morti viventi (1968), George A. Romero and John A. Ru [...]	D
Peter is the second person to refer to the undead as "zombies." The term is only used by a repo [...]	D
The helicopter in the film was a Bell 206B JetRanger II, series 1583, making her a 1975 product [...]	D
When the film was first released, the shooting budget was reported to be $1.5 million. On his c [...]	D
Nineteen Singers/Musicians appear in the movie. John Paul, the former saxophonist and clarineti [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider.	D
When Savini signed onto the film, he didn't know he'd be appearing in or performing actual stun [...]	D
Entertainment Weekly ranked this Number Five in its "Guilty Pleasures: Testosterone Edition" li [...]	D
Noted rock and country music journalist Chet Flippo wrote about the making of this movie for 'R [...]	D
The bit in the movie where Roger slides down between the escalators was Scott H. Reiniger's ide [...]	D
Ken Nagin: Mustachioed Biker (wearing pendant headband and holding Axe).	D
Ken Foree and Scott H. Reiniger later appeared in the remake L'alba dei morti viventi (2004).	D
When asked about the film Savini stated, "When you're born in Pittsburgh, one of the things you [...]	D
Actor Richard France, the deep voiced Eye patch wearing scientist who is seen on television in [...]	D
Body count: 93. 17 humans and 76 zombies.	D
The outdoor scene where hunters, emergency crew and soldiers are shooting at zombies was done t [...]	D
Joe Shelby played the role of Martinez, the Puerto Rican Bandit Leader while John Amplas played [...]	D
Christine Forrest: Elf Zombie.	D
Chris and George joke about how, even though the characters decide to leave the mall together, [...]	D
The late Tom Kapusta's Biker character is the blonde haired, bearded biker wearing the black bi [...]	D
Many effects were thought of on the spot. Tom Savini created many effects (such as the arm in t [...]	D
The M16 rifles used by the SWAT team were copies made by Armi Jager, known as the AP-74. They w [...]	D
Financing had ground to a halt when Dario Argento got wind of the project. Argento was a huge f [...]	D
After the peppy music (La Caccia) we heard when Roger and Peter are successfully placing the fi [...]	D
Filmed in Monroeville Mall, Monroeville, PA.	D
The German Dubbing of the Film (which features, among others, Christian BrÃ¼ckner who usually [...]	D
Gaylen Ross's debut.	D
With such a shoestring budget, the film couldn't afford professional stunt people outside of drivers [...]	D

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