Hvor blev den originale night of the living dead filmet?
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Night of the Living Dead
Det lille budget dikterede en stor del af produktionsprocessen. Ifølge Hardman: "Vi vidste, at vi ikke kunne skaffe penge nok til at optage en film på linje med de klassiske gyserfilm, som vi alle var vokset op med. Det bedste, vi kunne gøre, var at placere vores skuespillere på et fjerntliggende sted og så bringe gyset til at blive besøgt på dem på dette sted". Scenerne blev optaget i nærheden af Evans City, Pennsylvania, 48 km nord for Pittsburgh i det landlige Butler County; åbningssekvensen blev optaget på Evans City-kirkegården på Franklin Road syd for byen. De indvendige scener ovenpå blev filmet i et hjem i Evans Citys centrum, som senere blev kontor for en fremtrædende lokal læge og familielæge (Allsop). Dette hjem ligger stadig på South Washington St. (lokalt kaldet Mars-Evans City Road) mellem krydset mellem South Jackson og Van Buren. Kirkegårdens kapel var under arrestordre til nedrivning; Gary R. Steiner ledede imidlertid en vellykket indsats for at rejse 50 000 USD for at restaurere bygningen, og kapellet er i øjeblikket under renovering.
Pennsylvania
Night of the Living Dead
The small budget dictated much of the production process. According to Hardman, "We knew that we could not raise enough money to shoot a film on a par with the classic horror films with which we had all grown up. The best that we could do was to place our cast in a remote spot and then bring the horror to be visited on them in that spot". Scenes were filmed near Evans City, Pennsylvania, 30 miles (48 km) north of Pittsburgh in rural Butler County; the opening sequence was shot at the Evans City Cemetery on Franklin Road, south of the borough. The interior upstairs scenes were filmed in a downtown Evans City home that later became the offices of a prominent local physician and family doctor (Allsop). This home is still standing on South Washington St. (locally called Mars-Evans City Road), between the intersecting streets of South Jackson and Van Buren. The cemetery chapel was under warrant for demolition; however, Gary R. Steiner led a successful effort to raise $50,000 to restore the building, and the chapel is currently undergoing renovations.
Night of the Living Dead