<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
where was the original night of the living dead filmed
where was the original night of the living dead filmed
near Evans City , Pennsylvania , 30 miles ( 48 km ) north of Pittsburgh in rural Butler County
near Evans City , Pennsylvania , 30 miles ( 48 km ) north of Pittsburgh in rural Butler County