Father of zombie films being honoured on ‘Living Dead”s 50th

Pittsburgh is set to honour the father of modern American zombie films outside the theatre where his “Night of the Living Dead” premiered 50 years ago.

The widow of filmmaker George Romero, Mayor Bill Peduto and others will gather at 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Romero died last year.

His black-and-white “Night of the Living Dead” was shot in a quasi-documentary style and tells the story of a group of characters hiding in a farmhouse from flesh-eating zombies.