Pennsylvania, 1998 - Cinemax was featuring a retrospective of George Romero's horror films including NOLD, Martin, Creepshow (love that film!) and Dawn of the Dead, I got the job of interviewing Romero.

His only request was that we come to him - in Pittsburgh, PA. We set it up so I could interview him in the cemetery where he filmed NOLD.

We also did a walk through of the mall he shot Dawn of the Dead in. George was a lot of fun, and a very good sport.

One other lucky break - when our local production manager was hunting for the graveyard, she stopped at a gas station. The attendant said, "Oh, you have to talk to my parents - they were in NOLD."

It turned out they had played zombies in the original film. We set up a mini NOLD reunion in their back yard for them and George. The scrapbooks came out and it was a lot of fun.

Backyard reunion! George Romero with
"zombies" from his breakthrough film.


Cerulli and crew with Romero at the site
of the farmouse from Night of the Living Dead.


Mark Cerulli interviews George Romero in
the same graveyard where he shot Night
of the Living Dead.


Boneyard interview photo #2.