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In the scene where Roger hits the zombie (played by Tom
Savini) with the truck and it leaves a bloody smear on
his windshield, the effect was created by Savini
throwing himself on the non-moving truck and spitting a
mouthful of blood on the windshield. |
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The airstrip used in the film, the Harold W. Brown
Memorial Field (aka Monroeville Municipal Airport), is
still in operation as of 2002. The privately run
airfield is approximately 10 miles from the Monroeville
Mall, where the bulk of the film was shot. |
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Some of the zombies (notably one in the
tenement scene) were actual amputees. |
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"I've
seen half-a-dozen guys in my unit get bitten by those
things. None of them lasted more than, three days." |
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