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•  The film's world premiere was at the Fulton Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 1 October 1968 (At 8PM, admission by invitation only). The film was met with a standing ovation.

•  The zombie hand that Tom hacks up with a kitchen knife was made of clay and filled with chocolate syrup.

 
•  When the zombies are eating the bodies in the burnt-out truck they were actually eating roast ham covered in chocolate sauce. The filmmakers joked that it was so nausea inducing that it was almost a waste of time putting the makeup on the zombies, as they ended up looking pale and sick anyway.
 
"If you have a gun, shoot 'em in the head. That's a sure way to kill 'em. If you don't, get yourself a club or a torch. Beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy."
 
  KAREN: I hurt.
HELEN: We may not enjoy living together, but dying together isn't going to solve anything.
HARRY: Look! You two can do whatever you like! I'm going back down to the cellar, and you'd
better decide! 'Cause I'm gonna board up that door, and I'm not going to unlock it
again no matter what happens!
BEN: I'm telling you they can't get IN here!
HARRY: And I'm telling you they turned over our car! We were damn lucky to get away at all!
Now you're telling me these things can't get through a lousy pile of wood?
BEN: You know a place back down the road called Beekman's? Beekman's Diner? Anyhow,
that's where I found that truck I have out there. There's a radio in the truck. I jumped
in to listen, when a big gasoline truck came screaming right across the road! There
must've been ten, fifteen of those things chasing after it, grabbing and holding on. Now,
I didn't see them at first. I could just see that the truck was moving in a funny way.
Those things were catching up to it. Truck went right across the road. I slammed on my
breaks to keep from hitting it myself. It went right through the guard rail! I guess - guess
  the driver must've cut off the road into that gas station by Beekman's Diner. It went right
through the billboard, ripped over a gas pump, and never stopped moving! By now it
was like a moving bonfire! Didn't know if the truck was going to explode or what. I still
hear the man... screaming. These things, just backing away from it! I looked back at the
diner to see if - if there was anyone there who could help me. That's when I noticed that
the entire place had been encircled. There wasn't a sign of life left, except... by now,
there were no more screams. I realized that I was alone, with fifty or sixty of those things
just... standing there, staring at me! I started to drive, I - I just plowed right through
them! They didn't move! They didn't run, or... they just stood there, staring at me! I just
wanted to crush them! And they scattered through the air, like bugs.
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