Hell of the Living Dead riffs on George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1979) on a .98-cent budget, with Mattei’s name on the USA release title Night of the Zombies switched to “Vincent Dawn.” ...

Night of the Living Dead is a series of zombie horror films written and directed by George A. Romero beginning with the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead written by Romero and John A. Russo.

Russo and George A. Romero over how to handle sequels to their 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead. The two reached a settlement wherein Romero's sequels would be referred to as the Dead movies ...