She refused to do any of the classic high-pitched scream tropes, as she felt this would ruin Fran’s credibility as a strong woman.
It turns out that Ross was very adamant about Fran’s portrayal in the film. Gaylen Ross’s Fran in particular stands out as a fantastic female horror character. This is a BIG SPOILER, but Romero has actually said that the zombie walk that David Emge does after being turned is his favorite zombie performance out of all his Night of the Living Dead series entries. The powerful performances helped the film become a critically acclaimed hit. The characters all have excellent chemistry, and the film has some of the strongest acting in a horror movie. The film stars David Emgee as Flyboy, Ken Foree as Peter, Gaylen Ross as Fran, and Scott Reiniger as Trooper.
The outbreak is never really explained, but realistically, the source of the zombie virus doesn’t matter – the movie is more about outrageous gore and witty satire about American consumerism. In fact, the film was shot in the Monroeville Mall, which was actually operational during shooting. The film primarily takes place in a shopping mall overrun with zombies. Instead, Dawn of the Dead expands on the greater effects of the zombie apocalypse and shows the outbreak on a larger scale. The setting is also different, though they do both technically take place in Pennsylvania. The movie takes place in the same universe as Night of the Living Dead, though it doesn’t actually contain any of the same characters. It’s not often that a horror franchise manages to actually spawn more than one classic, but Romero is considered the King of the Zombie Film for a reason. The first sequel was the delightfully over-the-top Dawn of the Dead, released in 1978. Romero is the zombie movie king: not only did he create the 1968 gory classic Night of the Living Dead, he also spawned an entire film series out of it.
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