(WJET/WFXP) – Horror movie fans will find that Western Pennsylvania is the perfect place to visit and tour various locations used in genre-defining horror movies.

Director George Romero, lauded as the father of the zombie film, studied art, design and drama at Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh became his second home. He went on to film several movies in Pittsburgh and the surrounding towns.

Not limited to zombie films, Western Pennsylvania has played host to vampires, a crazed miner, Mothman and even Hannibal Lecter himself.

With October right around the corner, now is the perfect time to celebrate those spine-chilling movies with a tour through West Pennsylvania's famous filming locations.

Evans City Cemetery

Fans of George Romero's work wil

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