The corpses of the recently-dead are returning to life & attacking the living, devouring their victims. During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Written, directed, and edited by George A. Romero. The second film in Romero's series of violent zombie horror films after Night of the Living Dead (1968). Original director's cut.