‘Dawn of the Dead’ (1979)

Mr. Romero’s big zombie follow-up to “Night of the Living Dead” had capitalism in its cross hairs. (“If there’s something I’d like to criticize, I can bring the zombies out. And I get the financing that way,” he told Time in 2010. “So I’ve been able to express my political views through those films.”

Set in the aftermath of a mass-zombie uprising, this gory film is most memorable for scenes of gray-faced, bell-bottomed zombies ambling through an empty shopping center. The movie was filmed at the Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania, which became a holy place for horror pilgrims.