MONROEVILLE, Pa. -- They say the mall is dead, but for one night each fall, the mall here is decidedly undead.

Hundreds of pale-faced zombie wannabes gather here to lurch and stumble through the mall that served as the setting for George Romero's 1978 horror classic "Dawn of the Dead." The zombies wear dazed looks and blood-splattered clothes as they limp past stores like Abercrombie & Fitch and Victoria's Secret. The hungry ones bellow for brains.

Dozens...