Filmed in Monroeville Mall, Monroeville, PA. There is great dispute over the film's alternate ending, where Peter shoots himself in the head and Fran commits suicide by sticking her head up into the blades of the copter. Some, such as makeup artists Tom Savini and Taso N. Stavrakis, maintain that the scene was filmed, while director George A. Romero used to be adamant that it wasn't. However, in the documentary _Document of the Dead (1990)_ which was shot during the making of this film (and ...[Read Story ]