This Day in Halloween: Intended to be an Italian sequel to "Dawn of the Dead," "Zombie" opens across the U.S. in 1980. / Illustration by Deanna Lim
Zombie opens across the U.S. in 1980. The film, originally intended to be an Italian sequel to George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, is controversial on its release, but is a hit that develops a cult following and is followed by two sequels.
