George Romero\u2019s \u201cThe Night of the Living Dead\u201d and a documentary about the filmmaker are part of WQED-TV\u2019s \u201cDead Air\u201d series in October. [AP file photo]<\/p>\n
This month, WQED-TV is inviting viewers to discover the people, places, and stories behind the Pittsburgh region\u2019s love of horror, Halloween, and the wonderfully weird.<\/p>\n
\u201cDead Air\u201d features television premieres from local independent filmmakers, a newly digitized 1979 portrait of horror icon Tom Savini, and other discoveries from WQED\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n
New specials from Rick Sebak and Nebby Nick join the lineup, along with opportunities to watch George A. Romero\u2019s classic \u201cNight of the Living Dead\u201d at home and on the big screen. <\/p>\n
\u201cDead Air\u201d takes over the WQED-TV airways every Thursday at 8 p.m. on WQED-TV. Then, on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m., WQED is hosting a live screening of \u201cNight of the Living Dead\u201d at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont. Admission is free, but registration is required.<\/p>\n
\u201cPittsburgh\u2019s creative spirit takes many forms, and our horror tradition is part of what makes this region unique,\u201d said Jason Jedlinski, WQED\u2019s president and CEO. \u201cWith \u201cDead Air,\u201d we\u2019re celebrating that creativity and inviting more people to discover or reconnect with WQED. It\u2019s part of our broader effort to connect neighbors through shared experiences-including the fun of enjoying a Pittsburgh classic together in a neighborhood theater.\u201d<\/p>\n
WQED is also bringing a rarely seen piece of Pittsburgh film history back to the screen. Retrieved from deep storage and newly digitized, the 1979 documentary \u201cTom Savini: Master of Metamorphosis\u201d returns to television for the first time in decades on Oct. 29, at 10 p.m. The half-hour film offers an early portrait of the Pittsburgh native known for his influential work as a makeup and special-effects artist, actor, and director.<\/p>\n
The discoveries continue with \u201cDead Air: The WQED Archives Resurrected,\u201d a collection of Halloween-season stories originally broadcast from 2004 to 2008. Airing Oct. 29, at 11 p.m., the special invites viewers to revisit the people and places that helped WQED capture the region\u2019s Halloween spirit.<\/p>\n
Two new specials \u2013 \u201cLucky to Live in Pittsburgh: Cemeteries\u201d and \u201cNebbin\u2019 Around Town: Halloween\u201d \u2013 explore the region\u2019s cemeteries and Halloween attractions, while Rick Sebak\u2019s 1991 special, \u201cGeorge Romero and the City of the Living Dead\u201d revisits the filmmaker\u2019s enduring connection to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
On Halloween night, \u201cDead Air\u201d comes to a close with back-to-back airings of \u201cNight of the Living Dead,\u201d starting at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Younger viewers can enjoy family-friendly scares with two blocks of Halloween episodes from PBS KIDS favorites like \u201cArthur,\u201d \u201cWild Kratts,\u201d \u201cCyberchase,\u201d and \u201cOdd Squad\u201d on Oct. 25 from 6 a.m. to noon and Oct. 30 from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. <\/p>\n
For the full \u201cDead Air\u201d schedule, go online to wqed.org\/deadair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Romero\u2019s \u201cThe Night of the Living Dead\u201d and a documentary about the filmmaker are part of WQED-TV\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[124528,4272,73,75,74,8825,59804],"class_list":["post-302760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-george-romero","tag-night-of-the-living-dead","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-rick-sebak","tag-wqed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}