Living Dead

American writer John A. Russo is the co-writer of the original film (along with the film’s director, George A. Romero) called “Night of the Living Dead” which was released in the year 1968. The screenplay for this movie started out as a short story that Romero had written that was inspired by “I Am Legend” (a novel that was released in the year 1954 and written by Richard Matheson). The screenplay was about half way done, when the film company was ready to begin filming. During the move to Evans City, Pennsylvania, John Russo took over writing the script. He would finish the script for Romero, and would go on to write multiple stories set in this universe.