‘Night of the Living Dead’ helped me process the Tree of Life massacre and other real-world horrors

By Adam Lowenstein, Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Pittsburgh

The Halloween season has always been special for me. It’s the time when it seems the entire country shares the fascination with the dark side of human experience that has inspired me from my youth as a fan of horror movies to my current career as a professor of English and film studies focused on the horror genre.

I’m a member of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, and the Halloween season has also carried a very different connotation for the past seven years. On Oct. 27, 2018, Pittsburgh’s…

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