Parkville

 is a small town located in York County, Pennsylvania. It was the setting of the 1968 independent horror film Night of the Living Dead. In the film, two siblings named Barbra and Johnny drive to Parkville to place a wreath on their father's gravestone. They are accosted by a zombie and Johnny is killed. Barbra escapes and makes her way to a rural farmhouse some distance down the road. She holes up in the house with six other survivors including a man named Ben, two youths named Tom and Judy and the Cooper family, which consists of Harry Cooper, his wife Helen Cooper, and their daughter Karen. Throughout the course of the evening, the undead storm the house and try to attack the group. Young Karen, having been bitten by a zombie earlier in the evening, turns into one of the undead herself and kills her parents. The zombified form of Johnny turns up and drags Barbra out of the house to be consumed by a mass of zombies. Tom and Judy are killed when their truck explodes while trying to escape. Ben is the last survivor, but the following morning, when a Sheriff's posses combs the area, one of them mistakes Ben for a zombie and shoots him.

Points of Interest

 * Beekman's Diner: This was where Ben first heard the news of the zombie outbreak. After leaving the diner, he witnessed a horde of zombies pursue a gasoline truck, forcing it off the road. The truck exploded and Ben discovered that zombies were vulnerable to fire.


 * Parkville Cemetery: This was where Barbra and Johnny came to place a wreath on their father's grave. After doing so, they were attacked by a zombie and Johnny was killed while grappling with it. Barbra managed to flee the area.

Films that take place in

 * Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Characters from

 * Ben
 * Harry Cooper
 * Helen Cooper
 * Judy
 * Karen Cooper
 * Tom