It seems the common consensus is yes, but I've always argued that at least the first three Dead films are not a true trilogy, but more like a triptych where the films work together as a whole thematically, but actually depict three different zombie apocalypses in separate "universes". This viewpoint has sparked genuine arguments when I've brought it up in the past. I had a guy at a party call me "a fucking ass-clown" for thinking this. Or maybe it was "fucking-ass clown". We were all pretty drunk.

Cut to last year, when I had the good fortune to meet Lori Cardille, star of Day of the Dead, at a benefit in Chicago, and of course I asked her this very question. She said that this was actually a topic of discussion on set. Apparently Romero does not want to stifle fan discussion by coming down on either side of the argument, but like me, she does not believe the films depict the same zombie apocalypse.

Thoughts?