Monroeville Mall Southeast Entrance as San Francisco International Airport Entrance

In this brief clip from Mindhunter Season 2, Episode 5, the Monroeville Mall Southeast entrance makes a surprise appearance — not as a shopping mall, but disguised as a retro 1970s “San Francisco International Airport” entrance.

Best known as the filming location of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978), Monroeville Mall has continued to appear in pop culture, film, television, horror history, and regional Pittsburgh-area media. This scene is a great example of how the mall’s architecture, entrances, and exterior spaces have been repurposed on screen decades after its most famous cinematic role.

This video is part of the Monroeville Mall Archive’s effort to preserve video artifacts, media appearances, filming locations, commercials, news footage, walkthroughs, and cultural references connected to the history of Monroeville Mall.

Featured location: Monroeville Mall Southeast Entrance
Screen appearance: Mindhunter Season 2, Episode 5
Timestamp: 0:46:45

Archive focus: Monroeville Mall history, filming locations, Pittsburgh-area media, Dawn of the Dead legacy, and video preservation
Because sometimes the mall does not just play itself — sometimes it plays an airport.