In addition to the Romero reference, "O'Bannon Institute" references Dan O'Bannon, writer/director of "Return of the Living Dead", a spin-off series that are technically official sequels if you trace the rights history.
Thank you for this! I Googled a bit but for whatever reason was thinking the O'Bannon reference was to some sort of actual think tank rather than also being a zombie movie reference.
In addition to the Romero reference, "O'Bannon Institute" references Dan O'Bannon, writer/director of "Return of the Living Dead", a spin-off series that are technically official sequels if you trace the rights history.
Here's an Onion zombie story as old as 1996:
https://www.theonion.com/low-voter-turnout-blamed-on-election-day-zombie-attacks-1819564093
Thank you for this! I Googled a bit but for whatever reason was thinking the O'Bannon reference was to some sort of actual think tank rather than also being a zombie movie reference.