Movie production companies Cineworx Productions, Dreaming Droids Productions and Tredd Productions filmed a science fiction horror film called “Night Zero” in Waynesburg Saturday, Aug. 26.

“The movie is about a substance that is released that makes people lose their inhibition and they start getting a little violent,” said Tredd Barton, producer of Tredd Productions. “It’s [also] about a story of a couple that is going through some rough times and it’s a classic story of them bonding together to fight the hazardous conditions and find love again.”

Barton said Waynesburg as a film location by chance.

“The director said I need a street shut down for three blocks, I need to film inside a courtroom and it needs to look like a nice courthouse with a historical look,” said Barton.

The reason they decided to film in Waynesburg instead of Washington, Canonsburg or McKeesport was because Waynesburg was the first one to call back—the very next day to be exact.

Three days later, Barton met with Waynesburg’s City Council, the Greene County Commissioners, the Chief of Police and the Chief Judge of Greene County, and they all signed off the paperwork in four days. They shot the movie Aug. 26 at night, while students were moving into the university.

Barton said that “Night Zero” is probably the best movie he has been a part of.

“It went perfect,” said Barton. “The director was extremely happy and that there were no issues.”

Most of the people from Pittsburgh that came to help with the movie shoot had no idea where Waynesburg was, Barton said. Now, some of the other producers he knows have since asked him about Waynesburg, and showed interest in shooting movies in the area sometime down the road.

“If Waynesburg is known as a town that is friendly to film making, [the town] might be surprised how often people will make films there,” said Barton.

The date for the movie premiere has not officially been announced yet, but it should be soon.   The movie trailer was released last Friday, Sept. 8. Barton said that he is trying to get the premiere to be in Waynesburg, free for the public. “Night Zero” will also be able to be found in Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Red Box, Amazon Prime and Netflix—a major success for Indie Film makers, Barton said.

“I just want to thank Waynesburg. They bent over backwards for us,” said Barton.  “It was amazing how helpful they were to us to make this film…when an Indie film shows up, people are usually like ‘oh yeah you are making a film.’ Waynesburg was not like that, Waynesburg was like, ‘what do you need to make this film?’ And gave me what I asked for.”