Diary of the Dead by George A. Romero

Category: English

After the Land of the Dead dud that was made by George A. Romero, the documentary style Diary of the Dead manages to pretty much kick life into the ...Dead series. The film follows a group of film school students who eventually end up recording all the events of the Zombie Apocalypse in which everyone turns into a Zombie (whether bitten or if they died of natural causes)

The only big change is that there's not much gore and violence that's a signature move of Romero, even still the chilling suspense and impending doom on all the people in this film grips you like the cold hand of a Zombie on your shoulder.

The characters aren't that standout barring a few (like the professor) and while the social commentary follows as usual there's also the important question raised in a Zombie fall out (Do we really want to survive in a world like this?) and of course the basic humanity of humans and if they should actually be survivors.

Eventually the movie takes a turn for the worst and fans of happy endings might not really like this ending! But whatever it's worth a watch. Obviously everyone is waiting for Survival of the Dead, the 6th part of the "official Dead series"

Recommendation level: 3.5/5 I had watched it a while back but managed to snare a copy again from a friend. If you like Zombie movies this is a 5/5 though!