Diary of the Dead is a Zombie Horror flick Directed by the master himself, George A. Romero. 2 years after making Land of the Dead, Romero goes back to the beginnings of the outbreak. He does it in a way that is different from all of his classic and gives it a far more realistic edge by making it a fictional documentary.
The film follows a small group of film students from Pitt who are filming for a school project when the outbreak occurs. This sets them up perfectly to record the events as they unfold and tell the true story that the media will try to cover up. Doing so in a chilling manor that makes the zombie apocalypse feel inevitable.
Along the way the group runs into all sorts of challenges. Overcoming the fact that they need to kill to stay alive is by far the hardest, and it takes it toll on a few characters. After a failed attempt to seek aid in a hospital, the film finds one of its greatest moments, the awesome deaf Amishman, Samuel. His performance is hilarious and does a great job of relieving tension in the script.
The group actually find more survivors who have created a small enclosed town for themselves, and the best part is they have internet access. The directors take advantage of this and distribute their findings to the masses. This is an overwhelming moment of success for the group especially when they recieve 72,00 hits in 8 minutes. The last bit of plot ill detail is the group runs into a group of National Guardsmen who raid all their supplies, i mention this scene because the sequel, Survival of the Dead, follows this group of Guardsman.
Overall a suprisingly good film, it took me a while to get around to it because I didnt realize it was actually directed by Remero, I thought they just tacked his name on it to draw a crowd. But once I realized my mistake I got it in my PS3 and watched it. I was really surpised with how well done it was, it really made me feel involved in the action of the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
Diary of the Dead recieves 7 "I'm Samuel, Hellos"...out of 10.
Any fan of Romero or Zombie flicks should give this movie a try, its worth it.
