Review of Diary of the Dead (2007) by Movie R — 28 Mar 2011

(Reviewed by: Nick) The first time I watched "Diary of the Dead" I actually really enjoyed it. Watching the last couple times, though, made me realize it's a really terrible movie. The storyline follows the usual zombie outbreak theme and there were some parts of the movie that just felt useless such as the deaf Amish guy.

Also, why this movie needed to be shot in first-person is beyond me. There were also moments in the movie that really turned me off and had it looking so fake that it took me out of the experience. Why a zombie would walk right past the guy with the camera to get to somebody else is beyond me.

I will admit that the zombie killing scenes are nice and kept me from rating this movie any lower. I especially liked the scene where Deb makes it home only to find her little brother is a zombie and he gets an arrow through the head.

I'll admit that the movie wasn't afraid to be different and gorier. As for the acting, it pretty much all sucked. Nothing special at all there. Out there, there are many good zombie apocalypse movies.

Unfortunately, "Diary of the Dead" is not one of them. Skip this one even if you are a zombie lover.