Review of Diary of the Dead (2007) by Erich G — 06 Apr 2009
Yet another boring, unscary and totally unneeded zombie flick hurrah!!
Yes I admit it is a clever twist to have it done like its really happening ala via a handheld cam and like all zombie flicks by Romero it is eerie and well made, BUT its just ANOTHER zombie flick, it seems to be all Romero can do, enough all ready, we get it, you like zombie films jesus.
He made some crappy zombie flicks along time ago and seems to think thats a license to make even more of the same, nooooooooooo STOP.
To be honest as I said it is well made and some of the zombie deaths are cool as usual. The whole thing does take time to get going and the end sequences inside a mansion with cams looks very much like the Resident Evil computer game, not bad but not original either.
The cast are the usual screaming teens who get popped one at a time till only 2/3 remain (one character looking very much like a young version of the Half Life computer game main character) and yes Im afraid its an open ending for yet more of the same, NOOOOOOOO.
Lets leave this bloody zombie rubbish alone now please, yes the zombies win, yes the world must obviously surcome to the zombies, thats where it all seems to be leading in Romero's films and yes we all know how zombie flicks go now.
Hopefully the last.
This review of Diary of the Dead (2007) was written by Erich G on 06 Apr 2009.
Diary of the Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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