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Diary of the Dead (2007)


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Three 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: R (strong horror violence and gore, and pervasive language)
Length: 96 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1

Captions

English, Spanish

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Plot

The world, once again, is being overrun by zombies. A group of University of Pittsburgh students try to escape the flood of the undead, recording everything for the Internet as a documentary so people will really know what is going on; not the misinformation the government is spewing.

Pros

This is a George A. Romero film, that alone should get people excited. The cast was well-rounded and definitely looked like they were enjoying what they were doing. Throw in some cool zombie deaths and you have 90+ minutes of fun.

Cons

Everything is filmed and told through the lens of a camera being operated by one of the students. Though I'm sure this made editing a lot easier, it also certainly limited the options they had for special effects and action scenes.

Extras

  • Audio Commentary with Writer/Director George A. Romero, Director of Photography Adam Swica, and Editor Michael Doherty
  • "For the Record": Documentary on Cast, Crew, and Creation
  • "The Roots": Inspiration for the Film
  • "The First Week": A Visit to the Set
  • "Familiar Voices": Cameo Outtakes
  • "MySpace Contest Winners": 5 Zombie Films from Filmmaker Fans
  • "Character Confessionals"

Recommendation

Even though I wasn't thrilled when I heard how this was going to be filmed (and I was anything but alone), it turned out much better than I was expecting. Everyone from the actors, special effects people to the gaffers obviously wanted to do their best for Mr Romero because of the respect they have for him (if you don't believe me, check out the extras). I would recommend this to everyone that likes zombie movies.

Director

Actors

George Buza - Tattooed Biker
Joshua Close - Jason Creed
Laura DeCarteret - Bree
Joe Dinicol - Eliot Stone
Daniel Kash - Police Officer
[Lucky Number Slevin]
Amy Ciupak Lalonde - Tracy Thurman
Tatiana Maslany - Mary Dexter
Michelle Morgan - Debra Moynihan
Megan Park - Francine Shane
Philip Riccio - Ridley Wilmott
Martin Roach - Stranger
Shawn Roberts - Tony Ravello
[Land of the Dead]
Todd Schroeder - Brody
Chris Violette - Gordo Thorsen
Scott Wentworth - Andrew Maxwell

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