Diary of the Dead

This is what George A. Romero does best, zombies.....Diary of the Dead is considered to be the most highly acclaimed of all the dead films..... ... Full Review

This is what George A. Romero does best, zombies.....Diary of the Dead is considered to be the most highly acclaimed of all the dead films..... ... Full Review

This syndrome kept "Cloverfield" on the run, but in many ways it's more provocatively handled in " George A. Romero 's Diary of the Dead," which is funny and sad and rather sweet as zombie pictures go. Diary of the Dead" begins with newscasters filming a crime scene that turns into our bloody reintroduction to Romero's beloved, slow-moving but determined zombies. ... Full Review

Which, granted, was not an overwhelming display of memorable filmmaking, but the point is that even in a weak season like the one we were about to start at this point last year, there were still a few gems. ... Full Review

With DIARY OF THE DEAD, he continues his work in that most unusual of mediums, making this incarnation as fresh, as timely, and as grotesquely funny as all that he has purveyed before. He is setting us up for later and rather than a clumsy foreshadowing, it is as welcome as a familiar song. ... Full Review

parts of it doesn't, making the release one of the more lackluster releases from the filmmaker.....Since then, zombie movies have come fast and furious in all shapes and sizes.... ... Full Review

The Picture Diary of the Dead was originally shot in high definition using Panasonic HDCAM cameras and it appears on this Blu-ray Disc release in a VC-1 encoding of its original 1.78:1 aspect ratio that averages 29Mbps. Dialogue is full and clear and sound effects such as gunshots sound solid and natural. ... Full Review

When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a "cinema verite" style that causes more than the usual production headaches. ... Full Review

Diary of the Dead isn't a bad film.....After this, Romero (who's always been a bit of a maverick filmmaker) would unleash not only more zombie films with social commentary (Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, and Land of the Dead) but several other smart horror films as well (most notably The Crazies and his twisted take on vampire cinema, Martin).....some good old fashioned gore FX sequences....human carnage on display here....some interesting gore sequences.... ... Full Review

Diary of the Dead has come to life on DVD with a solid assortment of special features, which include commentary by Romero, D.P. Adam Swica and editor Michael Doherty. That alone makes the film valuable for Romero fans. ... Full Review