The zombie apocalpyse will not be televised. It'll be YouTubed and blogged. So says George Romero in his latest zombie nightmare, Diary of Dead. And he delivers his message with a cinematic punch to the gut. In Diary, Romero turns camcorder-style storytelling (Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield) toward the shambling undead with potent results. As the film progresses, the barely seen cameraman and eventually the camera itself, transform into a sinister presence. This underlying tension generates maximum psychological discomfort. The deranged script carries us into terrain where few mainstream zombie flicks would dare venture. Surprise suicides, matricide with a compound bow, a zombie aquarium, bad-*** Amish farmers and more. And, of course it's bristling with the staples of the genre including head shots, nasty bites and a cavalcade of slow-walking corpses. Die-hard Romero fans will savor picking up on the many references the director makes to his famous zombie oeuvre. 9 out of 10 stars.

If you are a Romero fan, you will not be disappointed. You can't go expecting a new, revolutionary spin on things, because that's not what you'll get. You will get a great film, especially for the genre. It is everything you would expect from Romero and more. Romero takes us back to the feel of Night of the Living Dead. The gore is terrifically done. It's beautiful and creative in the way it's presented. The acting has moments of total unbelievability, but does get better as the movie progresses. You also will have to suspend your disbelief a few times. Why does a random group of film students have a handgun with a seemingly unending supply of ammo? I'm sure you will find numerous things, but that's not the point of this film. Nor is the point to give you cheap scares. In true Romero fashion, the film makes you think more than scream. You will not be disappointed by the film style. It was very well done. If you love Romero with a small side of cheese, then this movie is a must see.

Good old George, always mad about something. Usually it produces a good movie, but not this time. Looking at it strictly as a zombie movie, there are a few good gore scenes, but they're few and far between. This time, the zombies take more of a back seat to their human counterparts. Unfortunately, the characters are so uninteresting, they might as well be zombies themselves. The only one I found interesting and able to relate to was the drunk, British professor. This is funny, since I'm neither British nor drunk. I know the commentary present on the evils of Youtube, Myspace, etc, that's trying to be conveyed. Compared with the other dead films though, where the political subtext was present in the background, here it's force fed to you with a narrator almost literally saying, "You can't trust the mainstream media, but you can't trust the ****they put on Youtube either, ahhhh!" See Cloverfield if you want to see a handheld-style movie.

it was an awesome movie i like how it was from the eyes of the people who where really in the midts of it all. it did make me motion sick but so did cloverfield and i saw that twice! if its a good movie its worth it and it was worth it for this one !

To be honest, I had to see this movie twice... the first time I left the theater unsure about what I had seen. This wasn't your typical Romero zombie flick... it had a different spin. Sure, the social commentary was there, the great zombie kill scenes, and the unknown actors struggling with dialogue were also present; however, there was something different about this one. While it has a great stroryline and the movie is able to keep your interest, Romero really set this up for a sequel... whether he will admit it or not. When looking back on the previous dead movies, they all came to a conclusion for the characters and the viewer, but not this time. This is what I think I was struggling with on my first viewing of the movie. The feeling of incompletion of no resolution sort of bothered me. In truth though, this is a great Zombie movie with some great side characters.... especially the mute amish guy (Samuel) who steals the movie in his all of 5 minutes on the screen... brilliant