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  • George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
  • Opened February 15, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr 35 min
  • R
    strong horror violence and gore, and pervasive language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • When a group of film students making an indie horror film find themselves trapped in a world being consumed by flesh-eating zombies, they cleverly switch gears and use the camera to document the world crumbling around them.
  • Cast: Michele Morgan, Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts, Amy Lalonde, Joe Dinicol
  • Director: George A. Romero
  • Genres: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

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  • Must Go!

    A classic Romero executed exceptionally

    by

    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.

  • So-so

    diary of the bored

    by Ern

    I have a love/hate relationship with zombie movies. I love to see them, but I hate zobmies. This movie was extremely painful to watch. Usually in a horror movie there is at least one character you would like to live throughout the entire movie. I spent the movie wishing for ALL the characters to die. There was no character develpoment and the dialouge was TERRIBLE. However, beyond all that the zombies were wrong. They moved quickly, they were a little smart. One was smart enough to move back a curtain before walking into the room. And one jumped on someone. ZOMBIES DO NOT JUMP! Also as far a I knew zombies are pretty strong.. not these zombies. These zombies were smart but weak.

    By far the worst "of the Dead" movie I have seen. This wasn't a George A. Romero movie, at least it wasn't to his standard.

    Don't bother seeing this movie, just stay home and rent "Dawn of the Dead" that was funny and smart oh and the zombies were done correctly.

  • Oh No!

    I wish Land was the end of the dead series

    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.

George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 66 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Variety | Eddie Cockrell

    Gripping, intimate genre triumph.

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    This one belongs with the leaders of the scare pack. Isn't it time that we give...

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Horror movie Rule #1: The only way to kill a zombie is to shoot it in the...

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    It's one of the least scary films that he's made - but still entertaining, and...

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