Is this a sequel to George Romero's 'Dead' films?

Why has this been called "Night of the Living Dead" meets "The Blair Witch Project"?

Does this movie feature the old-fashioned slow zombies?

Romero's next to last film and, of course, people eat each other.

Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Christa Campbell, Nick Cannon, Linda Marlowe, Ian McNeice, Jeffrey Reddick, Stark Sands, Elitsa Razheva, Isaac Meisenheimer, Annie Savage, Erika Perez, and Hollie Dorrough in Day of the Dead (2008)

Johnathon Schaech, Jeff Gum, Sophie Skelton, and Marcus Vanco in Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)

Melinda Clarke in Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

Lane Carroll and Will MacMillan in The Crazies (1973)

Joe Dinicol, Scott Wentworth, Michelle Morgan, and Chris Violette in Diary of the Dead (2007)

Joe Dinicol, Shawn Roberts, Michelle Morgan, and Amy Lalonde in Diary of the Dead (2007)

George A. Romero in Diary of the Dead (2007)

Philip Riccio and Joshua Close in Diary of the Dead (2007)

Nick Alachiotis, Joe Dinicol, and Chris Violette in Diary of the Dead (2007)

Joe Dinicol, Shawn Roberts, Scott Wentworth, Amy Lalonde, and Chris Violette in Diary of the Dead (2007)

Shawn Roberts in Diary of the Dead (2007)

Michelle Morgan

Joshua Close

Shawn Roberts

George A. Romero

A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

Diary of the Dead

The weakest of Romero&apos;s zombie movies

I really dislike the whole &quot;found footage&quot; genre, and I wish it would finally die. Luckily, this movie doesn&apos;t quite fit 100% into that genre, but it&apos;s close enough that I got fairly annoyed. Diary of the Dead is basically about some film school kids documenting the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, and thus it&apos;s more of a fake documentary than anything else. Unlike some movies shot in this style, one of the main themes involves criticism of the obsessive need to document everything rather than actually participating. There are also some shots at censorship, social media, and the propaganda potential for the mainstream media.

Unfortunately, Diary of the Dead feels like a watered-down reboot of his classic franchise, modernized and targeted at teenagers, with the requisite group of stereotypical dumb ass characters found in every direct-to-video slasher movie. The social criticism is blatant and lacks subtlety, and Romero resorts to outright lecturing the audience. I generally agree with Romero, but I prefer his older movies. He&apos;s never been particularly subtle, but this is just too overt and generic for my taste. He comes off as having been inspired by soulless ripoffs of his own work.

It&apos;s one of Romero&apos;s worst movies, but that still makes it better than much of the crap that litters the horror landscape. Hopefully, if we get any more movies from Romero, they&apos;ll be as uncompromising and powerful as his earlier work, but it seems as though Romero has had some real problems getting funding. Watered-down, mainstream Romero is better than no Romero, but it&apos;s difficult to recommend. This may be a good introduction to his material for younger audiences, though.

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I really dislike the whole "found footage" genre, and I wish it would finally die. Luckily, this movie doesn't quite fit 100% into that genre, but it's close enough that I got fairly annoyed. Diary of the Dead is basically about some film school kids documenting the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, and thus it's more of a fake documentary than anything else. Unlike some movies shot in this style, one of the main themes involves criticism of the obsessive need to document everything rather than actually participating. There are also some shots at censorship, social media, and the propaganda potential for the mainstream media.

Unfortunately, Diary of the Dead feels like a watered-down reboot of his classic franchise, modernized and targeted at teenagers, with the requisite group of stereotypical dumb ass characters found in every direct-to-video slasher movie. The social criticism is blatant and lacks subtlety, and Romero resorts to outright lecturing the audience. I generally agree with Romero, but I prefer his older movies. He's never been particularly subtle, but this is just too overt and generic for my taste. He comes off as having been inspired by soulless ripoffs of his own work.

It's one of Romero's worst movies, but that still makes it better than much of the crap that litters the horror landscape. Hopefully, if we get any more movies from Romero, they'll be as uncompromising and powerful as his earlier work, but it seems as though Romero has had some real problems getting funding. Watered-down, mainstream Romero is better than no Romero, but it's difficult to recommend. This may be a good introduction to his material for younger audiences, though.

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