Diary of the Dead
Cloverfield what?
 By Jeremy Azevedo |
With 2005’s “Land of the Dead”, George Romero disproved the old adage that “like pizza, there’s no such thing as a bad zombie movie”. |
This year, the tarnished master of zombie horror will attempt to reclaim his title with “Diary of the Dead”, a retelling of the original “Night of the Living Dead” movie from the perspective of a student filmmaker who happens to be at ground zero when the zombie outbreak begins.
That cameraman looks pretty calm for someone that’s about to be devoured by a zombie/electrical tape mummy of some sort.
As much as I liked “Cloverfield” for what it was, I don’t think I could sit through another jerky, out of focus, motion sickness inducing horror movie this decade. Thankfully, “Diary of the Dead” features semi-professional fictional cameramen as opposed to the amateur fictional cameramen in “Cloverfield”. This allows Romero to tell the story from a unique perspective while still retaining the stark, evil, cinematic look that is present in all of his horror offerings.
Om nom nom nom nom!
“Diary of the Dead” will be released theatrically on February 15 of this year, giving you plenty of time to consult your Zombie Survival Guide and get that whole Valentine’s Day thing out of the way so you can concentrate on what really matters: Good old fashioned zombies that neither run nor play musical instruments, talk, shoot guns or drive cars. Zombies from a better time in which the undead swarmed their victims with sheer numbers and impossible diligence in their quest to consume the flesh of the living.
Check out the trailer for “Diary of the Dead” on Shocktillyoudrop.com!
