: Diary of the Dead
I love George Romero’s dead movies and I noticed this one, which I’d never heard of, got a high critical rating, so I checked it out. It’s not as good as his classics (like Dawn of the Dead, which is my favorite), but it does have its moments. When I read the description I thought it sounded fantastic: “a group of college kids making a horror film stumble upon real zombies.” I pictured something like Shaun of the Dead with confusion over who are actor zombies and who are real zombies. But that’s not what happens. Instead it’s simply a film set that gets interrupted by news of zombie attacks, so the troop decides to head home and the director films the apocalypse for posterity. The whole movie is really a “found footage” film. The zombie adventures aren’t that exciting, nor is the acting very good, but this does shine in its commentary on our video culture. When the director’s friend is being attacked by a zombie while he just films and does nothing to help her says a lot about our society’s values. I wish there was even more of that in the film, though. Still, this is much better than your typical slasher film. Worth checking out if you like this sort of thing.
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