Diary of the Dead

[FrighT MasteR]

Added a couple new pics, courtesy of Shock:

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/gallery/index.php?cat=25

[thrEE6MAfia]

is this movie also called The Zombie Diaries?

[thrEE6MAfia]

nevermind

[FrighT MasteR]

Hopefully a copy of Zombie Diaries is coming my way next week.

[thrEE6MAfia]

its on movieforumz right now..very good quality too

[dead breed]

Is this part of the dead series? Like part 4 or something?

[steelba]

It's suppose to be a new film unrelated to the previous 'Dead' films.
I have serious doubts about it though.
Land was so poor i'm skeptical at best here.

[FrighT MasteR]

Romero supposedly going back to his low-budget independent roots with this film.

[Scaremonger]

I didn't care for 'Land'.. but I certainly don't think it was bottom of the barrel terrible.

Romero gets another chance from me with 'Diary'. I think I'll just have to try and lower expectations a little.

[Elwood]

I asked him about it when i was at the Toronto Fan expo and he said its a very back to basics film. The reason he choose to base it off Film students, and the whole handy cam thing is a look at how we live now. He said that everyone is a news caster now and they all have cameras to capture something big and funny for youtube.

So this is sounding pretty good in my books, i cant wait for it.

[K.I.N.G]

I can't wait for it, I reckon Romero is gonna do a great job, he always does.

[dead breed]

Ok I know I'm going to sound like a complete jack ass here lol but is Land of the Dead part 4 of the dead series then?

[skybrick]

They aren't reallly a series.
Its just George making the titles similar and using different outbreaks at different times.
Thats my opinion though, I am probably wrong.

[FrighT MasteR]

The films are technically sequels, but they don't have any connection with one another aside from the zombies seemingly evolving after each film, which explains why they seemed somewhat smart in Land.

[violent d]

You know I thought I saw this on movieforumz but I wasnt sure if it was Romeros or just a movie with a similar title.I gonna have to check it out now.

[pastor_ice43]

Land was awesome...especially the unrated DVD....this looks very promising.

[Toby]

George is one of THE masters of horror and the master of flesh-eating zombies, I can't wait to see this.

[Wax Zombie]

Heres an early review from Fangoria

http://www.fangoria.com/ghastly_review.php

[steelba]

Could they give it any more praise?
For a 3.5 they sure brown nosed it.

[ZION]

*Big news on distribution!


Distributing the Dead
Romero's latest zombie flick coming to the big screen.
by IGN Staff

September 12, 2007 - The latest big-screen installment in George Romero's endless zombie saga has been picked up for North American theatrical release by The Weinstein Co.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio snatched up the distribution rights to George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead for roughly $2 million.

Romero, who directed the 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead, most recently revisited the zombie subgenre with 2005's Land of the Dead.

Diary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend.

Romero calls the film "a rejigging of the myth," and intends it to be a reboot of his zombie movie franchise. The story follows a group of students who are making an indie horror film. Unfortunately, life imitates art and the group become trapped in a world being consumed by living corpses. The filmmakers then begin to document the real-life horrors occurring around them.

There's no immediate word on when Weinstein might release the flick on the big screen, but stay tuned.

[koolmike]

Been looking forward to this one for a while now. Like Fright mentioned, Romero supposedly is going back to the basics, the stuff that made him a legend.

[FrighT MasteR]

I've added a clip. Looks decent.

[dead breed]

I've added a clip. Looks decent.

I agree

[skybrick]

when is the trailer coming out?

[BooBerry]

I agree

I concur :D

[steelba]

when is the trailer coming out?
Thats what I wanna know. If I got a look at this maybe I wouldn't think of it as a piece of shit. Was stoked for Land, then when I got to theatre and actually watched it I was pissed off. Atleast I didn't get hassled at the door when I brought in liquor..

[FrighT MasteR]

Added a new clip:

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/diaryofdead.php

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

I looking forward to seeing this when it opens up at my theatre next week!

[steelba]

Added a new clip:

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/diaryofdead.php
Nice clip :coolbeer:


It looks better than his last effort, hopefully the zombies wont be crying this time :ahheh:

[skybrick]

I really like the 2nd poster, hope they use that for the DVD cover.

[Chief Falling Rock]

I really want this to be a good flick. I love all of his zombie flicks, I just hope the camera doesn't shake faster than The Flash having an epileptic fit like Cloverfield did. It might be more realistic for the camera to go nuts when there trying to get away. But thats one bit of realism I could do without.

[Wax Zombie]

Looks like i have to wait. Since its only playing in two far cites around here. Big disappointed for me.

[Chief Falling Rock]

yeah not playin around here anywhere either. So I'll just wait for DVD. Hopefully it won't take to long to hit the shelves. This is what I personally dislike about limited release stuff. If the movies are worth it they need as much exposure as possible. But when they get a limited release instead of goin straight to DVD its just longer I have to wait before I get to see them.

[koolmike]

Nice arrow to the head in clip 5.

[steelba]

I hope Romero reedems himself with this flick.

[Il Duce]

I believe that there is 2 locations that will be showing this in Philly but i'm not going all the way up there. I'll just wait for it to hit the net cause i'm sure it will happen very soon maybe even this weekend or nextweek.

[dead breed]

CHUD gave it around a 3/10 ....

[FrighT MasteR]

Cool site for the movie that spoof's sites like CNN, myspace and youtube:

http://www.diaryofthedead.co.uk

[Darkgod]

That sites cool. Nice little clip too

[Highwayman]

I'm loosing interest in this flick... it seems to be taking so long to come out.

[choptop2]

I'm loosing interest in this flick... it seems to be taking so long to come out.

This flick was playing at my Loew's. They've got 22 screens and need to fill 'em up.

[morbidclown]

yeah went to see it there chop i was surprised that the theatre was packed. the movie was ok. better then land. theres quite a bit of cgi, humor, and blood. the characters arent total dimwits and are somewhat believable. romero also leaves it open for a sequal.

[killerinme]

does anyone know if this movie is gonna be getting a wider release?

[hackerslacker]

im too lazy to drive from Robinson to the Waterfront hehe.

[TheBled]

This movie probably won't get a wider release because of how much it sucked.

There was no one good thing about this movie, bad actors, bad characters, bad cgi, bad dialog, everything. And stupid boring liberal message crap during the whole thing.

A waste of time.

ps. and I know he was political with Night of the Living dead and everything, which was fine, but this movie was just so blatant with it, it was just stupid.

[Vampire Lestat]

I was not impressed with Land but I've heard great things about this upcoming movie. Very excited about it. Happy to see that he's back to his old ways as well.

[Triff89]

Horrible film...well...not horrible...just not very good.

[steelba]

Well Land sucked so this isn't much of a stretch.

[Gilly]

Anything with CGI gore can fuck right off.

[Triff89]

Anything with CGI gore can fuck right off.


The CGI Gore didnt really bother me. I suppose its cause there was too much sucking going on throughout the movie...

[cmurdur]

maybe Romero should give it up.

[steelba]

:nod:

[Il Duce]

I actually ended up catching this earlier today to my surprise that the theater i usually goto was showing it. It turned out to be pretty good definately was better for Romero to go back to his low budget ala Night and Dawn of the Dead filming.

[killerinme]

I don't see what people are bitching about.

The Effects were good for a movie with the micro budget this film had. The actors were passible accept for the Texan and her boyfriend. The script was good, and Samuel is in the top ten most badass characters in Zombie film history.

[Slayer]

Movie was such a let down. I wanted to like it so much but after the scene where the zombie walks by the cameraman and eats the guy in front of him, i lost all interest.

[koolmike]

Great zombie movie...for the thinking person. Gets into your mind with ease due to good writing and even better directing. Zombies were as believable as the script. Liked the enemy in this one...us.

[koolmike]

I don't see what people are bitching about.

The script was good, and Samuel is in the top ten most badass characters in Zombie film history.

:coolbeer:

[koolmike]

Romero has already achieved zombie movie superiority, greatness, whatever you want to call it, probably never top his earlier masterpieces, but Diary delivers on many levels and takes us in another direction, a directions that Romero guides us through with ease.

Fans of quick jump out scares and mindless killings beware...you have to think to appreciate this one.

[steelba]

Translation: I love Romero and could never bring myself to hate any of his films. If you somehow think this movie is bad then you are just to stupid to comprehend it.

[koolmike]

You're an asshole.

There are alot of Romero bombs, IMO this isn't one of them.
Grow up.


Why is it so hard for you to engage in a discussion with an ounce of maturity? :dsp:

You sure you're 26?

[dead breed]

Translation: I love Romero and could never bring myself to hate any of his films. If you somehow think this movie is bad then you are just to stupid to comprehend it.

:lol:

[Il Duce]

Romero has already achieved zombie movie superiority, greatness, whatever you want to call it, probably never top his earlier masterpieces, but Diary delivers on many levels and takes us in another direction, a directions that Romero guides us through with ease.

Fans of quick jump out scares and mindless killings beware...you have to think to appreciate this one.

For once i actually agree to alot of what you mentioned about the movie.

[killerinme]

Movie was such a let down. I wanted to like it so much but after the scene where the zombie walks by the cameraman and eats the guy in front of him, i lost all interest.

My friend mentioned the same thing, but unless I'm mistaken, I believe the zombie came out of a doorway between the camera man and the guy in front of him.

[koolmike]

For once i actually agree to alot of what you mentioned about the movie.

You're getting smarter with age yo :D

[steelba]

You're an asshole.


:lol: :lol:

[Slayer]

My friend mentioned the same thing, but unless I'm mistaken, I believe the zombie came out of a doorway between the camera man and the guy in front of him.
no the zombie came clearly from behind the cameraman cause he was like "what the hell" when he saw the guy shuffle past right past him.

[zombie_horde]

I just saw it today and being such a fan of all zombie movies, thinking there is no way I could hate this, I left the theater wondering how this was so bad. First off, the beginning was so bad ass. The news cast documenting the first zombies really got me pumped, then the bad voice overs came and then I preceded to watch a disaster. Don't get me wrong, the movie had some great parts. The first scene in the hospital was amazing and so was the Samuel charcter, but other than that is it pretty much sucked. Story was bad, actors were not great, social commentary was shoved down my throat as compared to the more subtle ones of Night, Dawn, Day. The whole movie felt very ameteurish and not up to par with Romero's usual zombie works. I'm probably one of the biggest zombie movie fans there is out there, and I still thought this movie was bad.

[TheBled]

I don't see what people are bitching about.



No one is bitching, it just sucked. And there was nothing to think about because the whole political view of it was shoved in your face.

Like I said before, it was like a really bad indie zombie movie, that's it.

And the characters were bad and cliche.

[Late For Reality]

lmmfao at this thread.

it started out with "romero is one of the greatest" and "this movie is going to be like his old stuff, so it's going to be awesome" to bad talk.

[Late For Reality]

This movie has a 6.9/10 on IMDB, which is HUGE for a horror movie. But yeah, the theatre here FINALLY got it. But judging from everyone's hate comments, I might skip it.

[Tarantino]

After the shitbomb that was Land of the Dead, I'm kind of scared to see this one... the concept is great though, and Romero was once great. I'll see it whenever I can.

[koolmike]

Fun movie with some nice scares. Great writing.

Trust me, you'll like it.

[pastor_ice43]

Romero has yet to let down with a zombie flick...(sorry folks, Land was the shnizit) But how much gore does this actually have? It may seem shallow, but after Dawn, and Day, I expect BUCKETS of Gore out of a Romero zombie film. Land kind let me down in that respect but the dvd extras were great.

[steelba]

Land dissapointed more people than it pleased. Not to mention Romero was the Writer behind the Day of the Dead Remake :2far:
Diary of the Dead 2 has been confirmed by the way.

[Tarantino]

Romero has yet to let down with a zombie flick...(sorry folks, Land was the shnizit) But how much gore does this actually have? It may seem shallow, but after Dawn, and Day, I expect BUCKETS of Gore out of a Romero zombie film. Land kind let me down in that respect but the dvd extras were great.

I felt that way the first time I watched it, but it got progressively worse upon each viewing until it got to the point where the movie wasn't even watchable anymore. It's truly one of the worst films I have ever seen, but maybe I'm saying this because it's from someone who could do much, much better.