George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

Horror icon George A. Romero effectively hits the "reset" button on his hugely influential Dead series with this scaled-back look at the zombie apocalypse as told from the perspective of a student filmmaker who sets out to shoot a low-budget fright film, but instead captures the breakdown of modern ...more

They say, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." Veteran horror master George A. Romero defies that adage in numerous ways. With his latest film, Diary of the Dead, he not only employs some new tricks, but he utilizes the old ones as well. The film follows a ragtag student film squad as they make a low budget mummy movie. However, all hell breaks loose with the dead rising and eating people in the real world. Through using some lesser-known faces in the starring roles—the fantastic Michelle ...more

Lest there somehow remain any shred of doubt as to how little faith George A. Romero has in humanity, the grim coda to his curious foray into subjective filmmaking should dispatch that uncertainty with the stopping power of a carefully aimed bullet fired into a shambling zombie's forehead. Not since Night of the Living Dead has a Romero coda felt so deliciously grim, and while fans will certainly argue the merits of his fifth "Dead" film -- as well, perhaps, as the aging filmmaker's continued ...more