31 days of horror year 3 day 31 second film

Diary of the Dead
2007
Dimension Extreme DVD

I missed this during it's short theatrical run. Then didn't bother getting the DVD for years. Now I kept hearing all the fucking time online about how horrible this film was. And how Romero should be embarrassed to have made it. Well I found the DVD cheap last month and said fuck it I will get it.And really enjoyed it.

We start off with some college students way out in the woods filming a low budget mummy horror film. Then it hits the news that the dead are coming back to life. Two of students quickly leave and go back to one of their houses. The rest of the kids pile up in a Winnebago and head off to the University of Pittsburgh. So they can see if the director's girlfriend is OK.

They arrive and the dorm is a ghost town. Quickly they get the girlfriend and head out to try to get every member of their group back to their homes. Along the way they encounter lots of zombies. And run into a group of survivalist. This group hooks them up with some gas,food,and weapons.

Well thru the Internet they get in touch with the two who left them earlier. And they say they are doing great and they should all come and stay with them. It seems the guy has rich parents and has this huge house loaded down with food and stuff.

After some more adventures they finally get there. But it seems something is weird. The host is acting very strange,then they find out that his parents,the house staff,and the girl that left with him are all zombies. And he is keeping them trapped in the heated pool in the backyard. While going out there to see them ,one of the guys notices that the host is bleeding. So they start preparing for him to turn into a zombie. Which of course happens. And we end up getting a great Romero style "WE ARE ALL FUCKED!!!" ending.

The entire film is filmed by two main cameras. The lead guy,Jason, usually is manning one of the cameras. And the other is passed off to many different people. Like I said earlier I kept reading online reviews about how horrible this was. And sure it isn't as good as say Night of the living dead or Dawn of  the dead. But it is a well done new spin on the zombie film and well worth watching. Diary of the Dead gets a B.