Diary of the Dead

This latest George Romero zombie flick is another of the many fictional documentary style films that dot the horror genre. The style is becoming a genre unto itself which is fine by me. I love the gritty simplicity of this style. It's nice to see them getting back to basics.

I was initially suspicious about this film when I first heard about it before I knew Romero was behind it. I'd just seen the Zombie Diaries which is also a combination of the two genres as well but still the two are quite different. Where the Zombie Diaries is primaries focused on scaring the crap out of the viewer, Romero's Diary seeks to make a statement about violence, greed, racism, and humanity in general. Don't worry, it's still pretty frightening and a welcome recovery from Land of the Dead which I felt was a little too over the top for me.

I don't know if it was just me but I was getting this vibe from watching Diary that Romero had read the Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" which is a comic book series that I can't say enough good things about. The RV is Diary was very similar to the RV in the Walking Dead. Both stories share the idea that loved ones of the deceased (now zombie) may try to keep the zombie close in a kind of denial of what their loved one has become or in hopes that there might be a cure. Either way I thought it was just awesome.

In short, I loved this movie.

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