Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
List Price: $24.95Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $9.96 (40%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0796019811736
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: The Weinstein Company
Languages: SpanishSubtitledEnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: The Weinstein Company
MPN: WEID81173D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: The Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 01/27/2009 Rating: R
Amazon.com:
George Romero has always come up with new ways of treating his zombies, and Diary of the Dead is no exception: Romero keeps his dead fresh, with an original approach to the undying subject. This one purports to be the video record of a group of young people who are shooting a low-budget horror movie when the terror strikes: corpses begin re-animating, intent on chewing the living. Our heroes trek across Pennsylvania, encountering the staggering zombies as they go. Other pieces of video are incorporated, which gives Romero a chance at some great set-pieces, including the brilliant opening sequence, a live local-TV feed that goes horribly, horribly wrong, and a home-video tape from a family birthday party, where the party clown turns out to be a dead ringer. All of Romero's Dead films are political, and this one's no exception, with a stark view of the way things are today; it doesn't offer the Hawksian heroics of the survivors in Dawn of the Dead or Land of the Dead for comfort, just a group of bickering, shocked youths. There's too much talk about the detachment of watching things through a lens, but in general this is a bracing, intelligent movie. Plus, there's some excellent splatter. --Robert Horton
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
First, I love George A. Romero's zombies. New-school zombies can suck it (literally, what the F*** is up with them. They are more like people on angel dust than zombies). 28 Whatevers Later blew. I thought the remake of Dawn of the Dead sucked. I love zombie movies but have honestly only seen about 8 that were good. And I liked this one. I was very amused at Romero's digs on the new-age zombie. "See, I told you dead things move slow!" I think his take on the first person point of view horror film is the best yet (I have yet to see [REC] which I hear is really good and not available in the US). Blair Witch was OK, Cloverfield was OK, but Romero nailed it with the, perhaps excessive, detailing of who the camera is being held by and when and why. Sure, I thought the acting was a sort of bad, but I didn't think it ruined the movie. Imagine this wasn't a Romero movie...you would think "Oh, that's interesting filming, some sweet kills, good zombies, but what a rip-off of George A. ... Read More
Rating: -
i dont care what most neo-zombie fans think about this movie to be honest. i've sat through some great ones and some less than watchable ones throughout my life since the wee age of five and i must say that george romero has always been on the top of the list in my opinion. even max brooks should give him credit for the influences of the neo zombie bible-the zsg because he obviously based the techniques in it off the so called "romero zombie" anyways onto the movie.
this was a low budget indy film, showing george getting back to his roots after the big budget land of the dead which pretty much finished off the original series of the "dead films" but this one is different.
it is shot completely in first person through multiple cameras including a camer phone and video surveilance footage at times which was then edited and had music added for effect. its also one fo the first films ive seen of its kind where it mentions heavily on how wired society is these days hitting ... Read More
Rating: -
I don't think i could find more useless reviews... this is a review of THE BLU-RAY people! I couldn't care less what you "think" of the film, if i wanted that i'd read the regular DVD review. Absolutely no info on the Blu-ray quality at all here.
Rating: -
In "Diary of the Dead" George A Romero returns to his roots. That is what some people say, and they are right in more than one sense. Unlike his previous "Land of the Dead" "Diary" is made with a lower budget and largely unknown cast, more like an independent film. "Diary" also takes us back to the earlier days when the dead started walking and eating the flesh of the living. For all the merits of the film, however, I was slightly disappointed with his latest entry.
The story is not bad. It is about a group of film students and one professor in Pennsylvania, witnessing the world slowly ending around them, with people turning into flesh-eating zombies. Clearly the 68-year-old veteran hasn't lost his touch. Some scenes are scary and some gory (what happens if you use an AED on a zombie?) Some scenes are really funny in a twisted way.
All those events are told through the camera-eye. The film-within-film that follows the terrifying events are actually, according to ... Read More
Rating:  -
Simply put, this movie is atrocious. The acting is pitifully poor, the CGI effects are laughably bad, and the story is trite and boring. It basically looks like Cloverfield without a budget or script. All of the actors are conceited morons and the narration (no doubt added for simpletons) eschews subtlety and hits you over the head with the film's "message". I'm a long-time Romero fan, and it was almost unbearable sitting through this film. I nearly fell asleep several times and the dialogue was cringe-inducing. All of the media and Romero fanboys will say "it's not so bad" and make excuses as you would expect. It's embarrassing that Romero put his name on something this abysmal. Avoid like the plague...
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|
Amazon Store 