Diary of the Dead
Third Rail Releasing | Release Date: February 15, 2008
5.3
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Mixed or average reviews based on 104 Ratings
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KatlynJan 4, 2010
This movie is likely to be featured on sci fi.....and by no means is that a compliment....every bit of this movie felt cheap. Dawn of the Dead was brilliant but this is just lackluster at best.
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EricM.Jul 3, 2008
This movie was poorly produced and had a cheap, almost made-for-tv feel to it. The acting was lame also. I turned it off after 40 minutes. What happened to Romero?
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TheNewSpielbergMay 1, 2011
A terrible movie that represents what it is in of itself; a disaster. The acting is atrocious, the gore is all CGI and it ripped off the camcorder premise from The Blair Witch Project, as 5 billion other horror movies did also. A severeA terrible movie that represents what it is in of itself; a disaster. The acting is atrocious, the gore is all CGI and it ripped off the camcorder premise from The Blair Witch Project, as 5 billion other horror movies did also. A severe letdown for Romero fans.… Expand
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LleeC.May 1, 2008
horrible horrible excuse for a film. bad acting, bad diologue and bad direction . go see [rec] if you want a good zombie film this year
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NickKMay 2, 2008
I have always been a fan of George and zombie movies. But ever since Land of the Dead, now this, he has failed in my books. This movie, was completely different from what I imagined. What happened to the survival, barricading, and I have always been a fan of George and zombie movies. But ever since Land of the Dead, now this, he has failed in my books. This movie, was completely different from what I imagined. What happened to the survival, barricading, and Armageddon. I never get tired of zombie movies like Dawn/Dawn remake, Day, Night, etc, stop wasting time making this crap.... please!… Expand
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MortenR.May 28, 2008
This is probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen! Not only is it, not at any time, scary but it is also indescribable borring. I had expected a great "follow up" from the "Dawn of the dead" succes. The whole idea behind the movie is This is probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen! Not only is it, not at any time, scary but it is also indescribable borring. I had expected a great "follow up" from the "Dawn of the dead" succes. The whole idea behind the movie is old¨, unoriginal, and definately big fiasco for the horror genre.… Expand
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MichaelKFeb 2, 2009
WOW. I am very open minded when it comes to movies, and love everything zombie, but dang, this movie is HORRIBLE. I don't care who made this, there are no redeeming factors. The director tried WAY to hard to make some social commentary WOW. I am very open minded when it comes to movies, and love everything zombie, but dang, this movie is HORRIBLE. I don't care who made this, there are no redeeming factors. The director tried WAY to hard to make some social commentary and the acting was horrible. I could barely watch this to the end.… Expand
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ArthurV.Feb 19, 2008
This is another great example of reviewers losing the plot and reviewing the legacy of the filmmaker and other films of the genre and NOT reviewing the film in front of them. This film is one of th worst I've ever seen. The acting is This is another great example of reviewers losing the plot and reviewing the legacy of the filmmaker and other films of the genre and NOT reviewing the film in front of them. This film is one of th worst I've ever seen. The acting is absolutely terrible and drew many unintentional laughs throughout. The "social commentary" in the film is delivered with the subtlety of a sledgehammer and is best left to films that are not terribly written zombie flicks. A couple of the zombie deaths are noteworthy, though hardly worth the price of admission. How this got theatrical distribution is beyond me...this should've been straight-to-video all the way! Thanks to all the big-time mainstream reviewers who, as they did with their reviews of 'The Host' last year, proved their lack of relevance and out-of-touch-ness all the more by giving this movie ridiculously high grades. To those who have not yet put down money to see this film yet...I tell you this with the best of intentions...DON'T DO IT! Save your money, honestly you'd be better off burning it or eating it...at least then it'd be put to better use!… Expand
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MattBMay 27, 2008
In this genre, the first box you have to tick is to make the audience suspend it's disbelief and except as true the premises of the work of fiction. For me this lasted about 5 minutes. Dreadful acting (especially the leading lady), In this genre, the first box you have to tick is to make the audience suspend it's disbelief and except as true the premises of the work of fiction. For me this lasted about 5 minutes. Dreadful acting (especially the leading lady), appalling dialogue and laughable plot structure make this the worst film I've seen in ages. The fact that Romero jumps on the hand held camera bandwagon sums it all up - Cloverfield, although not perfect, makes this look just what it is... rubbish. If you think this movie is good, then you are one of the many responsible for trash like this hitting the box office, and probably depriving new, original writing talent the resources they deserve. All Romero has done, is probably ruin the fledgling careers of quite a few young actors, but on this evidence, we should really thank him for that.… Expand
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IanReyP.Oct 18, 2008
No scare, no thrills. Fine, but was there a good story to compensate? Not even.
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DanielC.Mar 11, 2008
This is quite simply the worst movie ever made, from the shocking script, to the terrible acting and to the even worse directing, this film was an embarrassment. Its possibly the closest i have ever been to walking out of a cinema. People This is quite simply the worst movie ever made, from the shocking script, to the terrible acting and to the even worse directing, this film was an embarrassment. Its possibly the closest i have ever been to walking out of a cinema. People were laughing at bits that weren't meant to be funny and as for the English guy (who seemed to have just fallen out of a Shakespeare play) his 'Mornings and Mirrors' speech was possibly the biggest load of old rubbish i have ever heard. As for the part where the guy dressed as a mummy chases the girl into the woods, OH MY GOD..was that meant to be funny?!! Anyone who gives this film a good score must be one of the undead themselves, because no one in their right mind would actually enjoy this pile of nonsense... This film should have gone straight to DVD, actually no its so poor it should have gone straight to video, preferably betamax so no one ever has to sit through this ever again!!!… Expand
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JohnT.May 1, 2008
WORST MOVIE EVER, what's even more sad is the average critic review gave it a 66 and the public gave it a ~6..0 it should not be anymore than a 0.
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[Anonymous]May 23, 2008
A very dull and generic film. if you are expecting this movie to bring something different to the zombie genre you will be very disappointed. the film follows the same pattern you have seen in hundreds of zombie movies before and the first A very dull and generic film. if you are expecting this movie to bring something different to the zombie genre you will be very disappointed. the film follows the same pattern you have seen in hundreds of zombie movies before and the first person camera adds absolutely noting. the characters are very dull and lifeless and the professor character is unbelievably cliched. the movie has no tension, no scares and no decent action scenes. other reviewers may talk about it's "dramatic social criticism" but that means noting when the film itself is a tedious bore from start to finish.… Expand
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VincenzoJun 22, 2008
This movie is terrible. I was at no point sold on anything the script was trying to say, forget the so called cultural criticism. Not one good line, not one good character... a few mediocre zombie kills at best. You'll have a better This movie is terrible. I was at no point sold on anything the script was trying to say, forget the so called cultural criticism. Not one good line, not one good character... a few mediocre zombie kills at best. You'll have a better evening if you rent any of Romero's other flicks.… Expand
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MiKEJan 22, 2009
When you're watching this movie you get a feel, like its a low budget movie that was shoot in few weeks. Horror movies are suppose to be scary but this movie is a pure joke! AVOID at all costs!
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AlexC.Nov 6, 2008
It has the premise to be good, but just ends up dull. the only reason i kept watching was because i'm not wasting £14, which romero did not earn. i step back from the glory days of the dead. What's more annoying is how some It has the premise to be good, but just ends up dull. the only reason i kept watching was because i'm not wasting £14, which romero did not earn. i step back from the glory days of the dead. What's more annoying is how some gave it five stars, convincing me to buy it!… Expand
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GabrielLFeb 17, 2008
I don't know how in the hell this movie got any good reviews. If it wasn't directed by Romero it would have been straight to DVD. The audience I was in laughed so much at the lame dialogue that you would have thought it was a I don't know how in the hell this movie got any good reviews. If it wasn't directed by Romero it would have been straight to DVD. The audience I was in laughed so much at the lame dialogue that you would have thought it was a comedy. There isn't a well acted character in the movie. The Amish guy everyone seems to love was only in the movie for five minutes, and is likable because he's the only character who doesn't say anything stupid. Any social commentary is delivered by obnoxious college dimwits or the drunk college professor (who got more unintentional laughs than anyone.) There are a few good zombie deaths and by-the-numbers scares...enough for three points...but otherwise, you should just rent the original Dawn of the Dead, or Slither if you want something newer. Seriously though, watch Slither, it's awesome...and don't waste your delicious brain on this crapfest.… Expand
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CenobiaMay 11, 2008
Terrible film. If you can actually sit through the first half without leaving you deserve an award. The acting is horrible and the shots are worse. They actually set up alternate camera shots by looking at the person holding the other Terrible film. If you can actually sit through the first half without leaving you deserve an award. The acting is horrible and the shots are worse. They actually set up alternate camera shots by looking at the person holding the other camera. It is unbearable. There is maybe 45 minutes of actual movie here. The rest is just random news clips, and slow motion shots of what we've already seen. At one point they basically re-play an entire clip that had occurred seconds before. The voice over is just annoying, and they feel the need to spell things out for you multiple times. Redundancy is all this movie is good at. There aren't even any decent scares. Everything is easily anticipated, and pretty much every zombie kill ends the same way, so even watching the horrible actors die doesn't save this piece of trash. Avoid at all costs. If you want a good zombie flick re-watch one of the 28 days films.… Expand
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AHJun 21, 2008
Is this a joke? This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life - painfully out of touch, horrendously acted - please stop thinking that George A. Romero was some kind of prolific visionary. He is a guy who liked gore and Is this a joke? This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life - painfully out of touch, horrendously acted - please stop thinking that George A. Romero was some kind of prolific visionary. He is a guy who liked gore and made a movie that people mistook for social commentary and now in trying to reproduce that reaction, he makes this CRAP. Horrible movie. A joke.… Expand
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Toasty87Jul 12, 2020
Just terrible good concept but with terrible choices and script it falls flat everytime.
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KceeMay 1, 2021
Don’t waste your time. Characters aren't worth caring about. Theres nothing subtle about the message of stop recording, take action. It hits you in the face like a sledgehammer. The lack of detail in costuming, practical effects, andDon’t waste your time. Characters aren't worth caring about. Theres nothing subtle about the message of stop recording, take action. It hits you in the face like a sledgehammer. The lack of detail in costuming, practical effects, and incompetent screen play screams that they dont care about or trust the audience enough… Expand
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