George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

Pros: The Amish guy rocked!
Cons: Bad CGI gore

When it comes to zombie movies, there’s no doubt that George A. Romero is the king. He pretty much set the standard by which every zombie movie in the last few decades has tried to match, and most of them have failed. What makes them all so brilliant is ...

Pros: It's a Romero Zombie flick. 'Nuff said.
Cons: Really preachy and heavy-handed.

There’s no denying that George Romero is an absolute legend in the field of horror cinema. Back in 1968, the Pittsburgh-based filmmaker gave us one of the most enduring horror films of all-time: Night of the Living Dead. The beauty of NotLD is ...

Pros: A very effective and genuinely frightening horror movie!
Cons: George does tend to get heavy-handed with The Socially Relevant Message at times.

Wait - George Romero is doing another ". . . .of the Dead" movies? Returning to the genre that for all intents and purposes, he invented? The man that pretty much established the language by which virtually all zombie movies operate? Put me in the game, ...

Pros: A great Zombie movie with a new twist by the undisputed master of the genre.
Cons: A bit slow in places, and not as much character development.

Diary of the Dead (2008) Written and Directed by George A. Romero. Way back in 1968 George Romero brought us a little classic called Night of the Living Dead. Since then, this movie has birthed a genre; the Zombie Movie. (Actually, they ...

Pros: Romero does a brand new low budget Zombie film.
Cons: Too preachy, some repetition, slow moments and inconsistent acting.

"Everyone who dies, unless they get a bullet in the head, is gonna come back and try to kill someone else. " One of the Romero Zombie rules originally established back in 1968 with the original Night of the Living Dead and still ...

Pros: It's a low-fi Romero zombie film. If you like that, here you go.
Cons: Cheesy acting and heavy-handed social commentary.

George Romero has returned to his ultra-low budget roots with DIARY OF THE DEAD. For most, it will be a welcome return. While there were many parts of his “big budget” LAND OF THE DEAD that I enjoyed…frankly, having known actors and high production ...

Pros: Gunplay, gore, ending
Cons: Social commentary tries too hard

Like the best of Romero's other zombie films, "Diary of the Dead" is set mostly in rural Pennsylvania.  It covers the first 36 hours of a worldwide zombie outbreak, during which time all but three of the 10 principal characters are exterminated (if ...

Pros: Some really nice gore and action
Cons: Bad acting, inplausable characters.

Romero has been watching too many zombie movies. Yes, I know, that sounds a little weird, the man who practically invented the zombie movie, and who's masterpiece Night of the Living Dead has served as the inspiration for every undead film since is ...

Pros: "Diary" offers good story, scary moments, lots of gore, and comic relief.
Cons: Sometimes the pacing is slow. Some editing may have corrected this. Small detail.

I have long been a fan of the zombie movie, valuing it probably above all other sub-genres in the horror field. George Romero introduced us to "Night of The Living Dead" way back in 1968 with a thoughtful, Scary, well-acted story that has made both the ...

Pros: Tense, compelling plot
Cons: Shakey cam is distracting and unnecessary at times; Very low buget; Not enough zombies

So this is the fifth installment of George Romero's legendary Dead series. I must admit I was a little put-off when I first learned that Diary of the Dead was not a sequel to 2005's Land of the Dead, but essentially a reboot of the ...

Pros: Fresh life for the dead.
Cons: None

In 1968, unknown director George Romero and a group of friends put together what has been hailed as one of the greatest horror films ever made. Unfortunately none of them ever saw much in the way of money from the film’s distributor, but they’ve made up ...

Pros: great drama, dialogue, graphics, special effects, action, directing, and humor
Cons: story and plot are simple and predictable

George Romero is back, and he once again takes his "living dead" idea to a whole new level! This time, a group of film students are making their own horror film when they hear on the news that people are getting brutally murdered in very sick, gruesome, ...

Pros: Heck, not any I can think of, really.
Cons: Shucks...too many to count, really.

Romero had exactly two good zombie movies in him. Unfortunately, this was not one of them. Georgie shot his wad early, on his first two undead flicks (he had some other, non-zombie, movies between the first two Dead pix...including an OJ ...

Pros: Good characters, awesome zombie deaths, nice plot.
Cons: Feels a bit too staged.

I was a bit ambivalent going into this flick. Even though I dug Blair Witch and some of the other Blair Witch-style flicks, I wasn't quite sure how it'd work out. That being said, this isn't Blair Witch, or even really Blair Witch-style. If you go in ...

Pros: Scary, visceral, You-are-there.
Cons: Maybe too intense for some.

Ok. Let me say one thing first.  I am biased.  I love all of George Romero's zombie apocalypse movies, so this might not be the most objective review I have ever done.That being said, I love this movie. First off, it's a modern ...