Yes, I've been on a horror-monster-gross kick when it comes to movies and Diary of the Dead is the next on my list. This movie follows right in line with Cloverfield and Blair Witch Project in that we see the entire narrative through the lens of one filmmakers camera as the world is slowly dissolved by the undead. As with all Romero films we are given equal amounts of gore and politics and here he gets to comment on the media, on the lies we are fed by the media, on widespread panic based on the media. While this film doesn't feel as authentic in the storytelling as Blair Witch or Cloverfield as far as truly feeling like these people are real and are truly being terrorized, it does bring new life to the slightly stale line of Dead movies after the gorefest of Day of the Dead and the cheesefest of Land of the Dead. Welcome back Romero.
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