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In this modern era of horror films we have found our selves inundated with these first person style of horror films. BLAIR WITCH, CLOVERFIELD and of course DIARY OF THE DEAD have all attempted that "in the moment, watch it while it happens" style. And now we have a new one.
An indie shocker titled THE ZOMBIE DIARIES tells the tale of a viral outbreak that over runs London and how a few bands of survivors cope with the hordes of undead and terror that they find surrounding them.
Genuinely creepy and very unsettling THE ZOMBIE DIARIES is what I think Romero was attempting to do with his DIARY film but somehow never managed to quite achieve. Documenting an outbreak of the undead from the very beginning and all the confusion and disbelief and true terror that would accompany bearing witness to such events.
The film is broken up into chapters or diaries as they like to call them. The film opens with Diary One - The Outbreak where we witness one group coming face to face with the horror of the dead returning.
Diary Two - The Scavengers takes us with another group as their supplies are running out and they are forced to head in and try to find food and water.
And so the film goes.
There are parts of the film, small details, that I feel really help set this one apart from all the others in recent memory. Like when a zombie is getting close in a lot of the cases you can hear the buzzing of the flies around their rotting bodies before you actually see lumbering coprses. Very nice touch.
Uncompromisingly realistic I have no doubt that the events that this film depicts are in fact pretty much exactly what would happen. Panic, confusion, complete breakdown of any and all rule. Ultimately the zombies would not defeat us, we would defeat ourselves.
I completely enjoyed the new life that this film breathes into what has become a very stale and predictable sub genre and although a bit hard to follow at times and as is the case with all these "documentary" style films the shaky hand held style of shooting does wear thin but over all the film is very solid and very well done.
The zombies look great and gone for this go around are the fast moving vicious monsters. These zombies are the slow, lumbering death machines of Romero's universe and ultimately what is even more terrifying are the living, still breathing monsters that the outbreak brings to life.
THE ZOMBIE DIARIES is must see zombie fare. Dimension Extreme has done a great job on this disc and seems to have found its stride in bringing us little known, well put together indie horror gems..
The disc itself features a the normal menu of "making of" and "behind the scenes" goodies that we have all become accustomed which are both informative and interesting.
All in all THE ZOMBIE DIARIES is a welcome addition into Zombie lore and is a brilliant showcase for what appears to be a wealth of up and coming horror talent.
THE ZOMBIE DIARIES is available now so go get it.
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