The Zombie Diaries (2006)

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Starring:	Russell Jones \| Craig Stovin \| Jonnie Hurn \| James Fisher \| Anna Blades \| Imogen Church \| Kyle Sparks \| Alison Mollon \| Victoria Nalder \| Jonathan Ball \| Sophia Ellis \| Will Tosh \| Hiram Bleetman \| Ralph Mondi \| Leonard Fenton
Director:	Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates
Studio:	REVOLVER ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	80 mins
Genres:	Horror
Languages:	English
Released:	August 27, 2007
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In the early part of the 21st Century, an unknown virus began spreading among the populous. Within weeks it had engulfed the entire planet, from the smallest rural communities to the greatest cities. Upon the death of its host, the virus would reanimate the corpse until it was no longer able to support itself. Soon, the planet was infested with a new threat - the undead. So begins our journey into the dystopian world of The Zombie Diaries.

Three compelling video diaries chart the early days of the plague, right through to the last days of the apocalypse:

A documentary film crew travel to the countryside to make a movie about the virus. Unaware of what is happening around the country, the team is accidentally caught up in the outbreak. They later take shelter in a nearby wood, where a much more sinister fate awaits them.

A husband and wife escape London and pick up a mysterious hitchhiker as they scavenge the remnants of dead towns, unaware of the dangers that wait for them in the shadows.

A group of survivors flee to an old farm to seek refuge, only to find themselves under siege from creatures that attack in the dead of night.

Watch the devastation unfold through the eyes of those who were there...

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23 out of 25 people found the following review helpful:

Do not buy or rent!

Matt Taylor from England, 29th August, 2007

I'm surprised someone hasn't posted a great review for this film here, they seem to have done it everywhere else. It seems the people who have made this film have gone to loads of websites and written great reviews for there own movie. I actually bought this based on the DVD artwork and reviews, i got a refund for it the next day. Do not buy or rent this. It's easily one of the worst things I have seen in my life. Bad acting, bad direction and basically just a really bad 'film'. You could burn £9 And it would be better spent than if you bought this, dont even rent it, just wait for George to show 'em how it's done!

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23 out of 28 people found the following review helpful:

Effective low budget zombie horror

Northernsky from , 10th November, 2007

The Zombie Diaries is low budget and shot on digital video( Like “28 Days Later). It does the usual thing of having an acpocalyptic event- in this case a virus -descend on England and before you can yell walking corpse there are loads of errr walking corpses wanting to get their fetid choppers( Thats if they have any left)into warm human flesh. The film is shot from the perspective of three groups of survivors. A documentary film crew shooting a film about the virus are stranded in small village and take refuge in the woods. A husband and wife pick up a hitchhiker and head into a town to scavenge for supplies. Meanwhile at an isolated farmhouse a community of disparate survivors struggle to exist and head off the zombie horde that constantly drift their way. The narrative rather unhelpfully jumps all over the place for no good reason that i could fathom and the central premise that survivors of this catasphrophes first inclination would be to make a video diary( Documentary crew aside obviously) just defies credibility. That said if you can stomach the queasy camera motion , not ot mention some of the queasy visceral action-surprisingly good for such a low budget film -this is a film that like “The Blair Witch Project” to which it invites ineviatable comparison offers a realistic and often horrifying vision of human beings trying to survive the unthinkable. The script could hardly be classed as poetry but has the genuine frisson of people under enormous stress but it avoids the more existential ruminations of much modern zombie fcition but thats hardly surprising given how difficult that would be to translate to the screen. The acting is a little rough and ready at times and the direction courtesy of Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates amounts to little more than point the camera, or as is more apposite wave it around a lot and let it roll. Still the scenes of deserted villages full of human detrius ( Just shoot them any normal day the more unkind may say) are very well concieved. What the Zombie Diaries finally offers us is a resolutely bleak snapshot of how society or rather the lack of one would deal with a crisis where normal rules do,nt apply. It concludes , and its hardly unique in doing this that the very worst thing to fear is not the shambling cadeverous beings but those who would take advantage of the breakdown in order to pursue their own nihilistic desires.In doing so it it offers one or two scenes of unrelenting power that stay with you long after the credits roll. It may have beeen made on the cheap but any film that can do that is one worthy of your attention.

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19 out of 19 people found the following review helpful:

Dont bother! I mean it!

A Customer from Brum, 30th August, 2007

More Blair witch than 28 Days Later! The cover of The Zombie Diaries makes the film look like some Zombie epic but its really is a cheap Blair witch rip off including the famous BWP talking to the camera scene,There's more action in 5 mins of 28 Days Later than in the whole 1hr 20mins of this codswallop and if your in such a predicament as these idiots you wouldnt film everything(one cameraman decides to hide but still films the killer with the camera lights on & gets found) i would dump the camera and run plus the last 20 mins make no sense at all,Rent 28 weeks Later the this tosh!

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Most recent reviews

DO NOT RENT THIS RUBBISH!

rorylee from , 18th July, 2008

I rented this film as the idea of Blair Witch meets 28 Days later was quite appealing - however I was very wrong! STORY LINE - well there isn't one really?!? Just random mini stories through the eyes of a few different people with movie cameras - somehow the makers feel they have created a clever twist but it's pointless and not needed and does nothing for the film. ACTING - Really bad at times - I wouldn't mind if they were trying to ham it up a bit and go go for over kill but they're actually trying to act and it's painful to watch!! SPECIAL EFFECTS - Bloodied people look like they have had Cherryade emptied on them and looks so false. The zombies look average so I wont really hold that against the make up dept. When people get shot seems ok too - not too over done as you would get in some films. OVERALL - This film is poor. It feels like a school project at best. I really advise people not to watch this film. Anyone giving it 3 stars or over seriously needs to take a long hard look at themselves!! AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!

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