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PLEASE READ THIS DESCRIPTION BEFORE BUYING THIS ITEM - This Dvd is Ex-Display - Maybe A Few Very Fine Surface Marks Due To Cleaning - Tested & Cleaned - Plays Fine - Please Note When Using Cleaning Machine It Sometimes Leaves Minor Surface Marks - NEW BUT NOT SEALED.The case may be slightly shop soiled but the disc has been kept in a plastic disc sleeve in a dry area). THIS DVD HAS BECOME VERY COLLECTABLE & HARD TO FIND
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The front cover of the dvd makes you think, WOW London on fire! Zombies! Guns! But no. Its a docu style film which i dont think are all that bad but when you watch it and think i could have done better with a hand held cam some ketchup and beer then you realise its not such a good film.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
While lovers of all things zombie can find things to like in this movie, it's ultimately a pretty poor effort.
The acting is variable (one guy makes Keanu Reeves look like John Gielgud), the script is flawed and it is difficult to judge as a film as it just comes across as a student film project. So rather than shuddering with fear at the mouldering undead, you find yourelf thinking, "Yowch, that guy is a bad actor. Couldn't they find someone else?" or "Considering they've got a £100 budget these zombies look pretty good!". And that is what is so sad about this film. The film-makers cope admirably with the problems of a low budget; the make-up is great, there are some nice shots of empty streets and so on, and there's even a military incursion (by a real Army platoon!). But where it comes apart is the bit that is unhindered by budget - the script, which is deeply flawed. Of the three stories, the second is ultimately pointless and in none of the stories do you care about (or even get to know) the characters. It also has absolutely nothing new to say about zombies - there is no new take on them, no new perspective. It's taken as read that these are shuffling Romero zombies who are dead and can only be stopped with head shots despite the fact that the zombie plague is caused by some kind of flu virus a la 28 Days Later. And while the SFX are great, the budgetary restrictions do mean you rarely see more than three or four at a time, and "shufflers" aren't exactly scary unless there is a horde of them or as another reviewer said, you are trapped with them in a confined space (and sadly 90% of this film takes place in woodland and fields).
Worth watching if you like zombie movies, but really this is something that if an amateur film-maker friend of yours showed you, you'd be impressed by, but judged by "professional" standards is distinctly below par. (That said, it is stil better than the later Romero steadicam-zombie film, "Diary of The Dead", although that is rather damning with faint praise rather than saying anything good about this particular film).
The acting is variable (one guy makes Keanu Reeves look like John Gielgud), the script is flawed and it is difficult to judge as a film as it just comes across as a student film project. So rather than shuddering with fear at the mouldering undead, you find yourelf thinking, "Yowch, that guy is a bad actor. Couldn't they find someone else?" or "Considering they've got a £100 budget these zombies look pretty good!". And that is what is so sad about this film. The film-makers cope admirably with the problems of a low budget; the make-up is great, there are some nice shots of empty streets and so on, and there's even a military incursion (by a real Army platoon!). But where it comes apart is the bit that is unhindered by budget - the script, which is deeply flawed. Of the three stories, the second is ultimately pointless and in none of the stories do you care about (or even get to know) the characters. It also has absolutely nothing new to say about zombies - there is no new take on them, no new perspective. It's taken as read that these are shuffling Romero zombies who are dead and can only be stopped with head shots despite the fact that the zombie plague is caused by some kind of flu virus a la 28 Days Later. And while the SFX are great, the budgetary restrictions do mean you rarely see more than three or four at a time, and "shufflers" aren't exactly scary unless there is a horde of them or as another reviewer said, you are trapped with them in a confined space (and sadly 90% of this film takes place in woodland and fields).
Worth watching if you like zombie movies, but really this is something that if an amateur film-maker friend of yours showed you, you'd be impressed by, but judged by "professional" standards is distinctly below par. (That said, it is stil better than the later Romero steadicam-zombie film, "Diary of The Dead", although that is rather damning with faint praise rather than saying anything good about this particular film).
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Not much can be said in praise of this film. The action, what little there is, crawls along and the 'blair witch' camera shots get annoying very quickly. Even hardcore zombie fans should avoid.
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Rubbish
This film is a big let-down. Good films can be made on a low budget (& very bad ones on large budgets), but the acting is poor, most of the characters behave particularly stupidly,... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Mark
A total flipping disaster
I love Zombie films; I will happily watch a zomB-movie, yet this was appalling.
If you are looking for a British budget Zombie classic ... you haven't found it. Read more
If you are looking for a British budget Zombie classic ... you haven't found it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Joseph K
Please dont waste your money
Some mates decide to use thier parents camcorder to make a "zombie" film.
This just about sums up this "film". Read more
This just about sums up this "film". Read more
Published 4 months ago by Marie P McChesney
Avoid at all costs.
The first sign that The Zombie Diaries was going to suck? It's a low budget horror flick filmed on a hand-held camera. Read more
Published 5 months ago by UndeadCritic
Dire !!
This has to be one the the worst films I have ever seen. Bad acting, filming, storyline (erm , hang on what storyline). Read more
Published 7 months ago by I. Simpson
A fair effort, unfairly slated
I think this film gets an unfairly bad rap, for what it is.
I bought this film when it came out, purely on an impulse and because I love good zombie movies. Read more
I bought this film when it came out, purely on an impulse and because I love good zombie movies. Read more
Published 9 months ago by nickdasbird
this movie has potential.....i guess
it starts off good and is pretty good throughout and then comes the ending i mean zombie rape really? Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. C. L. Elliott
5 stars. You really have to be kidding
I don't normally write reviews, but having seen zombie diaries 2 being promoted, I was trying to remember which was by far the worst zombie rubbish i'd seen, and it's this... Read more
Published 11 months ago by taunton42
Don't waste your money
As a Zombie fan, I was looking forward to watching this. I was truely dissapointed. Awful acting, especially from the ginger american guy. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kelina
soooo bad you'd rather be mauled by zombies
i've seen some stinkers as far as films go (solaris anyone????) but this reeks so bad that i would rather stuff pieces of rancid cheese up my nose just to get rid of the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. J. Harper
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