Diary of the Dead
A student film crew documents its desperate flight across Pennsylvania as a zombie outbreak turns ordinary roads, hospitals, and homes into sites of survival.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- paranoid
- bleak
- visceral
- late night horror marathon
- zombie movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found Romero's contemporary zombie satire inventive and bloody but uneven, with heavy-handed commentary and limited scares.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jason films the students' journey and the resulting material is presented as their recorded account of the zombie crisis.
The characters record and distribute footage while television and online media shape how the outbreak is understood.
Jason's filmmaking turns the survivors' flight into an act of witnessing and commentary during societal collapse.
The film relies on character-operated cameras and pseudo-documentary footage instead of conventional polished coverage.
Films like Diary of the Dead, and why
[REC]
shared found-footage presentation, escalating zombie survival, and claustrophobic group dynamics
The Zombie Diaries
shared pseudo-documentary style, undead outbreak, and young people trapped in a rapidly collapsing society
Dawn of the Dead
shared political zombie horror, social commentary, and graphic gore
Cloverfield
shared found-footage horror filmmaking and media-mediated disaster perspective
Movie Details
- Director
- George A. Romero
- Release Date
- 2007-05-26
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (931)
Cast
- Michelle Morgan
- Joshua Close
- Shawn Roberts
- Amy Lalonde
- Joe Dinicol
- Scott Wentworth
- Philip Riccio
- Chris Violette
- Tatiana Maslany
- Todd Schroeder
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Diary of the Dead about?
- A student film crew documents its desperate flight across Pennsylvania as a zombie outbreak turns ordinary roads, hospitals, and homes into sites of survival.
- What is Diary of the Dead like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Diary of the Dead as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Diary of the Dead violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Diary of the Dead as graphic.
- What did critics think of Diary of the Dead?
- Critics generally found Romero's contemporary zombie satire inventive and bloody but uneven, with heavy-handed commentary and limited scares.
- Which films are like Diary of the Dead?
- Films with a similar feel include [REC], The Zombie Diaries, Dawn of the Dead, and Cloverfield.
- How long is Diary of the Dead?
- Diary of the Dead runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Diary of the Dead?
- In United States, Diary of the Dead streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel.
