I am disappointed in myself as a zombie fan to not have caught this. Maybe it was my disappointment with "Land of the Dead" that clouded my vision and prevented me from realizing that George A. Romero would be making another zombie movie. Nevertheless, I have now seen the light - and it is good.
No, no, I haven't seen the movie, but it is scheduled for a 2007 release. It is entitled "Diary of the Dead" and it takes place during the same time as "Night of the Living Dead", so essentially Romero is taking us back to the beginning.
The movie revolves around some film students who are making a horror film of their own, until they run into some zombies and their lives undoubtedly take a turn for the worse. Not much else is known about this, except that some fairly unknown actors are being used and the movie is “a hundred percent independent”, as Romero stated in a letter he wrote to Ain't It Cool News.
“This one comes from the heart. It's not a sequel or a remake. It's a whole new beginning for the dead,” said Romero.
I guess since he has been keeping the movie under wraps that it really would be hard to know anything about it, but I'm excited anyway. I'm excited for Georgie boy to redeem himself after the disappointing "Land". His original "Day of the Dead", which came out in 1985, was ridiculous in a good way, but his fourth installment in the series just didn't do it for me. 'Night of the Living Dead' and "Dawn of the Dead" remain untouched by my criticism because, well, they're great.
A remake of "Day of the Dead" looks to be coming out in 2007 as well, although originally I think it was planned to be released in April. There isn't much else known about this one either and all this holding off is probably not a good sign. Nonetheless, 2007 could prove to be a very fun year for zombie fans.
It doesn't matter how bad or how corny a zombie movie looks, because I will want to watch it. However, thanks to the rising costs of theater tickets, I now have to decide how worthy some movies are, but I have enough patience to wait for the DVD.
Speaking of DVD, doesn't it feel like these companies are phasing out the DVD like they did with videotapes and the VCR?
I liked your story on Romero. It was very informative and entertaining. I too am a zombie film afficianado. I have several of my z movie reviews on cinemaroll, perhaps I've reviewed a film you haven't seen. I do disagree with you about "Land". That was a fine film that had me checking shadows for zombies for a month. Any horror movie that actually scares me is ok in my book.
Best,
Timmy Burns