The Zombie Diaries: Review By The Cryptkeeper

So this is a rip-off of a lot of other movies that have come around recently, and I will get into that it a bit, but that wasn't the problem here. It was that this movie was motionless, and just about nothing happened in that hour and 20 minutes. It was not a bore COMPLETELY, but just about nothing happened throughout the film. There was I think one scene of gore, and the rest was just the 2 groups of people spotting zombies at random places. They kill them in a very non-bloody fashion, then move on to do.... nothing.

Now onto the rip-off part. This uses the same camera technique that Cloverfield, Quarantine, and Diary of the Dead used. If you haven't seen any of those movies (which is very unlikely) let me tell you that they show us the movie through the eyes of a person who has a camera and is filming the event. But like I said, I don't mind rip-offs. Actually some of them I really like, just as long as they are well made, and are better than the original idea.

Our story is just zombies. Nothing original, but I am always a sucker for zombie flicks, which is a surprise because it seems as though there are some bad ones lately. This is not what I would categorize as "bad," but definitely not under "good." It is average. The story is motionless, and drags in most parts, but in some it's entertaining enough. I finished the movie, and sat through it, I just wasn't always focused to the TV. Toward the end they bring out this story of some bad guys, and totally throw away zombies. That was kinda lame. To me the movie fell apart toward the end.

The acting is actually well done, and in no parts was it cheesy. No known actors, but these ones all do fine! I have no complaints here.

There are 2 directors. Kevin Gates, and Michael Bartett, who also wrote and produced. They do only ok. But like I have been saying, the film dragged quite a bit, and even though the film is a tad over 1h 20mins, it still seemed longer. But the good is that there are a few scenes that are pretty creepy. I think the first zombie sighting in a house was pretty cool. I think that was the first time they showed a zombie.

The visuals are decent here. Normally the look of a zombie doesn't give me the creeps, but here they do. Not enough for me to ponder on them, or keep me up at night or anything, but when I was in the moment I was kinda creeped out. I guess that's one way I could put it.

Overall, not bad.. just not good. I liked some things, and think that it could have been better. If you don't like movies that are like many others that have come out recently, then you shouldn't try this. It has a mix of Quarantine, and a slight feel of 28 Days Later, but not as good as those 2 films. I will say that if zombies were to attack, I would think that this would be a pretty realistic vision of it.

So it's decent.