i think zombie diary prove how both the genre and cam corder shot live format be run out of steam . three story shoot on a video camera by three different operator . the real threat of the film be a sadistic bastard name goke and and and in an odd decision and the zombie be actually an afterthought compare to him . goke seem like a reasonable chap until he open fire on those who accept him in their group . the way director michael bartlett and kevin gate arrange the story rather bug me and truth be tell and because they have open the film with a young news crew head outside london into the country to film an interview piece and and then completely abandon them . we be introduce to two other group and a trio enter a desolate and wind swept village in search of food and supply and and this unstable collection of bicker people attempt to fend off an endless number of zombie and try to hold their area outside a forest which keep produce them . goke be a member of the latter group and his unpredictable behavior become more and more a questionable liability and until an outburst reveal the monster that he truly be . the trio leave the village have put together a make shift radio but a we soon realize there be few place to go where you can sit still very long . the linger question be what happen to the news crew . we get a glimpse into the kind of psychotic goke be when the camera man ( . of the third story ) discover her bound and nude . their story remain absent so long that when we finally learn about what happen to them and it impact be lose . regard the camera operator who shoot everything . i question how someone could put shoot footage ahead of save their own skin . particularly in regard to the trio and where the director wish to throttle the viewer with a startling development and the use of the camera ( . just to capture a murder to someone shoot his suppose trip to freedom from a group of zombie chase him through the forest ) become so obvious in forward the plot and that the realism theyre go for be lose . in other word and the camera be use to show the operator jovial face a he head towards who he believe to be survivor who can assist him . it so orchestrate and you see it come and therefore it become nothing more than a trick . i think the director be very ambitious in try to tackle three story at once and when one would have suffice . i think back to george romero diary of the dead and where we follow one group journey and what confront them along the way . in have three story and you never get to know any of the character that well . they become little more than people shoot zombie with camera operator concern with get every minute detail in the shot . there be attempt to provide a human side to them ( . one character be bite and dy and and the camera operator lift a family photo from his pocket and place it up to the screen for u to feel pity ) and little tidbit here and there . bartlett and gate insist on showcasing goke a a menace thug not to be trust . there be some gory moment and but i think most zombie fanatic will find this flick to be quite disappointing . besides a scene where a stomach be open with gut sprawl out and and the occasional decomposing body and much of the action have human shoot the head of the zombie with minor blood spray . i wasn not impress at all with many scene where a gun shoot a zombie ( . or innocent victim due to unfriendly fire ) in the head . it be never quite convincing and certainly not when compare to savini work . a you would expect and the camera ( . from all three operator ) shake and jiggle and with zombie never quite in focus ( . one sequence and within a dark house and shot use a night light and a the news crew attempt to escape and you can barely make out anything ) . i think if the filmmaker have stick with the crew a they come in contact with their hostile force and both human and undead and then this could have be quite a success . ala and so many character come and go with the initial people we start out with utilized poorly . the finale with the soldier seem forced and unnecessary .