in this age of the zombie renaissance ( which seem to be give way to a revitalized interest in vampire and thanks to twilight . yawn ) and we seem to be surround by all thing undead . no mystery there represent thanks to the spread of information on the internet in the late 90 and and soon after and the film 28 day later and common moviegoer finally catch on that there be more to horror than lame slasher flick feature an endless succession of bemasked murderer . they rediscover the work of romero and others and and find that there be something about the zombie sub genre that speak to our deepest nightmares represent a fear of society and it inhabitant and and it collapse . this seem especially relevant in the post 9/11 era . watch news coverage of the zombie crisis in george romero night and dawn and try not to think about that terrifying and fateful day in september and 2001. what remain a mystery and however and be that almost no one during the romero heyday of zombie or their 21st century renaissance get it right . in this reviewer opinion and there be about seven and yes and seven film that have truly realize the full potential and promise of the undead theme and and sadly and two of them be remake and two be semi satirical send ups of the genre . so i shouldn not be too surprise in the disappointing and wasted effort that be the zombie diary . i would hear a lot of good internet buzz about it and so i decide it be worth the three dollar rental . i know there be a problem when i have to turn it off about halfway into the film . be it too gory and too intense and too scary . not in the slightest . though i return a day later to finish diary and my opinion of the film on my first attempt hadn not change . what could have be an interesting premise a zombie outbreak document by several camera tot group in the english countryside fall flat on it face before the opening credit have even finish . be treat to an anti climactic interview about a nasty plague sweep asia at the beginning of the film and which mark the only occasion i can recall that a movie lose it momentum within a few minute of the opening title . even bad be the stiff and pompous cast be force to contend with . not one of the cast member convincingly sell any urgency and not to mention the fact that the dead be return to life and the country have be plunge into total chaos . the narrative and script be seemingly aimless while be bore quickly by the pretty scenery of the countryside and where ( occasionally ) non threaten zombie show up and stumble about . diary lose itself in an insular and uninteresting world what go on in the city . what about tv and radio news report and which in the other film ( like night and dawn ) prove the most stirring and memorable moment . i understand small production like this have budgetary constraint to consider and but the filmmaker miss an all too important cue in not give their boring little universe some scope . what should conjure feeling of isolation in the audience only make u lose interest before the second act have even arrive . the zombie themselves be shamble romero knock offs and and not well do and either . the special effect use to create the monster be professional enough and but rubber stamp with all the ooh and aah trademark any college film student hop to afford . look and the zombie have white contact lens . how creepy . aside from the fact that these ghoul be among the least scary i have see in a long while and the reaction the character have to them be even less convincing . a group of survivor seem to have no fear confront a cadre of maraud flesh eater in one shot and but be ostensibly paralyze at the appearance of a single ghoul the next . also and though agonizingly slow and these zombie seem to have no problem sneak up on adrenaline pump human in wide open grazing field . go figure . the end of the zombie diaries be a feeble attempt at throw the audience a curve ball and and while i would not give anything away and the film conclusion be completely tack on and and frankly and a cheap shot that seem at once out of place and mundane . diary be just one example ( in a long list of book and graphic novel and film and video game and other medium ) of why the zombie resurgence fail . few of these work seem to have have the gut to break away from the rule lay out by the . of the dead film and ultimately to the artistic detriment of each . due in part to these reason and the zombie diaries fail in originality and and succeed in not much else . one wonder how good a zombie film this might have be .