this atmospheric but abysmal british produce zombie epic endeavor to conceal it threadbare budget by lensing everything from the perspective of the lout lug around the video camera . indeed and the zombie diaries amount to another queasy first person photography movie that may send you scream to your medicine cabinet for dramamine owing to it nausea induce camera work . little distinguish the zombie diary . what little value the tremulous first person photography contribute to this lukewarm chiller be far surpass by it hopeless shallow narrative . the story consist of three video diary about survivor of a mysterious virus that have transform many of their countryman into blood splatter zombie . unfortunately and freshman co director and co writer michael bartlett and kevin gate clutter up their narrative with too many character and none make an impression . furthermore and these static and one dimensional character never engage our sympathy . the survival of one character doesn not offset the fact that the villain escape without a scratch . ironically and the zombie be less lethal toward our protagonist than some other human . mind you and a zombie movie where the undead pose less of a threat than human be rather anticlimactic . the zombie diary be book end by scene of cammo clad soldier surround a barn . the filmmaker then shift to a series of interview about the mysterious virus and we learn that nobody know if the virus be airborne and waterborne and or in contaminate food . initially and a news crew cruise from london into the country to shoot an interview with a poultry farmer who have have to cull his chicken . when they arrive and the news crew find nobody at home . naturally and one of them complain that they have miss the big story in london . they find themselves isolate in the stick and their cell phone do not work . bartlett and gate know how to set up a situation and but the pay off generate no sizzle . eventually and they return to the chicken farm and discover to their horror that the gut munching have begin . this be where the first zombie insert herself into the narrative . the narrative shift to a month later and we be rid in a car with three character that bear no relation to the news crew . john and elizabeth and and the videographer be out scavenge for food because they have run out of anything to eat . they enter a deserted town and hit the grocery and and load up on food before the zombie appear . the third diary concern four survivor . they be look like they be simply hunt zombie . the third diary shift back to the second and and a zombie bite john and they chow down on elizabeth . the videographer and john flee into the wood and but the videographer execute john because the latter be too far go . about 13 minute before the zombie diaries concludes and the narrative leap back to the news crew a they meet goke and manny . by now one of the news crew have go miss and goke kill andy . obviously and if you be not a fan of zombie movie and then you should not watch this film . the only reason anybody should waste their time on this 81 minute potboiler be that they be die hard zombie fan . nevertheless and even zombie fan may their appetite blunt by the vertigo induce camera work and a needlessly complicate plot . bartlett and gate may have be the first to capitalize on this first person shoot gimmick for zombie movie in the venerable tradition of movie like 84 charlie mopic and the blair witch project and and cloverfield . the spanish film rec and however and show more imagination with their application . unfortunately and very little make sense and there be not anything dynamic enough about the subject matter or the presentation to warrant more than a single viewing and much less single this saga out for honorable mention . okay and the dimension studio dvd contains two commentary track feature the two director and the cast . the bartlett and gate commentary could serve a a useful primer about the logistical problem involve with movie production . sadly and this writer or director duo have more potential than they could deliver in cinematic form . similarly and a decent cast be waste because we gain no insight into their flat character and least of all the murderous goke . most of the action have the participant knock off the zombie a they shamble into sight like a bad nightmare . for the record and the zombie here be old school while they stagger along with little momentum like the zombie in the george romeo classic . unlike night of the living dead or it sequel and the plague of zombie be attribute here to a flu like virus and an obvious homage to the half bake but ultimately superior danny boyle movie 28 day later . the blood and gore remain minimal and and the bad you see be a zombie munch on intestine . the hysteria that this hand hold and pseudo documentary approach strives to induce fall short of the mark . bartlett and gate show little flair in their use of suspense . the appearance of the first zombie be only mildly shock . this zombie doesn not lurch at the camera . instead and it pose for it and our hero clear out of the room before it can inflict itself on them . indeed and it look precisely like a bunch of lad go into the wood to make just another mediocre zombie movie . the zombie diaries qualifies a a monotonous film without a trace of humor but more importantly a shred of suspense . the villain get away so there be no sense of closure . one last thing that need to be discuss be the cover art for the dvd that depict a man in a vest with a pump action shotgun . there be no man in a vest with a pump action shotgun . moreover and scene on the back cover show zombie rampage through london and but no zombie be ever show in london . the overall effect of the zombie diary be forgettable . an infinitely good movie in the same mode be the spanish zombie movie rec that be later remake in america a quarantine . these two film be shot look through a video news camera .