So I just watched Diary of the Dead.  I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon of hate before watching it, so I just didn't pay attention to previous reviews.  Sad to say though, they were right.  This movie blew chunks.  I look at it like this: Say you're taking this really hot lady out on a date, things have gone sweet all night, and now you're back at home and she says she has to go powder her nose or something.  So she goes to the bathroom and you start to notice this horrible smell and all of these horrible sounds coming out of there.  I mean, she's still hot, but....

That's the best analogy I can make.  The first part of the date represents Romero's zombie canon up until Land of the Dead.  Then there's land of the Dead (the sounds) followed by Diary of the Dead (the smell).  I mean, its Romero, but...  This movie looked like it should've been released by Brain Damage.  I could find nothing redeeming about any of it.  Other than frying the zombie's head with the defibrillator, the kills weren't all that spectacular, the dialogue was atrocious, the acting was terrible, the list goes on.  It wasn't worse than the remake of Day of the Dead, but, I mean, that wasn't Romero so I expected it to suck.  It's all about expectations.  With Romero, the expectations are high, high, HIGH, so when I see something like this, it just saddens the heart.

So my recommendation.  Well...netflix it and make your own decision, but I wouldn't rate this one very high at all.  I guess it'd warrant a 1 out of 5.

Till next time boils and ghouls...