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Zombies of Diary of the Dead

Romero restarted his zombie outbreak on a new timeline as a found-footage film, driven by his interest in emerging media. The dead rise, and those who are bitten die and rise too. It was made for about 2 million dollars and earned 5.3 million.1

Battle it
First appeared
2007
Released 2007
Source work
Diary of the Dead (2007)
George A. Romero
Made in
USA, Canada
What causes it
Never explained
No cause is given; the dead simply begin to reanimate.
How you become one
Anyone who dies reanimates; a bite kills and the victim then rises.
field notes

What the sources say

1

A found-footage film: the outbreak is seen through student filmmakers' cameras1

2

Fifth film in Romero's Dead series, but set on a new timeline that restarts the outbreak1

3

Zombies are dispatched with a defibrillator, acid, a scythe, arrows and an antique sword1

4

Made for about 2 million dollars and shot in Toronto in long takes1

5

Won a critics' award at the Gérardmer festival in 20081

Sources

  1. Diary of the Dead - Wikipedia

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