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Lionsgate Films | 2007 | 95 min | Rated R | Jul 02, 2024

Diary of the Dead (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

5.7
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer3.0 of 53.0
Overall3.0 of 53.0

Overview

Diary of the Dead (2007)

Jason Creed and a small crew of college filmmakers are in the Pennsylvania woods making a no-budget horror film when they hear the terrifying news that the dead have started returning to life. Led by Jason's girlfriend, Debra, the frightened young filmmakers set off in a friend's old Winnebago to try to get back to the only safety and security they know: their homes. But there is no escape from the crisis, nor any real home for them anymore. Everything they depend upon, all that they hold dear, is fractured as the plague of the living dead begins to spread. Jason documents the true-life horrors in a tense, first-person style that heightens the reality of each encounter. Even as his friends die, even as they are attacked by ravenous walking corpses at every stop along the way, Jason keeps filming, an obsessive, unflinching eye in the midst of chaos. The government first denies, then promises to quell the crisis, but can’t. Technology fails. Communication with the rest of the world becomes impossible. Jason and what remains of his crew end up on their own, a handful of lucky survivors, reliant on no one but themselves to stay alive. They take final refuge in a fortress of a mansion, but their sanctuary turns out to be a trap from which there is no escape. Throughout it all, the cameras keep rolling, recording every detail for future generations--if any survive.

Starring: Michelle Morgan (V), Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts (II), Amy Lalonde, Joe Dinicol
Director: George A. Romero

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Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: VC-1
    Video resolution: 1080p
    Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
    Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

  • Audio

    English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    English: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
    French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)

  • Subtitles

    English SDH, Spanish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Single disc (1 BD)
    Digital copy

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie2.5 of 52.5
Video4.0 of 54.0
Audio4.0 of 54.0
Extras3.5 of 53.5
Overall3.0 of 53.0

Diary of the Dead Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman July 9, 2024

Lionsgate has teamed with WalMart for another round of exclusive SteelBook releases, including this triple feature. The disc contents match the previous Diary of the Dead wide release.


Martin Liebman's Diary of the Dead Blu-ray review provides a plot summary and technical analysis of the wide release.


Diary of the Dead Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.0 of 5

Video quality is assessed in the above linked review.


Diary of the Dead Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.0 of 5

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked review.


Diary of the Dead Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  3.5 of 5

Supplements are detailed in the above linked review. Of the three day and date SteelBooks Lionsgate and WalMart are offering, the cover of this one may arguably be the most immediately arresting, with a kind of "found footage" quality and a haunting main facial image that spills slightly over to the rear panel, a panel which offers a bit more of the kind of shambling undead people have come to expect from George A. Romero. The look here is decidedly monochrome with the exception of the bright red title letters. Once again, the interior panels are pretty nondescript. This release does have a WalMart overlay as seen in the fourth and fifth photos I've uploaded to accompany this review A digital copy is included.


Diary of the Dead Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  3.0 of 5

Marty's original review from the Dark Ages of this format (joking, kind of) mirrors my own feelings, but I'd add that there's probably a good reason that Diary of the Dead never attained the same wide popularity or at least renown that some of Romero's other offerings did. This SteelBook offers a particularly unsettling cover illustration, for collectors of this packaging option.


Other editions

Diary of the Dead: Other Editions