With Romero following up Day of the Dead with Land of The Dead, many thought that the next natural step would be World of the Dead. Some suggested Planet of the Dead, which he could still use, but I think most would agree that “world” rolls off of the tongue easier. Romero went for (or was forced towards) the shrunk down budgets though, and got all distracted making the dead Survive and keep Diaries over and over. He’s snoozed too long on that next natural title for his main zombie… “franchise” isn’t the right word, but let’s just say “universe.” Now, American Film Market and STYD has seen the release of a teaser poster and synopsis for the sequel to The Zombie Diaries (not to be confused with Diary of the Dead) and they’ve dubbed it World of the Dead.
The film is from Kevin Gates and Michael Bartlett, and I honestly can’t even begin to keep up with which zombie film the original Zombie Diaries even is. The milking of these horror staples is so thorough and relentless that I’ve completely lost track of these smaller zombie flicks, and it’s almost a shame that the Walking Dead turned out so well, because this shit isn’t going away. It’s getting to the point that Zombie films are becoming something more like pornography than just horror genre entries. They’re made cheaply, routinely, and in massive numbers, with the public seemingly happy to devour as much undead shuffling as can be filmed.
The poster for this sequel is below, and I must honestly say the visual structure of it seems unbalanced without a “George A Romero’s” at the top. If he ever gets a big budget again, maybe we can just go with Cosmos of the Dead.
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What an awful, bland poster without any sort of artistic merit. And for that matter putting a silhouette in the "A" of the word "Dead" is a little cliche'. Everyone has done and everyone has done it better. Jesus….I really want to rant about how much this whole thing is going to suck based on the poster alone…but I don't have to. It's just going to suck. Someone just give Romero some money so he can go make his opus already.
I thought 28 Days Later put a crazy (and refreshing) spin on the zombie genre, but I agree with the idea that this whole reanimated corpse theme has long run its course. I'm personally tired of all the Saws and Hostels (and Human Centipedes) that take dumb people and fuck 'em up ad nauseum until limbs and heads and unborn fetuses litter the linoleum floors. The zombie invasion films have been played out just as bad.
(Pss… Romero's movie IS now the 'some other boring zombie sequel'!)
"Survival of the Dead" is so clunky I can see him going for "Planet".
Fuck y'all. I like Survival. He had some really good images going on there. The banshee zombie riding on the horse is classic.
'Municipality of the Dead'
Even for a low-budget zombie movie, The Zombie Diaries sucked.
I like his films, but seriously. hasnt he explored all things Zombie? Can he come up with ANYTHING else? Next it will be a Zombie relationship drama, or even a remake/cross-over of Zombie 30 Something. Shit guy, get a new fucking concept.
I actually prefer 'Planet of the Dead' to 'World of the Dead' but wasn't it used for a Doctor Who special or something?
Picked up Zombie Diaries for 2 bucks in a bargain bin. Wasn't worth the two bucks =/
'Dried-Up Well of the Dead'
Zed of the Dead – surprising sequel to Pulp Fiction.
I'd rather see Romero continue with the "Dead Reckoning" storyline from Land personally, the whole "Zombies evolving into a new society" angle still has yet to be explored in a logical and philosophical sense.
Romero needs to just fuckin stop already. He's clearly lost it. Isn't he supposed to be directing a 3D remake of Romero's Deep Red?
Romero is an after-thought now. His production values are lame at best. He should try for a more severe view, with more gore and feedings. He tried the midget thing and it crapped out! HAHAHAHA!
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