10 Horror Movies Everyone Watched (But Nobody Remembers)

3. Diary Of The Dead & Survival Of The Dead

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is responsible not just for launching the zombie maestro's career but jolting the undead genre to life. Though Romero's franchise spawned a slew of copycats, few can compete with his work. 

So, when the revered filmmaker returned to the franchise after a 20-year hiatus with Land of the Dead, fans were salivating with joy. And when Romero mentioned he had more Dead films in the pipeline, the hype went through the stratosphere.

Though Romero was true to his word, it's easy to forget the last two Dead instalments ever came out. Diary of the Dead focuses on how the zombie outbreak began, which hasn't been explored since the original. This entry also utilises the found-footage style, which was something Romero had intended for years, due to his fascination with "emerging media".

However, the filming is too slick for a found-footage doc, since shots are constantly intercut and edited. As a result, you have to wonder why Romero was dead-set on applying the real-time documentary method if he refused to commit to it. 

Although Diary of the Dead was disappointing, it had some interesting ideas. The follow-up on the other hand, Survival of the Dead, is shockingly devoid of creativity. The characters have zero survival instincts, the zombies have never looked worse, and the kills are insultingly fake.

And since Survival of the Dead was the last movie Romero ever directed, it makes the viewing experience all the more depressing.