Title: Diary of the Dead (
IMDb)
Starring: Joshua Close
Released: 30th June 2008
SRP: £17.99
Further Details:
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced the DVD and Blu-ray releases of
Diary of the Dead for the 30th of June, priced at around £17.99 and £24.99 respectively. A steel book DVD edition will also be available for around £22.99. A complete list of all announced specs can be found below.
Standard Release
Disc One - 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
- Commentary with Director George A Romero, Editor Michael Doherty and DOP Adam Swica
- Making Of: Into the Camera Interview with Actors
Disc Two - Master of the Dead: Interview with George A Romero with Foreword by Producers
- Filmed Character Profiles
- You Look Dead: Make Up Featurette
- A New Spin On Death: Spin VFX Featurette
- A World Gone Mad: Photography & Design Featurette
- The Lead Up to Diary: UK Exclusive Interview from Frightfest 08
- Speak of the Dead: Featurette About the Celebrity Voice-Overs
- Shorts: The First Week & The Roots
- George A Romero Documentary (90 Mins)
Blu-ray Release
- 1.85:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1
- Commentary with Director George A Romero, Editor Michael Doherty and DOP Adam Swica
- Making of: Into the Camera Interview with Actors
- Master of the Dead: Interview with George A Romero with Foreword by Producers
- Filmed Character Profiles
- You Look Dead: Make Up Featurette
- A New Spin on Death: Spin VFX Featurette
- A World Gone Mad: Photography & Design Featurette
- The Lead Up to Diary: UK Exclusive Interview from Frightfest 08
- Speak of the Dead: Featurette About the Celebrity Voice-Overs
- Shorts: The First Week & The Roots
News by Chris Gould
The biggest problem I found with this was that because there is a narrator, George A. Romero's political views are actually "voiced" instead of being there for us to discern for ourselves.