World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2
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| Directed by | Michael Bartlett Kevin Gates |
| Written by | Kevin Gates |
| Produced by | Rob Weston |
| Cinematography | George Carpenter |
| Edited by | Drew Cullingham Mark Tehnsuko |
| Music by | Pete Renton |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 is a 2011 British horror film written by Kevin Gates. The film is a sequel to The Zombie Diaries.
Fortunately, the film received a limited cinema release in the UK, not that it deserved any, followed by a complete rip-off of a DVD released on June 27. The film was released at US cinemas on September 2, 2011. Sorry America. [1] The leads are played by Alix Wilton Regan, Philip Brodie and Vicky Aracio.[2]
Cast
- Vicky Araico as Kayne
- Hiram Bleetman as Manny
- Tobias Bowman as Nicholson
- Philip Brodie as Maddox
- Criselda Cabitac as Sandra
- Okorie Chukwu as Carter
- Marshall Griffin as Andrews
- Russell Jones as Goke
- Josh Myers as Curtis
- Rob Oldfield as Jonesy
- Alix Wilton Regan as Leeann
- Craig Stovin as Tom
- Aj Williams as Snake
Reception to film
The film opened to mixed reviews. Aint It Cool News[3] said “Zombie Diaries 2, like its predecessor, is your higher quality zombie film. The gore is top notch. There are quite a few scenes with true scares. And of course, it’s a nice homage to the original Dead trilogy with an adherence to Romero’s rules of zombie.” TimeOut magazine[4] gave the film three stars out of five, stating that, compared to the first film “the production values in general are classier; and co-directors Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates’s handling of the relentlessly grim, apocalyptic setting is more assured.” The Daily Star[5] awarded the film seven out of ten, stating “fans of fear will be suitably thrilled and chilled by the survivors’ bloody and grisly trek towards safety with horrifying run-ins with heartless human bandits who take the law into their own hands and turn out to be almost as nasty as zombies.”
It has also received negative reviews, receiving one star out of a possible five from The Independent[6] and with Gorepress stating "World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 also fails to improve on the mistakes of its predecessor: the acting is still shocking in places, the make-up insufficient, the scares almost non-existent, the plot emaciated and the DVD cover and title are once again horribly misleading. The DVD artwork features a giant, ruined cityscape and the words “World of the Dead” smacked over it, but we never see anywhere but Bedfordshire and the biggest building we witness is an old barn… which isn’t even ruined."[7] The Guardian described it as "even less necessary than another prison drama",[8] while flickeringmyth.com says "The zombies themselves felt very non-threatening. It almost felt like they just organised a flash mob with blank firing weapons and left it at that", and "There are a couple of, frankly, unneeded rape scenes (one on a female zombie...) that just felt like Bartlett and Gates wanted to do some kind of rape revenge film, but gave up and worked zombies into it", before concluding that "World of the Dead: Zombie Diaries 2 just feels like a massive waste of time."[9] The Daily Mail said "Kevin Gates’ moronic dialogue, liberally scattered with four-letter words, is as devoid of ideas as his direction, which is shared with someone called Michael Bartlett. Though most of the camerawork suffers from St Vitus’s dance, the nastiest of several torture-rape-murders is shot, needless to say, in static, lovingly lascivious detail", and described the film as an "88 minute waste of electricity."[10]
References
- ^ "Zombie Diaries 2 Poster & Trailer". HorrorMovies.ca.
- ^ 'The Zombie Diaries' Sequel in Post-Production
- ^ "Zombie Diaries 2 review". Aint It Cool News. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries review". TimeOut magazine. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ^ "World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries review". Daily Star. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
- ^ Quinn, Anthony (2011-06-24). "World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries (18)". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ "World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2". Gorepress. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ Rose, Steve (2011-06-25). "This week's new films". The Guardian.
- ^ Preston, Will (2011-06-21). "DVD Review - World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 (2011)". Flickering Myth Movie Blog.
- ^ Tookey, Chris (2011-06-23). "World's most tedious zombie movie is an 88-minute waste of electricity". Mail Online.
