First Look: George A. Romero's Indie Horror Movie

The trailer for horror maestro George A. Romero’s latest film, Diary of the Dead, recently debuted on the film’s MySpace page.

Romero defined the zombie horror sub-genre with his landmark film in 1986 1968 (thanks, khefera and dave blood!) Night of the Living Dead. Tired of struggling with studios, he elected to get back to his indie, rough-edged roots and write, direct and produce his fifth zombie movie himself. Diary is a quasi-prequel throwback, and follows a group of kids documenting the first zombie outbreak. With the user-gen DIY perspective via cell phones and hand-held camcorders, the movie is a cross between The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield, sans the nausea and the whole shrouded-in-mystery viral aspect.

From Romero’s MySpace blog:

"Lemme tell ya about Diary of the Dead. I love it. It’s the first film since my original Night of the Living Dead that I can say is completely my own …

Diary is a hundred percent independent, made with my partner, Peter Grunwald, and our new friends at Artfire. I haven’t had this much freedom since 1968. The cast, of what film critics will probably call “unknowns” (they won’t be for long) is, in my opinion, fuckin’ great."

I’ve been following this film for awhile now, and am dying (ha!) to see it. The film is scheduled to hit theaters Feb. 15; check out the trailer after the jump.

Check out this video: Diary of the Dead – Exclusive Trailer

George A. Romero revives the genre he helped define with his indie return to the big screen with Diary of the Dead.