Feb. 22, 2023

This Day in Halloween: George A. Romero's found footage zombie film "Diary of the Dead" opens across the U.S. in 2008. / Illustration by Brandon Chi

Diary of the Dead opens across the U.S. in 2008. The fifth of six films in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead zombie series, and the only one to utilize the “found footage” style. The indie film receives mostly good reviews and is a box office success. 

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