The Zombie Diaries is being released TODAY in the UK (no word on a US release date) and to celebrate the marketers are trying to attempt a world record sized zombie walk. Actually due to the time difference it’s probably done already at this point (if you were there send us some pics!)

At this point I’d like to point out the glaring similarities between this movie and Diary of the Dead. Both center on a film crew making a movie (or documentary in the case of The Zombie Diaries) during a zombie outbreak. Predictably things turn and they are forced to find a way to survive. I don’t know if one is stealing ideas from the other, but I don’t think it’s a stretch to think that The Zombie Diaries at least got some inspiration from George Romero. Every zombie movie since Night of the Living Dead owes at least something to him.

That said, based on the trailer below The Zombie Diaries does similar to [REC] which I gushed about two weeks ago and I’ll be looking forward to seeing this one.