Devonshire Productions has released the official synopsis for the film which inexplicably will not be called Island of the Dead even though that would have made perfect sense.“On a small island off North America’s coast, the dead rise to menace the living. Yet…the islanders can’t bring themselves to exterminate their loved ones, despite the growing danger from those the once held dear. A rebel among them hunts down all the zombies he can find, only to be banished from the island for assassinating his neighbors and friends. On the mainland, bent on revenge, he encounters a small band of survivors in search of an oasis on which to build a new life. Barely surviving an attack from a mass of ravenous flesh-eaters. They commandeer a zombie-infested ferry and sail to the island. There, to their horror, they discover that the locals have chained the dead inside their homes, pretending to live ‘normal’ lives…with bloody consequences. What ensues is a desperate struggle for survival and the answer to a question never posed in Romero’s Dead films: Can the living ever live in peace with the dead?”
Apparently, the movie is a direct sequel to Diary of the Dead, Romero's one misstep in the series (yeah, I said it). I love the dead films and Romero but I have to admit that this is the first that I'm not truly excited about. My hope is that the documentary gimmick of the last film works better this time around. I've seen the promo trailer (which has since disappeared from the net) and it looks a little bit better. The quality was pretty rough and this is definitely another low budget affair (a good thing).
...Of The Dead is due sometime in 2009
