Doc of the Dead is a 2014 American documentary film written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe that focuses on the zombie genre.
[3] Doc of the Dead looks at the zombie genre in film, literature and pop culture as a whole.
[4] Fearnet praised the film for incorporating as much information as it did, as they felt that it would help the documentary appeal to both audiences familiar and unfamiliar with the zombie genre while alienating neither.
[5] In contrast, The Hollywood Reporter remarked that the documentary was an "entertaining but lightweight pop-culture doc".
"[7] The Austin Chronicle expressed a similar opinion in its review, writing, "Though not without its moments (especially the slow-moving vs. fast-moving zombie debate), overall the doc seems rote, running a familiar gamut: history, pop-psych theories, tons of movie clips, etc.