Zombie film George A Romero's Diary Of The Dead has already proved a major draw to international buyers ahead of its world premiere in Midnight Madness tonight.

Voltage Pictures has sold rights to the UK (Optimum), Japan (Presidio), Germany (Legend), France (Bac), Twister (Russia), Italy (Sharada), Brazil (Imagem), and Argentina (Pachamama).

Further deals closed in Scandinavia (Nordisk), pan-Asia (Star TV), Greece (Hollywood Entertainment), Portugal (Prisvideo), Malaysia and Singapore (Ram Indo), Israel (Jasmine), the Middle East (Gulf), Peru (Delta Video), the Philippines (Pioneer), Poland (Monolith), the Czech Republic and Hungary (Intersonic), Turkey (Tiglon), Venezuela (Blanco), Yugoslavia (Blitz), and Iceland (SENA).

Diary Of The Dead follows a crew of horror film-makers who find themselves caught up in real nightmare as the dead begin walking the earth. Cinetic Media is representing North American rights.