Reviews

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright knock it out of the park with 2004's Shaun of the Dead, a deft and imaginative black comedy that seamlessly blends roll-on-the-floor comedy with stomach churning violence, riveting the viewer with a story that galvanizes the viewer and never allows said viewer to forget h...

The film forces humans in the movie to exhibit full range of emotions in the apocalyptic setting and not just survival as it happens with most of the movies from this genre.

Before there were any zombie comedies, there was Edgar Wright's pioneering film, Shaun of the Dead.

The fact that Shaun later in the film can easily impersonate the zombie in order to find his way to the Winchester amongst all the zombies shows how close he is to being one of them and it's a clever bit of characterisation by writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright.

Romero, creator of the films that this movie pays homage to and lampoons, was so impressed with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's work that he asked them to appear in Land of the Dead (2005), the fourth part of his Dead series, in cameos as zombies.

Many call the film a parody of many other movies but Shaun really is a highly inventive and incredibly clever throwback to the horror genre, with a ton of new stuff thrown in and lashings of typical Pegg And Frost humour.

Shaun Of The Dead stars Simon Pegg as Shaun, as a deadbeat adult who lives with his best friend Ed (Nick Frost) and his kind-of-friend Pete (Peter Serafinowicz).

Shaun Of The Dead is a funny, outstanding film full of film references and in-jokes, but the funniest thing about it is incorporating intense sequences with mundane routines such as toilet breaks before fighting a horde of zombies or planning how to escpae while having a cup of tea.

When zombies turn up, and Shaun barely notices, it's the playful bits of social commentary, and the absurdity of it all, that pull out the biggest laughs.

If you have a strong stomach and a good sense of humor, you should see this movie, and soon.