Shaun of the Dead Movie Review 2004

Brits Wright and Pegg's flick has been referred to as a "rom zom com" or romantic zombie comedy-certainly a cinematic rarity. Slacker clerk Shaun (Pegg), who lives with dim loser chum Ed (Frost), is dumped by frustrated girlfriend Liz (Ashfield) and goes to his favorite pub to drown his sorrows. Because of his morning hangover, Shaun is unaware that London is suddenly overrun with the walking dead. It takes a zombie in the garden to get Shaun and Ed to take action--armed with a cricket bat, shovel, and unwanted vinyl discs from their record collection (the better to slice off a zombie's head). But there's an up side: the zombie crisis brings out the best in Shaun as the survivors retreat to the pub for a final stand, and more beer.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Horror Comedy, Zombies, Great Britain, London, Buddies, Anti-Heroes

Screenplay

Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright

Cast

Kate Ashfield, Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Nicola Cunningham, Jessica Stevenson

Cinematography

David M. Dunlap

Director

Edgar Wright

Music

Daniel Mudford, Peter Woodhead

Other

Simon Hayes, Chris Dickens, Karen Wakefield, Annie Hardinge, Marcus Rowland

Producer

Nira Park, Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Productions, WT2 (Squared), Universal