Remove the head or destroy the brain.

Rating: 10/10 (6 September 2005)

This has to be a one off film as i don't think i have ever seen anything quite like it. Those expecting a spoof expect to be disappointed as this is a witty original comedy.
The idea for this movie was when Simon Pegg wondered what zombie films would have been had they been set in Hackney, and the results prove they would have been hilarious.
The plot is simple, Shaun is a loser!! After losing his girlfriend the end of the world is nigh, unless he can save them and kick some zombie butt. The cast are all superb in this film as it wallows its way through London to try to get to the pub.
Pegg is excellent as Shaun, our have a go hero, yet he still kept most of the best lines for Nick Frost (Ed) Peggs real life best friend. The other cast members all do great jobs too, Kate Ashfield (Liz) plays a straight role to a likable enough degree, Dylan Moran (David) is excellent with his sh*t eating grin as Liz dumps Shaun. Lucy Davies (Di) also does a great job with you feeling such sympathy for her just for the look on the girls face. Last but not least Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton are as excellent as ever, as i think we all expect from them, as Shauns Mom and Step Father.
The film pays homage to lots of great horror films with slight references to everything from Halloween to An American werewolf in London. But what impressed me the most with this film was the way it stuck to the George Romero zombie flicks, without ever trying to dull it down. The gorefest is exactly what you expect from a zombie film and even though this is a comedy it stays true to the zombie genre. I was also happy that the zombies moved like zombies and not like the running idiots from the dawn of the dead remake, i feel that the slow movement gives a creepier edge to the zombies that modern zombie flicks have lost.
I feel that the hard work of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright deserve to go down in history as a zombie film you should not be ashamed to own.
An instant cult classic Happy Viewing