The Gore Z-Day

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2006)

The department store salesman Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a real loser, having a routine life that is bothering his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield): every night they go to the pub Winchester with Shaun's best friend, the moron Edward (Nick Frost), and Liz's friends Dianne (Lucy David) and David (Dylam Moran). Shaun and Ed share a house with Pete (Peter Serafinowicz), who hates Ed. When a satellite returning to Earth has some problems over London, the dead return to life and eat human flesh of those alive. Shaun plots a plan to rescue his mother and Liz and bring them to the Winchester, but his sanctuary is surrounded of zombies and things do not happen as planned.
"Shaun of the Dead" is a funny parody of "The Night of the Living Dead" with potential of cult-movie. The story has a British humor, and some situations are really funny, since the two heroes are authentic morons that recall Beavis and Butt-Head or even the lazy characters of "Idle Hands". This film is recommended for specific audiences that liked the black humor of "Braindead", "Frankenhooker" or "Idle hands", just to mention some examples. The news on TV in the end of the story is hilarious. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Todo Mundo Quase Morto" ("Everybody Almost Dead")
Note: On 05 February 2012 I saw this film again.