Shaun: a boring, everyday...zombie killer?

Rating: 9/10 (23 June 2005)

Meet Shaun. His girlfriend just broke up with him, his flatmate is a slob, he forgot to get his mom flowers, he can't make peace with his step dad, and to top it all off... the world has been over populated with zombies! Now to save his life and his relationship with everyone around him Shaun and his flatmate friend Ed must go up against blood thirsty zombies, save him mom, make peace with his step dad, save his girlfriend Liz, and hold up in a near by Pub with the safety of a cricket bat.
Shaun of the Dead is a instant classic. You'll love the mix of horror and comedy along with the sad family issues. Aside from the jokes is the gore, that's right gore in a zombie love story! Spoilers: gory parts include when David gets grabbed by thousands of zombies outside the pub and gets ripped apart, a homage to Day of the Dead, Shaun blowing zombies heads open with a gun, Shaun getting a dart in the head...ouch, and so on. The acting is done quite well and you'll love the assortment of characters. You got the everyday loser Shaun, the slob flatmate Ed, the pretty girlfriend Liz, Shauns caring mother Barbra, the take charge and stern step dad Phillip, and so on. You'll start laughing just at the first shot, a zoom in on Shaun's face! Get a riot from the garden sequence with zombies Mary and the Hulk, the Queen sequence, White Lines, acting as zombies to get to the pub, falling over a fence, oh I could go on for hours! Now do yourselves a favor and go see this movie, you won't regret it!