Not that good, to be honest

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2006)

Shaun of the Dead has a big problem. The writers love their horror films. Sadly, they love their horror films just a bit too much and spend most of it ripping ideas and scenes from flicks such as Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead and dropping in references to other characters and pictures. As a result, you end up with a VERY British hotpot of something 20% original, 80% remake.
The premise is good, the acting is pretty decent and locations and sets are spot on, but when everyone is called Ash and shops are called Landis and posters on the walls are Japanese flicks, you begin to grow tired of the cleverness of it all. Throw in a few "SPACED" in-jokes for good measure and you have one of the most geeky monster films ever made.
The good news is, if you grow tired of spot the film reference, you can always play spot the comedian/rock star not-very-funny cameo game instead.
I picked up the DVD of this expecting more. Instead I got in lesson in how to make 15-year-old boys laugh (Using the c-word in the first five minutes should have set the alarm bells ringing).
It's okay if your drunk and eating a pizza but there are better movies around. One of Channel Four on a Sunday night.