If you don't laugh, you're probably dead

Rating: Null/10 (29 September 2004)

Well known to British television audiences for the surreal comedy Spaced, co-writer Simon Pegg heads a top notch comedy cast for a film which manages to be both one of the funniest big screen comedies in years and a gory horror film which will satisfy any disciple of the splatter genre; indeed, this is probably the most satisfying amalgam of the two forms since the early films of Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson (the former gets several nods in the script, as - of course - does George Romero). British comedy fans will also spot a veritable "who's who" from recent hits in the supporting cast (Spaced, The Office, Black Books, Little Britain). If this movie leaves you cold, you might as well leave the pub and join the zombies.