A movie you can sink your teeth into

Rating: 8/10 (25 September 2004)

I had heard a lot of great things about "Shaun of the Dead" from my friends over in the European countries. When I heard that "Shaun of the Dead" was coming to American theaters, I was very excited and could not wait to see this movie.
"Shaun of the Dead" advertises itself as a romantic comedy....with zombies. Shaun has all the elements of American comedies in it's first act. A great deal of the comedy is how Shaun and his friend, Ed, are unaware of what is happening around them since everything seems so routine. The movie basically pokes fun at how most of us are just zombies ourselves; going through the same routines day after day. While the beginning of the movie is a comic fest, the second half of the movie is all horror with small touches of humor intertwined. The last part of the movie is a true zombie film with all the horrors of "Dawn of the Dead" and "28 Days" combined.
I was glad that a friend warned me about some of the horror scenes before I had seen the movie. Why? Because I would have been under the impression it was a zombie spoof and had taken my eight year old niece to see this movie. Beware, there are beheadings, eviscerations, flesh being ripped apart, and blood and gore.
I enjoyed "Shaun of the Dead" a great deal and would recommend it to everyone.