Hilarious and horrifying

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2019)

Although not inaccurately billed as "a romantic comedy with zombies," Shaun of the Dead is, at its heart, a horror film with the same underlying hopelessness that typifies the zombie movie genre. To stave off some of this inevitable darkness, this well constructed, very funny film features not only a witty script full of clever parallels and outrageous situations but also plenty of over the top, implausible gore.