Funny, Witty and Unabashedly Violent, This is Horror With a Thumping, Oozing, Compassionate Heart Right on Its Sleeve

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2014)

An aspiring successor to Shaun of the Dead that really gets what made the original work so well. Alternatingly charming, hilarious, shocking and suspenseful, it would be tough to pinpoint a particular genre for this film, were it not so thoroughly overrun by swarms of high-speed, viscera-vomiting, man-eating corpses. Blessed with a strong, versatile cast, appropriately overdone special effects and a wicked, black sense of humor that rolled right up my alley, this is much more than just another throwaway monster movie. Loads of fun to watch, for the first time or the fiftieth time, it can also brag one of the greatest surprise cameos in modern memory. Strongly recommended, although you'll need a well-trained stomach because the gore is pervasive.