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Shaun Of The Dead
2004
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead begin roaming the earth (or .. Read more
| Starring | Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Bill Nighy |
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| Director | Edgar Wright |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror, Romance |
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Shaun Of The Dead
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead begin roaming the earth (or London's Crouch End, at least) and, with the help of his slacker chum, Ed (Nick Frost), he must save Liz and his dear mum from becoming zombies! Well, that's if he can get out of the local pub...
| Starring | Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Bill Nighy, Matt Lucas, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, David Walliams, Dylan Moran, Lucy Davis, Penelope Wilton, Julia Davis, Rob Brydon, Martin Freeman |
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| Director | Edgar Wright |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 35 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
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| Genres | Comedy, Horror, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 06 Sep 2004 Blu-ray: 12 Oct 2009 HD DVD: 15 Oct 2007 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Laughter and fear may not seem the likeliest bedfellows. One sensation is pure pleasure, the other is something we usually prefer to avoid in our everyday life. There isn't a great read more »
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42 out of 61 people found this review helpful
OH YES!!!
What a film! It's really hard to find a horror/comedy that keeps you laughing all the way through but 'Shaun of the Dead' did just that!
The gags at the beginning were just as good as the ones at the end.... AND YET! still paid homage to the 1978 'Dawn of the Dead' film it was obviously based on.
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Dead Funny
The feature film debut from the team that bought you the inspired Channel 4 sitcom ‘Spaced’. A blend of romantic comedy and zombie movie (or RomZomCom - imagine Richard Curtis being bludgeoned by George A Romero), it’s one of the most inventive British movies for years. The comedy is sharp, observant and achingly funny in places and when the zombies are unleashed, the film proves to be surprisingly creepy.
Director Edgar Wright employs many of the same effective visual flourishes he used in ‘Spaced’ – crash zooms, whip pans, fast cuts. The cast is excellent – particular praise should go to writer/star Simon Pegg, who is in nearly every scene and handles some tricky emotional scenes with skill. Another pleasing aspect to this film is that it is so intrinsically British. Proper British, not the postcard, American-pleasing British seen in most other films produced in the UK. Pubs, Corner shops, pork-scratchings, Cornettos, Trisha – they’re all in there.
Although the film is littered with little homages to various zombie flicks and genre movies, it never becomes too knowing. In the wrong hands, it could have easily slipped into soulless parody, but Pegg and Wright obviously have a deep love and respect for the genre that shows throughout the film.
If you’re a casual movie watcher, you’ll certainly enjoy the film, however, it’s the fans of the horror genre and movie buffs who will probably get more satisfaction. -
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Shaun of the Dead - HD DVD Version
Pub regular Shaun certainly needs a drink. He's fallen out with his Mum and his girlfriend's dumped him. Determined to get his sad life back on track, he decides to pull himself together only to be confronted with an unexpected obstacle, an unrelenting swarm of suburban living corpses. Who'd've ...
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Shaun Of The Dead - BLU-RAY Version
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead ...
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Shaun Of The Dead
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead ...
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