Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Matt Lucas, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, David Walliams, Rob Brydon, Dylan Moran, Martin Freeman, Lucy Davis, Penelope Wilton, Julia Davis, Rob Brydon, Martin Freeman

Director: Edgar Wright

Summary: Shaun and his best friend Ed find their lives a little busy at the moment, the Dead are coming back to life and trying to eat the living. Now they must rescue the family and take them to a place of safety. The local pub will do nicely...

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 expected that down the boozer, eh, except perhaps after one too many shandies! SPACED's Simon Pegg plays Shaun with relish, swinging his cricket bat at the invading cadaverous hoardes, knocking them for six. With an array of celebrity cameos and featuring some contemporary comedy names, this is a rare beast, a rom-com zombie spoof.

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It's no disparagement to describe Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s zombie-rom-com Shaun of the Dead as playing like an extended episode of Spaced. Not only does the movie have the rather modest scope of a TV production, it also boasts the snappy editing, smart camera moves, and deliciously post-modern dialogue familiar from the sitcom, as well as using many of the same cast: Pegg’s Shaun and Nick Frost’s Ed are doppelgangers of their Spaced characters, while Jessica Stevenson and Peter Serafinowicz appear in smaller roles. Unlike the TV series, it’s less important for the audience to be in on the movie in-jokes, though it won’t hurt if you know George Romero’s famous Dawn of the Dead trilogy, which is liberally plundered for zombie behaviour and mythology.

Shaun is a loser, stuck in a dead-end job and held back by his slacker pal Ed. Girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) is exasperated by his lack of ambition and unceremoniously dumps him. As a result, Shaun misses out on what is apparently the end of the world. In a series of beautifully choreographed and edited scenes, including hilarious tracking shots to and from the local shop, he spectacularly fails to notice the death toll and subsequent zombie plague. Only when one appears in their back garden do Shaun and Ed take notice, hurling sundry kitchen appliances at the undead before breaking out the cricket bat. The catastrophe proves to be the catalyst for Shaun to take charge of his life, sort out his relations with his dotty mum (Penelope Wilton) and distant stepdad (Bill Nighy), and fight to win back his ex-girlfriend. Lucy Davis from The Office and Dylan Moran of Black Books fame head the excellent supporting cast. --Mark Walker

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Extended Bits, Outtakes, The Man Who Would Be Shaun, Funky Pete, Plot Holes, T4 With Coldplay, Fun Dead, Trisha - Your Nine Lives Are Up, Trisha - I Married A Monster, Jeremy Thomson Interview, Photogallery, 2000AD Strip, Poster Designs, Diaries From Simon Pegg, Lucy
Release Date:	October 15, 2007
Runtime:	95 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	8251897
Keywords:	Comedy, Dead, General, Shaun, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult