Starring: Kate Ashfield, Tim Baggaley, Nicola Cunningham, Sonnell Dadral, Lucy Davis (II) Directed By: Edgar Wright Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 21, 2004 Running Time: 99 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Product Description: A ROMANTIC ZOMBIE COMEDY, THIS FILM CENTERS AROUND A YOUNG MAN WHOSE ONLY GOAL IN LIFE IS TO HANG OUT IN HIS LOCAL PUB. THAT CHANGES WHEN HE IS CHALLENGED TO WIN BACK HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HEART - AS WELL AS FIGHT THE HORDES OF ZOMBIES WHO MYSTERIOUSLY START TAKING OVER HIS BELOVED NORTH LONDON NEIGHBORHOOD.
Amazon.com: British horror/comedy Shaun of the Dead is a scream in all senses of the word. Brain-hungry zombies shamble through the streets of London, but all unambitious electronics salesman Shaun (Simon Pegg) cares about is his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), who just dumped him. With the help of his slacker roommate Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun fights his way across town to rescue Liz, but the petty concerns of life keep getting in the way: When they're trying to use vinyl records to decapitate a pair of zombies, Shaun and Ed bicker about which bands deserve preservation--New Order they keep, but Sade becomes a lethal frisbee. Many zombie movies are comedies by accident, but Shaun of the Dead is deliberately and brilliantly funny, while still delivering a few delicious jolts of fear. Also featuring the stealthy comic presence of Bill Nighy (Love Actually) and some familar faces from The Office. --Bret Fetzer
An instant classic. It's a zombie movie, yes, so of course I am going to like it. It's a comedy too, sweet. Chocked full of references to other movies, and with a circular script, by this I mean, things said earlier in the movie will be said again, later, and in reference to different situations, but used correctly just the same. Some may think it's cheater, but I enjoyed it, and will watch it more just to see if I can pick out more instances. If you like zombie movies, you like this one, if you like satirical comedies, you'll like this one. If you think Simon Peg is hot . . . well, you're strange, but he's there too. If you like Hot Fuzz, you'll like this one even better.
Great Movie! Great movie is all i can say mostly. I can watch this movie over and over again. Got to also add Amazon with there amazing fast shipping!
Amazing Amazing that I liked it. I don't do horror. The best zombies ever were in the Michael Jackson video Thriller. I should say I like vampires and werewolves and licans, etc, but Night of the Living Dead was scary. My son walked away from this movie on TV, left it on, I happened along and sat down and started laughing. So I recorded it and watched it the next night with my husband and daughter. Both of them hated it, and I loved it. Like the other reviewer said, it's intellectual humour. Amazing. I'm going to rent it without commercials and the hack job Comedy Central did on it and try it again. I told my family, when you take out the non-scary zombies, it's just a story about a guy and his friends/girlfriend. That's what I liked about it.
scratched all over they didnt mention in the summary that this item was scratched all over the back. it does play though, so i really cant complain
Very Funny, But Has Its Serious Moments The basic plot: Shaun, a ne'er-do-well, finds his dead-end life interrupted by zombies taking over Britain. What follows is his attempt to save the people he cares about, in the middle of an undead apocalypse.
This movie is very, very funny. The writing is smart, and includes "inside" references to any number of horror/scifi movies. The main character and his buddy are reminiscent of Earl and his brother, Randy, from "My Name is Earl", but this movie takes the time to occasionally get serious, especially towards the end.
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