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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 21, 2004
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis & Nick Frost | |
Performer: | Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz & Dylan Moran | |
Directed by | Edgar Wright | |
Edited by | Chris Dickens | |
Screenwriting by | Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg | |
Cameo: | Chris Martin, Martin Freeman & Jon Buckland | |
Produced by | Eric Fellner & Tim Bevan | |
Executive Production by | Alison Owen |
Entertainment Reviews:
Mixing horror and humor is no mean feat, but Shaun Of The Dead tightens throats in fear without making the laughs stick there in the process.
AV Club
Shaun of the Dead is not the first film to draw parallels between the drudgery of adult working-life and zombiism, but it's a good one.
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Pittsburgh City Paper
There are some funny scenes, particularly as the film's lead actors, a pair of Everyguys, fight off hordes of creepy flesh-eaters in creative ways and with unusual implements.
USA Today
Rating: 4/5 --
Wright's style is pure, cartoon aesthetic: all quick cuts, sharp points of focus, the precise merging of sound with a cut or pan and the crowd-pleasing use of pop tunes.
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Patrick Nabarro
[T]he filmmakers, clearly fans of the genre, have got the zom and the com parts down cold...
Entertainment Weekly
It's nice to see a film where the writing is so immediately brilliant that a certain part of you relaxes.
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The Tyee (British Columbia)
[The directors] keep the blood and the laughs gushing....This blast of fright and fun best catches the spirit of George Romero...
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
Edgar Wright's horror-comedy film, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, follows the title character (Simon Pegg) through his mundane life in London. Joined by his immature and ever-present roommate, Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun excels at nothing except drinking pints of ale and watching television, which causes friction with his girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield). Before Shaun can save his relationship, however, he's got to fend off a horde of zombies that are slowly taking over the city. Armed with a cricket bat and a vague sense of direction, Shaun must rescue his friends and loved ones, and bring them to the only safe place he can think of--the pub.
Cowritten by Wright and Pegg, SHAUN OF THE DEAD succeeds remarkably well at combining droll British humor with good, old-fashioned zombie cinema. While the movie is often hilariously amusing, it takes its horror pedigree seriously, offering up moments of genuine suspense, and even a healthy dose of gore. Pegg is oddly charming as the put-upon lead slacker, and Frost is appropriately oafish, but the living dead themselves also take up a fair amount of screen time, shuffling and limping in their best Romero form. For lovers of zombie films and other chills-and-chuckles outings like EVIL DEAD II and DEAD ALIVE, SHAUN OF THE DEAD is an instant cult classic.
Cowritten by Wright and Pegg, SHAUN OF THE DEAD succeeds remarkably well at combining droll British humor with good, old-fashioned zombie cinema. While the movie is often hilariously amusing, it takes its horror pedigree seriously, offering up moments of genuine suspense, and even a healthy dose of gore. Pegg is oddly charming as the put-upon lead slacker, and Frost is appropriately oafish, but the living dead themselves also take up a fair amount of screen time, shuffling and limping in their best Romero form. For lovers of zombie films and other chills-and-chuckles outings like EVIL DEAD II and DEAD ALIVE, SHAUN OF THE DEAD is an instant cult classic.
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- Sales Rank: 41,691
- UPC: 025192582127
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