Reviews by Matt

With Halloween just around the corner I decided to write a holiday themed review. I hate horror movies, I get scared way to easily. Let’s just say that I may be 22, but I scare like a 5 year old. So why am I about to review a “horror” movie? Well it’s simple, It’s not really a horror flick per say, it’s a comedy/horror. The poster even says “A smash hit romantic comedy. With Zombies.” Yes, “Shaun of the Dead” is a horror/ comedy movie. And a really good one to boot.


Set in the suburbs of England, “Shaun of the Dead” is about Shaun (Simon Pegg) a 29-year old store clerk who has nothing going in this life. His girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashford) has just left him because she wants more then he is giving her. His friend Ed (Nick Frost,) is a slacker who spends his days on the couch playing video games. The day he decides to get his life back together is the same day as the living dead invade. He must now fight off zombies and save Liz and his mother (Penelope Wilton) form the undead.

This movie is just down right hilarious. The way that Shaun goes about saving his family and friends are not he brightest of ideas. He constantly has to change his plan to make the trip to The Winchester (the only safe place he knows of) go smoother and avoid being eaten by the zombies. Shaun is the unlikely hero and for some reason, his friends follow him even when he doesn’t know what he is doing.

“Shaun of the Dead” is not a spoof per say. It doesn’t make fun of other zombie movies, while the film is a take on “Dawn of the Dead,” it is just a different take on the zombie film. It takes a humorous look at zombies. Shaun goes around killing zombies with a cricket bat, pool cues and even throws records at a few zombies. There is one scene I really like where Shaun and Ed are throwing records at two zombies. Shaun tells Ed to be careful, some of the records are rare. Ed begins to flip through and has to ask Shaun about every record "Purple Rain"? “No.” "Sign o' the Times"? “Definitely not.” “The "Batman" soundtrack?” “Throw it.” All the while the zombies are getting closer and closer.

The humor is not for everyone. I do not mean that in terms of curse words, or bathroom humor, which this movie has, but it is British humor, which not everyone gets. I find this to be one of the funniest movies I have ever seen and recommend it highly. If your like me and you scare easier then an arachnophobic in a spider web then see this movie, it is less horror and more comedy.





8 out of 10
Rated R for zombie violence/gore and language.
Runtime: 99 min