Shaun of the Dead

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 7, 2004, 1:49 am

I just finished watching this Low budget Indy Brit film. It is basically a Romero-Esque zombie flick...mucho humor and fun zombie massacre fun!

If you like Romero, mild-gore and cheeky horror, this is the film for you!

I will be buying this on DVD whenever it comes out!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 26, 2004, 12:50 am

Good christ on a bumper sticker.....watch this fucking movie already....

Have I ever led you wrong???

Burke · Post by **Burke** » August 26, 2004, 11:41 am

Saw a sneak preview in DC a couple of nights ago. Great flick. A lot of references laced throughout the movie along with a good balance of zombie gore and humor. Sorry, humour. And there was a Q&A with the two leads and director afterwards.

Highly recommend this film. Will own it when it comes out on DVD.

Two severed and rotting thumbs up.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » August 26, 2004, 11:53 am

I imagine this film will at least make it to indy houses. I will see it many times over!

Can't wait!!!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » September 12, 2004, 3:52 am

I watched it. It was like a slice of fried gold.

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » September 19, 2004, 3:41 pm

Saw it yesterday with the missus. Very funny, definately worth buyin.

Deward · Post by **Deward** » October 25, 2004, 10:19 am

This finally made it to my town and I caught the matinee on Saturday. There were a total of three people in the audience. It was pretty good and I will get it on DVD to add to my Zombie Collection. Definitely a different style of Zombie movie though. It was a well thought out and acted movie and the humor was well placed.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 25, 2004, 1:56 pm

I'm sorry Shaun...no really Shaun, I'm sorry!

ooooh eewww!

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » October 26, 2004, 5:40 am

I'll stop doing it when you stop laughing

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » April 11, 2005, 1:14 pm

Finally got to see this movie. I bought the DVD because I knew that I would want it for my zombie collection.

OMG this movie was fucking hilarious! I loved it and I am glad I got it.

Now if they will hurry up and get Day of the Dead made. Only, with a better story.

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » April 11, 2005, 1:55 pm

Movie was fantastic on many different levels.

ED: "Well your mum called and asked if you were comin' round tommorow. And then Liz called and asked if you two were eating out tonight. And then your mum called back and asked if I wanted to eat her out tonight."

Shaun: "What?"

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 11, 2005, 2:16 pm

Hella fun movie. I bought one dvd for myself, and one for my dad since he is a zombie nut and had never heard of it. (My dad is not Mr. Current Events by a long shot)

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » April 12, 2005, 5:00 pm

funny movie, the last 30-45 mins or so were real lame though

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 12, 2005, 5:06 pm

Xzion wrote:funny movie, the last 30-45 mins or so were real lame though

That's because your attention span ends about 60 minutes into any movie.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » April 12, 2005, 5:41 pm

I thought the zombie assault on Winchester's was kinda boring myself.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 12, 2005, 7:24 pm

Animalor wrote:I thought the zombie assault on Winchester's was kinda boring myself.

ok...that part was pretty boring...bastard!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » April 13, 2005, 5:30 am

Hello thread revival!

I am glad to see more folks liking this wonderful film. I certainly hope to see more from these filmmakers.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » April 13, 2005, 7:47 am

Winnow wrote:
Xzion wrote:funny movie, the last 30-45 mins or so were real lame though
That's because your attention span ends about 60 minutes into any movie.

how do you come to that conclusion?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 24, 2005, 7:23 pm

Shawn of the dead is amazing!

Canelek if you like the sort of humour that Simon Pegg (Shawn) does, a lot of the cast are essentially the best comics in Britain, they collaborate a lot, SOTD being the best known worldwide thing they did.

They have a ton of other shows that are shown on Channel 4 or BBC here in Britain.

Which are:
Spaced - with Simon Pegg, cracker little oddball sitcom.

Black Books - The guy who fancies Shawns GF heads this show, also has a few other cast members from SOTD in it. I highly recommend this, the guy (Dylan Moran) although unlikeable in SOTD (being the "baddie" girlfriend lurker) is SOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING in this (he plays an Irish drunk

), definately one of the funniest shows in Britain.

Brass Eye - Made by a guy called Chris Morris, who sort of leads this bunch by default due to how amazing he is.
(He is actually infinitely funnier than Simon Pegg), If you see any Chris Morris material, ever, get it, you will not be disappointed.

Big Train - Another Simon Pegg and co off the wall comedy sketch show, a bit hit and miss, but worth a watch, sometimes hilarious.

Little Britain - Another show done by 2 comedians, one of which makes a brief appearance in SOTD.

Finally, the girl who is friends with Shawns GF (the drama student who gets killed saving her BF) is in "The Office" made by a guy called Ricky Gervais, this show is absofuckinglutely hilarious (and makes you cringe) and I definately recommend it to EVERYONE!
I saw the American version of the office and without Gervais as the main character, it loses everything that made the office the absolute classic it is.

Oh I forgot; Simon Pegg is also in a film called "24 hour party people" but I haven't seen it, so can't say if it's good or not.

Hope that helps

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » April 24, 2005, 8:35 pm

Awesome! thanks for the list Teeny!

Simon Pegg and crew are brilliant IMO and I had thought about checking out some of their other works.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 24, 2005, 8:51 pm

np sir!

miir · Post by **miir** » June 1, 2005, 5:50 pm

Bump for idiots who are too lazy (or dense) to click on anything other than the first page of this forum.