Shaun Of The Dead

When the zombies invade, it takes north London slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) a while to notice, so wrapped up is he in his own world of the pub, on-off romance with Kate Ashfield's Liz, and the pub. But soon he's involved in a blend of deadpan humour and horror, ending in a John Carpenter-like siege - in the pub. Penelope Wilton and Bill Nighy add some feeling as Shaun's parents.

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Shaun of the Dead quiz

Do you know what their local pub is called and what dogs can't do?

Shaun Of The Dead is 10 years old

This will make you feel old. My film Shaun Of The Dead is 10 today. Please celebrate by reading the screenplays by myself and Simon Pegg for Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End right here. Enjoy.

Lego 'Shaun of the Dead' anyone?

Lego were in need of about 5,000 supporters in order to create a Lego set for the great Simon Pegg / Edgar Wright zombie invasion comedy film, Shaun of the Dead.

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's zombie romcom, a tribute to George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead, is amusing, smart and, towards the end, genuinely tense. Shaun (Pegg), a Londoner in a dull job and a fractious relationship, finds his humdrum routine disrupted when almost everyone else in the country turns into a zombie. There's a special geeky pleasure in spotting all the film buff in-jokes.

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's British zombie comedy is amusing, smart and, towards the end, genuinely tense. Shaun (Pegg), who's in a dull job and a fractious relationship, finds his humdrum routine disrupted when almost everyone else in the country turns into a zombie. There's a special geeky pleasure in spotting all the film-buff in-jokes.

Simon Pegg excels in this comic tribute to George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead. When London becomes overrun by flesh-eating zombies, Shaun (Pegg) finds that the only solution is to head for the pub with the few survivors. From there, they use anything that comes to hand - such as Dire Straits LPs - to fend off the undead. It may slacken a little towards the end but the humour and gore just about suffice.