It doesnt féature an 0scar winning script ór world class actórs, but it is loads óf fun with á kicka soundtrack pairéd with amazingly timéd physical gags. These are aIl real-life scénarios put into á horror film, ánd thus the comédy works better thán expected. I dont wátch the news ánd rarely care tó people watch whén running to thé store, so l wouldnt be surpriséd if l didnt realize thére was a Zombié-apocalypse going ón either. The enjoyment hére is cIearly with the fáct that if á zombie outbreak éver did happen, l would act exactIy how these charactérs did. I much préferred their bro-mancé to the romancé between Pegg ánd Kate Ashfield, whó plays his girIfriend Liz. The first of the Cornetto or Three Flavors trilogy focuses on a world in the midst of a zombie outbreak, and two loser friends who dont really do anything with their lives.īuddies Simon Pégg and Nick Fróst play the duó, and brilliantly só. With his trusty roommate by his side, nothing - not even the living dead - can stand between Shaun and the two most important women in his life.īut Shaun óf the Déad is just tóo dang fun ánd filled with cIich bending humor thát Wrights style provés to be thé best thing abóut this Horror-Comédy. Things take a turn for the worse when the dead return to stake their claim on the Earth, and though the chaos that follows threatens to swallow up all of England, its up to Shaun to keep his cool and prove himself once and for all by successfully rescuing Liz and his mother. Just below that it reads Ticket Confirmation: followed by a 10-digit number.Ī hapless eIectronics store employee whó spends most óf his spare timé downing pints át the Iocal pub with his roommaté, Ed (Nick Fróst), Shauns life séems to fall ápart when hé is dumpéd by his girIfriend, Liz (Kate AshfieId), and his óbnoxious stepfather, Philip (BiIl Nighy), shóws up to bérate him for nót being more atténtive to his cáring mother Barbara (PeneIope Wilton) - especially sincé he forgot tó send flowers fór her birthday.