Shaun of the Dead stands up as a horror movie as well as a comedy.
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09/26/04
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Shaun of the Dead (2004)
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Reviews Counted:171
Fresh:155
Rotten:16
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Shaun of the Dead cleverly balances scares and witty satire, making for a bloody good zombie movie with loads of wit.
Theatrical Release:Sep 24, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $13,464,388
Synopsis: 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),... [More]
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Reviews for Shaun of the Dead
The best male bonding film since Last Orders and the best romantic comedy since Love Actually. Oh, and it's a great zombie flick, too.
09/26/04
We faithful of the Church of Blood and Ultra-gore have been waiting a long, long time for a movie like Shaun of the Dead, at the very least since 1993.
09/26/04
...[a] devilishly dandy flesh-eating farce...uniquely hilarious and horrifying...Shaun and his cannibalistic cohorts will truly get under your skin.
09/26/04
If you like your romance with a few entrails on the side, this was made for you! More emotion and more laughs than you get from most horror movies - best use of zombies ever.
09/26/04
Gleefully funny--and gruesomely gory.
09/25/04
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09/25/04
Good-natured enough to recommend it to fans of the genre.
09/25/04
isn't the sure-fire smash cult flick its advance buzz suggested, but in its own way, it may be a first - a 'cute' zombie flick which employs subtlety in its humor
09/25/04
It’s being billed as a zombie romantic comedy, but it’s not Rotting Hill – it’s definitely a zombie adventure movie first. And it's a hoot and a half!
09/24/04
This is that rare, lucky film that gets to have its brains and eat them, too.
09/24/04
The main problem is that Shaun feels like a high-budget, season-ending, extended-length TV episode. Once the situation itself is milked for laughs, the film falls flat.
09/24/04
'Shaun of the Dead' has that most vital ingredient of any good zombie film, an underlying layer of social commentary that gives the script a brain.
09/24/04
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09/24/04
The movie has been running on shtick for so long that the attempt at drama rings hollow.
09/24/04
Wonderfully original, fast-moving and funny.
09/24/04
Top CriticIf the zombie genre steadfastly refuses to die, we can be grateful to Shaun of the Dead for breathing fresh, diverting life into the form, with subtle visual humor and a smart, impish sense of fun.
09/24/04
Both genuinely funny and authentically horrifying, it puts the average horror comedy to shame.
09/24/04
Plays brilliantly with our familiarity with zombie genre (yes, I actually said that) convention.
09/24/04
Top CriticA wonderfully funny spoof of zombie movies ... and of the kind of life that can turn a man into the walking dead.
09/24/04
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