Part deadpan farce—the survivors are downright unfazed at the sight of the shuffling undead—and part bloody slapstick spectacle, it isn’t a spoof so much as an ingenious twist on a familiar genre ... Full Review | Sep 8, 2023 It’s clear to see why this opening Cornetto Trilogy film has come to be so beloved and influential amongst comedy filmmakers, the first cinematic collaboration between Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright being a superbly written and acted film Full Review | Aug 8, 2023 You won’t need a box of Kleenex, but this British comedy/horror film is at times surprisingly sentimental. It’s also hysterically funny. Full Review | Jul 26, 2023 Carefully balances its dark comedy, three-dimensional characters, and genuine chills. Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 25, 2022 Every single aspect of the film feels earned, including its classic status. Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | May 17, 2022 You have to give a lot of the credit for Shaun of the Dead to Pegg who pulls of the comedic and more emotional moments quite well. Full Review | Original Score: 8.5/10 | Mar 6, 2022 A witty riff on zombie lore with plenty of gore to suffice, if you're a fan of comedic reprieve on a horrifying sub-genre, look no further than Shaun of the Dead, you won't be let down. Full Review | Nov 12, 2021 Shaun of the Dead provides all the basics of the Zombie Apocalypse genre and adds laughs to the mix. Full Review | Oct 15, 2021  It's no easy task combining comedy and horror into a neat little package but Edgar Wright provides a taut homage and self-aware parody without ever falling into spoof territory. Full Review | Jun 10, 2021 The best zombie comedy yet made. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 16, 2020 This is a very funny movie, if you can stand the gore and the thought of your best friend being kept a zombie to play video games with. Full Review | Nov 10, 2020 It's up there among the best horror comedies of all time. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2020 Wright's film acquiesced to the coupling-up plot rom-coms require, but not without first presenting the routine, pointless daily life of its protagonist... Full Review | Sep 17, 2020 The important thing is that Wright and Pegg don't lose sight of their characters; we laugh with them, not at them. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 7, 2020 When revisited, Shaun of the Dead confirms that every second of it, is absolute genre madness. [Full review in Spanish]. Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 12, 2019 Shaun of the Dead is not the first film to draw parallels between the drudgery of adult working-life and zombiism, but it's a good one. Full Review | Oct 30, 2019 Wright's style is pure, cartoon aesthetic: all quick cuts, sharp points of focus, the precise merging of sound with a cut or pan and the crowd-pleasing use of pop tunes. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2018 Shaun of the Dead is a cute, successful zombie spoof built on a central joke: if the undead actually came to London, supposedly turned-on town of nattering youth, no one would really notice. Full Review | Dec 18, 2017 It's nice to see a film where the writing is so immediately brilliant that a certain part of you relaxes. Full Review | Aug 24, 2017 Load More Do you think we mischaracterized a critic's review? |
