movie review - Shaun of the Dead
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2004.10.24
This is a priceless zombie semi-spoof featuring a cast of everyday folk whose quiet, dismal existences are interrupted by an outbreak of zombievirus in their neighbourhood.
The sense of humour - both grisly and quirky, perhaps a movie first - is just right for the subject. This thing manages to be both a zombie horror movie and a spoof at the same time. The scene where the title character trudges down to the corner store for a Coke and an ice cream cone on 'the day after', oblivious to the fact that his neighbours are all either dead or undead zombies, is worth the price of admission alone.
Recommended.