Review - Shaun of the Dead

I laughed . . . I cried . . . I laughed until I cried . . .

What a great flick this was. It was different, it was entertaining, it was a zombie movie, it was a love story, it was a comedy. I am trying to think of something this film was not . . . okay, it was not bad, I'll give it that.

We begin Shaun of the Dead with our hero Shaun (Simon Pegg) being lectured in the Winchester (an old English pub with a Winchester hung above the bar - this comes in very handy later) by his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) and her friends David (Dylan Moran) and Dianne (Lucy Davis) about getting out and experiencing life. This is preferably without his best friend Ed (Nick Frost) who is a bit of a lead weight to Shaun ever rising above loserdom.

After Shaun messes up his big date with Liz and she dumps him, he begins to have what is bound to be the worst day of his life. But he does still have his best friend to make him feel better and as Ed says - "It's not the end of the world". . . or is it? You really begin to wonder when all of the dead start coming back to life and attacking the living just to eat them.

With a butt load of Night of the Living Dead references, some really great action sequences and just the right touch of sap, Shaun of the Dead is bound to be a cult classic. I am still grinning ear to ear just thinking about Ed's Clyde impersonation, not to mention why he is always so "sorry".

Watch it, watch it, watch it . . . what more can I say?

Shaun of the Dead Movie Cast and Credits

Directed by
Edgar Wright

Writing credits
Simon Pegg (written by) and
Edgar Wright (written by)


Cast (in credits order)
Simon Pegg .... Shaun
Kate Ashfield .... Liz
Nick Frost .... Ed
Lucy Davis .... Dianne
Dylan Moran .... David
Nicola Cunningham .... Mary
Keir Mills .... Clubber 1 (as Kier Mills)
Matt Jaynes .... Clubber 2
Gavin Ferguson .... Football Kid
Peter Serafinowicz .... Pete
Horton Jupiter .... Homeless Man
Tim Baggaley .... The Usher
Arvind Doshi .... Nelson
Rafe Spall .... Noel
Sonnell Dadral .... Danny (as Sonell Dadral)
Samantha Day .... Woman on Trisha
Trisha Goddard .... Herself
David Park .... Grave Scientist
Finola Geraghty .... Distraught Vox Pop
Bill Nighy .... Philip
Robert Fitch .... Distressed Man
Sharon Gavin .... Florist
Patch Connolly .... Pigeon Man
Jessica Stevenson .... Yvonne
Stuart Powell .... Snakehips
Patricia Franklin .... Spinster
Steve Emerson .... John
Phyllis MacMahon .... Bernie (as Phyllis McMahon)
Krishnan Guru-Murthy .... Himself
Carol Barnes .... Herself
Rob Butler .... Himself
Jeremy Thompson .... Himself
Vernon Kay .... Himself
Mark Donovan .... Hulking Zombie
Christopher Harwood .... Grizzled Zombie
Penelope Wilton .... Barbara
Martin Freeman .... Declan
Reece Shearsmith .... Mark
Tamsin Greig .... Maggie
Julia Deakin .... Yvonne's Mum
Matt Lucas .... Cousin Tom
Nick Ewans .... Pyjama Zombie
Alex Lutes .... Trisha Zombie
Chris Martin .... Himself
Jon Buckland .... Himself (as Jonny Buckland)
Keith Chegwin .... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lucy Akhurst .... Zombie shot by soldiers (uncredited)
Bill Bailey .... Zombie (uncredited)
Peter Bateson .... Livid Commuter (uncredited)
Paul Bayfield .... Army Officer (uncredited)
Peter Baynham .... Man in street (uncredited)
Rob Brydon .... Football Commentator/'Zombies From Hell!' Presenter (voice) (uncredited)
Chris Clarke .... Livid Commuter (uncredited)
Joe Cornish .... Zombie shot by soldiers (uncredited)
Beckie Darlington .... Zombie (uncredited)
Julia Davis .... News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Heulwen Fowler .... Zombie (uncredited)
Mark Gatiss .... Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory/Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Nick Goldsmith .... 'Fun-Dead' Zombie (uncredited)
Jamie Graham .... Zombie (uncredited)
Lyssa Hamilton-Percival .... Zombie (uncredited)
Garth Jennings .... 'Fun-Dead' Zombie (uncredited)
Rich Johnston .... Zombie (uncredited)
Paul Kaye .... Zombie behind 'The Winchester' (uncredited)
Gregory Kris .... Zombie (uncredited)
Lauren Laverne .... Zombie outside flat (uncredited)
Jen Lincoln .... Zombie (uncredited)
Jason McDonald .... Zombie (uncredited)
Michael O'Mahony .... Zombie (uncredited)
Robert Popper .... News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Putner .... Zombie (uncredited)
Peter Rnic .... Zombie (uncredited)
Michael Smiley .... Zombie (uncredited)
Dave Smith .... Zombie Monkey (uncredited)
Ben Thompson .... Zombie (uncredited)
Kenneth Thompson Marchesi .... Zombie (uncredited)
Ronaldo Vasconcellos .... Livid Commuter (uncredited)
Linette Voller .... Zombie (uncredited)
David Walliams .... News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Julianne Watling .... Zombie (uncredited)
Kevin Wilson .... Twin Zombie (uncredited)
Nicholas Wilson .... Twin Zombie (uncredited)
Edgar Wright .... Rabid Monkeys Newsreader/Prat-falling Zombie (voice) (uncredited)

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