Shaun of the Dead Quickie Review
Written September 27, 2004

If you love your mother, would you shoot her in the face with a shotgun if she had somehow been turned into one of the ravenous living dead? Shaun of the Dead addresses this, amongst other ethical zombie issues, in one of the more hilarious movies of the year. It might have been the rum, but seeing someone accidentally take a dart to the back of the head has never been quite so side-splitting. Shaun’s deference to the campy horror genre is tactful (as much as possible, at least) and as a “romantic comedy” it isn’t bad either. Shaun is a pleasant surprise, both as a genre-blender and as proof that British people can still kick the crap out of something.

This movie might have been a lot more funny because we all dumped booze in our giant movie-sized Cokes at the beginning. Still, it definitely had its moments and never pretended to be more grandiose than it actually was (not very). If it wasn't already out on DVD rips on the internet, I would've probably gone and paid good money at a theatre to see it again.