Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead 2004

• Director: Edgar Wright
• Based on novel: no
• Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy David, Dylan Moran, Rafe Spall, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Jessica Hynes, Martin Freeman, Tamsin Grieg, Matt Lucas (the last three about 2 seconds each)
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Simon Pegg – Star Wars the Force Awakens, Absolutely Anything, The World’s End, Hot Fuzz, Doctor Who, Black Books, 24 Hour Party People
• Nick Frost – Doctor Who, The World’s End, Attack the Block, The Boat that Rocked, Hot Fuzz, Kinky Boots, Black Books
• Kate Ashfield – United, The Kid, Late Night Shopping
• Lucy Davis – Wonder Woman, Black Books, The Office
• Dylan Moran – Good Vibrations, The Decoy Bride, Tristram Shandy, Black Books, Notting Hill
• Rafe Spall – What If, The World’s End, The Life of Pi, Prometheus, Hot Fuzz, A Good Year
• Bill Nighy – Their Finest, Hotel Marigold 1 & 2, About Time, The World’s End, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Doctor Who, The Boat that Rock, Valkyrie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Fuzz, Notes on a Scandal, Gideon’s Daughter, The Constant Gardener, The Girl in the Café, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, , Love Actually, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Kiss Me Kate
• Penelope Wilton – Downton Abbey, Hotel Marigold 1&2, South Riding, Doctor Who, The Calendar Girls, Clockwise, King Lear, Othello
• Jessica Hynes – Doctor Who, Learners, Son of Rambow, Black Books, Born Romantic, Swing Kids
• Martin Freeman – Black Panther, Shylock, Fargo, The Hobbit etc, The World’s End, Hot Fuzz, Breaking and Entering, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Office, Love Actually, Black Books
• Tamsin Grieg – Friday Night Dinner, Hotel Marigold 2, Black Books, Neverwhere
• Matt Lucas – Doctor Who, Little Britain
• Why?  Surprisingly good film
• Seen:  Once or twice before. Now the day after Halloween 2019 

Shaun (Pegg) and Liz (Ashfield) are having relationship problems and their friends David (Moran) and Di (Davis) aren’t really helping. Nor is Ed (Frost) who lives with Shaun and is an obnoxious, messy slob. Everyone hates him but Shaun, who has a dreadful job as TV shop manager, a troublesome stepdad (Nighy) and doting mother (Wilton).

Life is not great.

Meanwhile London is having a zombie epidemic.

It’s exciting, scary, laugh-out-loud funny, gory, sad, sweet, poignant and it has an amazing cast, a dozen or so of my favourite actors. Good music, too.

Don’t tell anybody but my secret ambition is to play a zombie in a zombie film. So, anyone out there planning one, contact me ASAP.

5* of 5