Dying is easy, comedy is hard, and combining the two is no joke. But just when it seemed there were no more changes to be rung on zombie-movie conventions, along came first-time feature filmmakers Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg with this sharp, witty nightmare comedy that proves there's still life in the dead. On Friday morning, 29-year-old London slacker Shaun (Pegg) is just another loser with a soul-sucking electronics-shop gig and a berth in a shabby house with warring roommates, boorish video-game addict Ed (Nick Frost) and snooty yuppie Pete (Peter Serafinowicz). Shaun hates his stepfather (Bill Nighy), feels guilty about neglecting his patient mother, Barbara (Pen...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins