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kdk February 20, 2005
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It’s hard to truly

classify director Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead. Some might call it a romantic comedy, but it’s not really something

you’d watch while doing makeovers and eating chocolate. It’s got zombies in it, so it

counts as a horror flick. But it’s also funny—really funny—so I guess it’s a

comedy, too. So let’s just call it a romantic horror comedy…



Simon Pegg

stars as Shaun, a 29-year-old who spends his days working a dead-end job at an

electronics store and his nights hanging out at the local pub with his loser roommate, Ed

(Nick Frost), and his fed-up girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield). You could say that Shaun

is stuck in a rut. He’s so stuck in his rut, in fact, that he doesn’t notice that London

is being overrun with zombies.



It isn’t until Shaun and Ed discover a

zombie in the backyard one morning that they begin to realize the horrors that surround

them. Suddenly, mild-mannered Shaun turns into a fearless hero, willing to do anything

to keep his loved ones out of the clutches of the undead.



Following in the

footsteps of movies like Army of

Darkness, Shaun of the Dead stands out as the funniest horror movie I’ve

ever seen (yep—it’s even better than Army of Darkness). The characters are real

people (you most likely met people just like them in college), and the situations are all

so totally ridiculous—yet they just seem so…perfect.



Sure, it may sound idiotic to have a

couple of losers (one with a cricket bat) rhythmically pounding on a zombie while Queen

plays in the background, but in Wright’s (and Simon Pegg’s) hands, it comes off as absolutely

brilliant.



Only the British could take romance, comedy, drama, and horror

and roll them together so perfectly. So if you’re a fan of British humor and/or horror

movies (and you’ve got a twisted sense of humor), you’ll want to add this one to your movie library.

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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it. Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course. As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com). Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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kdk

Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.

Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.

As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).

Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.

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