Review of Shaun of the Dead (2004) by Stefan G — 06 Aug 2014
I hate zombie fiction, mainly because anything to do with zombies is likely to be as devoid of creativity as the zombies are devoid of life. This movie, however, is not bad. It mixes horror with comedy in such a way that it's actually quite witty, though the acting often makes it hard for me to tell if the characters are being hilarious or dramatic.
There's definitely a healthy dose of horror here, which makes plenty of sense because this is a zombie movie, but if there's one criticism I have it's that you know that at least somebody's going to die, and that there'll only be about two people left.
I wonder why the writers couldn't invest some time in breaking some of the old zombie film clichés when there was plenty of room to do so. With fairness, it's actually quite funny, but the ending was kind of a dud.
In my opinion, this movie is alright, but it has some flaws, and suffers from squandered potential.
This review of Shaun of the Dead (2004) was written by Stefan G on 06 Aug 2014.
Shaun of the Dead has generally received very positive reviews.
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