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Zombies of Shaun of the Dead

FilmUndead2000 to 2009

Shaun of the Dead sets a zombie apocalypse in Crouch End, London, and combines it with British sitcom and romantic comedy. Its zombies spread by biting and are put down with blows and gunfire. Its success led to later zombie comedies such as Zombieland.123

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
2004
Released 2004
Source work
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Edgar Wright (co-writer Simon Pegg)
Age rating
15 (UK); R (US)
Made in
United Kingdom
What causes it
Never explained
No cause is given.
How you become one
A bite; the bitten die and turn.
Weak spots
  • blows to the head
  • impaling
  • gunfire

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2004

Released 2004

field notes

What the sources say

1

After the army ends the outbreak, surviving zombies are kept as unskilled labour and entertainment123

2

Prosthetics and makeup by Stuart Conran123

3

Made for 6 million dollars; grossed 38.7 million123

4

Named by Simon Pegg as indebted to Braindead123

5

The hero's friend Ed ends the film as a somewhat sentient zombie123

6

Romero approved of the film and asked Pegg and Wright to appear in Land of the Dead123

Sources

  1. Shaun of the Dead - Wikipedia
  2. Zombie - Wikipedia
  3. Shaun of the Dead - Rotten Tomatoes

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Same era: 2000 to 2009

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