Shaun of the Dead (2004)

From the Box: "There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch... and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to eat, it's up to Shaun and his best pal Ed to save their friends and family from becoming the next entree."

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What You Get: When it calls itself a romantic comedy with zombies, it's pretty accurate. One of the few zomedies out there -that's actually good- it manages to also bust out some good horror. Lucky us the filmmakers actually did their research and didn't stray too far from what zombies are. Sure, they zombies are dumb as dirt, but for fuck's sake it IS a comedy so you have to compesate somewhere. What you get is one of the best (if not the best) main-stream zombie flicks that have come out in the last 5 years (and boy there have been alot out in the last 5 years).

Origin of Zombies: Not exactly stated (but for you super geeks if you pay close attention I'm sure they say in the press). Zombies spread through bite.

Zombie Traits: Staggered walking, groaning, flesh eating, killed by destroying brain, "dead eyes"

Unzombie Traits: None

The "Heroes": Shaun, his best friend, his mum & step-dad, his girlfriend & her friends

Zombie Killing Weapons of Choice: "blunt objects" (shovels, cricket rackets, etc), cars, darts, rifle.

The Goals: Gather up friends and family & hole up at the local pub, the Winchester.

End Result: They make it to the pub, but the pub's insecure. All but Shaun & Liz die (though when you watch the DVD you find that that isn't entirely true) The military manage in the end to restore order & life (kinda) returns to normal.

Zombie Rating: (perfect, but very brain-dead zombies)

Notes: Zombies can be fooled rather easily by 'acting zombie'. One noisy person can take all the attention of zombies off others (zombies have very short attention spans). Both things are important bits of zombie strategy.

Zombies are VERY DUMB (almost too dumb) and VERY SLOW.

The undead do retain some knowledge from their previous living state, therefore can be kept around basically as pets and/or slaves.