Shaun of the Dead [$5 Halloween Candy Cash Offer] [Blu-ray] [2004]

I had fairly low expectations for this movie since comedies aren't my genre of choice, usually. However, this one was not only funny, but thought provoking in several ways. Also, VERY British. They also did some interesting things with the zombie outbreak that I haven't ever seen before in a zombie movie. That was quite refreshing. Conclusion: If you want to have a good laugh while watching a good "birth of a hero" story, give it go! :)

This is a great zombie movie you be both screaming and laughing Simon Pegg is great as Shaun man who must save his girlfriend and his mother with his Best friend Ed played by Nick Frost from Zombies,

Favorite movie for horror and comedy lovers! It’s in frequent viewing in my home.

Great deal on a classic Blu Ray movie! 'Shaun of the Dead' is a must own.

You know the type of movie. The main character is just moving along in life, happy, drinking beer, playing video games, and not cleaning up his place. Suddenly BANG, the zombie apocalypse happens. One of the funniest films of the past few years, Shaun of the Dead manages to skewer and lovingly address the zombie genre made popular by George Romero and other horror directors. The entire cast is great, especially the two main characters played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The HD is great quality and The surround is very active, with the zombies growls coming from every direction during key scenes. This film is pretty much an aural and visual assault on the senses. The extras are the same ones you can find on the regular DVD release but they're entertaining at the least. I'd recommend this disc whole heatedly to comedy fans and horror fans alike. The Steele book looks awesome.

I'm not an Edgar Wright or Nick Frost or Simon Pegg fanatic; and sure, there is a bit of nostalgia around this movie for how many times it was watched as a group during my freshman year of college ... but I do find that it was just a well-edited, straight-forward, mish-mash of fun and heartfelt sillyness and seriousness. I haven't really liked any of the follow-ons, they all veered into adding more, stretching out the pacing to a breaking point, and messing up the mish-mash so badly that it just become a total mess of tones that leave me feeling like "what is this movie even trying to be?!?". But this one I think is that reigned in first, but not really first ("Spaced" was already there), effort that is just that right amount without trying to oversell its thin premise. Neat steelbook and it comes with the UltraViolet copy -- all good.

Great movie classic genre with British humor and action

Zombies have become serious subjects in recent years, what with the phenomenal run of "The Walking Dead" and its super-serious approach to the zombie apocalypse. This satire/parody created by the English team of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright is a perfect antidote for anybody tired of the whole allegory spawned fifty years ago by horror maestro George Romero. This is the movie that Monty Python might have made had they stayed together. The edition I bought on sale comes in a steelbook case--even better! This makes for a perfect Halloween night at the movies.