Summary
An utterly charming and completely brilliant comedic tribute to zombie movies.
Warning! Spoilers ahead!
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Barbara's Rant
See, now this is the way to make a horror comedy; forget that Scary Movie crap. Beloved zombie movie conventions (well, beloved by me, anyway) are celebrated, not mocked. The shuffling zombie hordes, the lessons on how to moan like a zombie, the zombies dragging a cast member everyone is happy to be rid of through a window were all just delightful. And of course I also enjoyed the casual mention of Ash being out sick, although I was bit disappointed that apparently only my SIL and I got the joke. Plus Barbara Jo and I really appreciated the "coming to get you, Barbara" shout-out. I feel my love of horror movies was reaffirmed. I have an urge to run out and watch Dawn of the Dead again and then buy a nice cricket bat to hang over my door.
If you can manage it, I highly recommend going to see this movie with a pair of straight guy roommates who play video games constantly (much like Shaun and Ed), as it will lead to lots of high-fives and guffaws. Or maybe that was just my friends. By the way, "straight guy roommates" is not a euphamism like "long-time bachelor" or anything like that. But they seriously do act like they're married sometimes, which is just adorable.
I also liked that this is a rare movie that actually shows people missing their shots; especially unusual for a zombie movie. Of course, it could be argued that's because it's not all that difficult to hit a slow-moving target like a zombie and that Shaun is just an usually bad shot despite his extensive gaming experience. It reminded me of when I used to regularly play Area 51 at lunch with some disgruntled co-workers of mine (hey, the job sucked) until somebody complained and it was replaced with a less violent game (because as we all know, Colombine had a lot to do with killing mutant alien hell-beasts). Anyway, we agreed that when the aliens come, Chris gets the gun since Sara and I apparently can't hit the side of a barn. Shaun and I both should probably stick with the cricket bat.
Did anyone else think that Liz's annoying glasses-wearing roommate looked like the love child of Harry Potter and Severus Snape? Now there's some fanfic that I never want to read.
BARBARA MAY
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