While other flicks of the genre concentrate on endless waves of hungry corpses eating their way through towns/houses/buxom beauties, 2004's Shaun of the Dead opts to view a zombie invasion.
When a strange virus begins to turn the residents of London into the zombies, buddies Shaun (Simon Pegg) and Ed (Nicholas Frost) rise up from the comfort of their couch to save family and friends.
To make matters more complicated, Shaun has just been dumped by longtime girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), who is unsatisfied with his life's direction.
In addition to saving his ex and her flatmates David (Dylan Moran) and Dianne (Lucy Davis), Shaun must also rescue his mother Barbara (Penelope Wilton), and his reviled stepfather, Philip (Bill Nighy).
As the plague begins to worsen, the group must try to stick together and stay alive, all the while journeying to the "apparent" safety of their local pub.
Highly recommended.
Shaun of the Dead is a Film programme that first aired in 2004 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
