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Follow us today to a 2004 horror comedy film called: Shaun of the Dead.
Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
It’s last orders at The Winchester Public House and Shaun is finishing his drink.
His girlfriend Liz wants him to spend more time with her and less time with his best
friend Ed at The Winchester.
Her flatmates David and Dianne encourage her while Ed continually interrupts and messes
around.
Shaun promises to change as time is called at the bar.
The next morning, Shaun gets up and immediately sits down to play computer games with Ed.
Ed reminds him that he has work and he gets up again.
As he brushes his teeth, his housemate Pete tells him that the front door was left open
again last night.
He tells Shaun that Ed needs to go home.
Pete speaks with Ed and asks him to at least tidy up and write down any phone messages.
Ed responds by saying yep, yep, yep.
As Shaun leaves, Liz calls and leaves a message on the answerphone reminding him to book a
nice restaurant for their anniversary that evening.
As Shaun walks to catch the bus, a news report can be heard playing on the radio about a
deep space probe that has re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and broken apart over a populated
area.
There are also disturbing reports in the newspapers at the shop.
On the bus he notices a lady collapse at the bus stop.
At work, there are many staff members absent which leaves Shaun in charge of a group of
young workers.
One, named Noel, is a particularly annoying subordinate and is making personal telephone
calls during a team meeting.
Shaun tries to sell a TV to some customers.
As he flicks through the channels there are news reports of bizarre incidents throughout
the country.
He is visited by his Stepdad Philip who reminds him to visit his mother tomorrow - and bring
some flowers.
Noel challenges him that he shouldn’t be taking social calls while at work.
At that moment Liz rings and asks if he got her message about their date tonight.
Distracted by Noel, Shaun just says yep yep yep!
As Shaun buys flowers for his mum, he notices a hobo who grabs a pigeon and goes to eat
it.
On the bus home a sick man is coughing over him and car radios can be heard reporting
some kind of incident.
There appears to have been some kind of accident when he gets off the bus but he is distracted
when he meets his friend Yvonne/ih-VAON/.
She asks about Liz and suddenly Shaun remembers that he should have booked a restaurant.
He rushes home to do it.
The restaurant is fully booked and Shaun knows that he’ll be in trouble.
When Liz rings, Shaun confesses his mistake.
When he suggests that they go to The Winchester instead, she hangs up.
He rushes round to see her but David & Dianne won’t let him in.
He manages to speak with her but she says that she is going out with David & Dianne
instead.
They argue, she storms out and dumps him soon after.
In the background disturbing news reports continue on the television and radio.
Shaun goes to the Winchester and meets Ed.
Ed tries to cheer him up and says it’s not the end of the world as a shadowy figure bangs
on the door.
They walk home together.
At 4am, they’re playing music really loud and wake Pete up - he is a little angry.
Pete tells Shaun to stop defending Ed and to make him leave.
Ed asks why he has a bite on his hand - he got bitten by a crackhead on the way home
from work.
Later, Shaun passes out in the kitchen.
The next morning he goes to the shop seemingly oblivious to the zombie apocalypse that has
taken place overnight.
He slumps down in his chair and switches on the TV.
There are many news reports about the incident.
Ed says that there is a girl in the garden and they go to investigate.
As they call out, she doesn’t respond so Ed throws a stone at her head.
They think she’s drunk.
She leers towards Shaun and as he tries to fend her off, Ed takes a photograph.
He notices that there is something wrong with her eyes.
As she leers towards him again he pushes her back and she is impaled on a metal pole.
But she gets up again.
They turn around and there are more zombies in the garden.
They run inside and try to call the emergency services as the zombies leer at the window.
The news recommends that everyone stay inside and keep doors and windows barricaded.
A zombie walks in through the open front door and they fight him off with random objects
until Ed smashes its skull with an ashtray.
The news reporter says that the zombies can be stopped by removing the head or destroying
the brain.
They gather objects and throw them at the zombies in the garden.
They eventually kill them with a cricket bat and a shovel from the shed.
Realising that Pete could also, by now, be a zombie, they call his name, but there is
no answer.
Shaun’s mum Barbara calls and tells him that Philip has been bitten by some men who
tried to break into the house.
They formulate a plan which involves getting his mum, killing Philip, fetching Liz and
going to The Winchester to hide.
Shaun goes to the toilet and notices that a zombified Pete is standing in the shower.
Shaun runs down the stairs and he and Ed jump into Pete’s car and drive away.
They arrive at Barbara’s house.
Philip’s Jaguar is in the driveway and Ed admires it while Shaun goes inside.
He tells his mum that he’s going to take her somewhere safe.
While she makes a cup of tea, Shaun goes to find Philip.
He raises the cricket bat to kill Philip but at the last minute realizes that he is still
ok.
Shaun still wants to take his mum away.
He tells his mum that Philip has been unkind to him over the years but Barbara is angry
that he won’t get on with her husband.
They all leave the house together.
Ed has crashed Pete’s car so he says that they’ll have to take Philip’s Jaguar instead.
Suddenly zombies appear and bite Philip’s neck.
They all get into the car and race away.
The group arrives at Liz’s.
Shaun gets out of the car and fends off zombies before climbing through the window of her
flat.
He convinces Liz, David and Dianne to leave with him and they head to The Winchester.
Barbara meets Liz for the first time in the car while Philip becomes delirious.
Shaun tells Ed to pull over as Philip dies.
Barbara says that he isn’t dead - but that’s because he has become a zombie.
They all get out of the car and continue on foot.
En route they pass an almost identical group of survivors led by Yvonne.
They make pleasantries and carry on their separate ways.
As they pass through gardens, Barbara trails behind.
Shaun goes back to get her, but is attacked by a zombie which he manages to fight off.
Barbara seems a little dazed.
Shaun looks to see if the coast is clear - it is not - there are many zombies gathered outside
The Winchester.
David is being very condescending towards Shaun.
Dianne comes up with a plan to pretend that they are all zombies and walk through the
crowd into The Winchester.
It seems to work but they find that the door is locked.
Shaun calls out to the landlord inside.
Suddenly Ed’s phone rings.
Shaun berates him for messing things up but Liz gets his attention as all the zombies
are staring at them.
David throws a dustbin through the window but Shaun worries that they’ll just follow
them inside.
Shaun creates a distraction and while the zombies follow him, the others go inside.
Twenty minutes pass and David thinks that Shaun must be dead and suggests that they
block the window.
David tries to take command but the others don’t seem confident in him.
Everyone goes to get a drink and Barbara seems more confused.
Shaun suddenly appears.
David asks how he lost the zombies - he says that it wasn’t hard and he got in by the
back door.
Later, they all sit in the dark, a little drunk.
Shaun leaves to try and switch the power on.
He flicks a switch and illuminates a window with lots of zombies looking through.
He returns to the others and tells Liz that they must have followed him.
She says that they should all be quiet - just as Ed wins on the slot machine.
The noise attracts zombies to the window.
Suddenly the zombified landlord stands up behind the bar and the jukebox starts to play.
They hit him with pool cues but it’s no use.
As David tries to stop the music he flicks all the switches and The Winchester lights
flash on and off attracting more zombies.
Eventually Ed grabs a Winchester rifle that is behind the bar and uses it to hit the landlord.
Ed wonders why he didn’t just shoot it??
Shaun thought it was just a fake - but it fires!
Shaun formulates a plan but as Liz takes Barbara away to safety she notices that she has been
bitten.
Shaun fires at the approaching zombies.
Liz calls him and Barbara explains what happened.
She slowly slips away.
David has been left with the rifle and says that he needs to shoot Barbara.
Shaun won’t let him and they argue about it, but as Liz tries to convince him that
it is the right thing to do, a zombified Barbara stands up.
They tell Shaun to do it and he blows her head off.
David tells him that he did the right thing and Shaun punches him in the face.
David points the rifle at Shaun and shoots but there are no shells left inside.
David gets up to leave but Dianne yells at him and tells him that he’s being stupid.
She tells him to apologise to Shaun just as zombies burst through the window and start
tearing him apart.
As Liz and Dianne try to pull him back they are left with his legs in their hands.
Dianne uses the leg to hit the zombies but they take her also.
Everyone else uses whatever they have to hand to fight the zombies.
Ed tries to use the spirits to light a fire.
Zombie Pete comes in and bites Ed.
Shaun shoots Pete in the head.
Liz and Shaun dive over the bar and call for Ed.
He follows them over and then starts a fire on the bar top.
Shaun can’t reach the shells through the flames and the zombies start to enter the
bar.
They escape down a hatch in the bar to the cellar but find that they are trapped.
Shaun is upset that he has been unable to save everyone else.
The zombies bang on the hatchway.
They contemplate taking their own lives as Ed bleeds in the corner.
Shaun and Liz rekindle their romance over a cigarette but then Shaun discovers a lift
through which they could escape.
Ed says to leave him as the zombies make their way through the cellar hatch.
As Shaun and Liz emerge on the street above, they prepare to fight but the army arrives
and mow the zombies down.
Yvonne is with them and leads them away with her.
Six months later, Liz is watching television.
Shaun comes in and they make plans for the day.
While Liz makes a cup of tea, Shaun goes to the shed.
A zombified Ed is playing on the computer.
Shaun sits with him and they play games together.
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