‘Knockout’ 00s horror comedy finally available to stream to celebrate 20th anniversary

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s ‘incredible’ 00s horror comedy Shaun of the Dead is present disposable to watercourse to people its 20th anniversary.

Released successful 2004 arsenic portion of the duo’s Cornetto Trilogy – besides featuring Hot Fuzz and The World’s End– Shaun of the Dead follows Shaun (Pegg), a slacker surviving successful London who is dumped by his frustrated woman Liz (Kate Ashfield) aft helium fails to program an day date.

At his favourite pub, The Winchester, a heartbroken Shaun drowns his sorrows with his champion person Ed (Frost). When they instrumentality home, their housemate Pete (Peter Serafinowicz) shows them a wound coiled helium sustained from a mugger and, likewise frustrated with Shaun, tells him to get his beingness together.

The adjacent day, the satellite is overrun by zombies, with Shaun endeavouring to instrumentality the car, rescue his mum (Penelope Wilton), termination his stepfather Phil (Bill Nighy) (who helium believed to person been bitten by a zombie), drawback Liz, spell to the Winchester, person a bully acold pint, and hold for each of this to stroke over.

Directed by Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead was a smash deed and received 2 nominations astatine the British Academy Film Awards.

It was ranked 3rd connected the Channel 4 database of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films, and it’s present disposable to watercourse connected ITVX arsenic the movie celebrates its 20th anniversary.

The movie holds a beardown 92% standing connected Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ statement reading: ‘Shaun of the Dead cleverly balances scares and witty satire, making for a bloody bully zombie movie with loads of wit.’

Reviews astatine the clip of its merchandise were overwhelmingly positive, with The Daily Telegraph writing: ‘It whitethorn lone beryllium April, but what we person present is beauteous apt to beryllium the British drama of the year, its knockout last punchline planting a silly grin connected your look that takes immoderate portion to fade.’

London Evening Standard said: ‘Shaun of the Dead is simply a cute, palmy zombie spoof built connected a cardinal joke: if the undead really came to London, supposedly turned-on municipality of nattering youth, nary 1 would truly notice.’

The Washington Post added: ‘If the zombie genre steadfastly refuses to die, we tin beryllium grateful to Shaun of the Dead for breathing fresh, diverting beingness into the form, with subtle ocular humour and a smart, impish consciousness of fun.’

Despite it hitting our screens 2 decades ago, co-creator Pegg has revealed helium doesn’t privation to spot the movie rebooted.

‘I mean, Universal owns it. If they take to reboot it, past they tin if they privation I guess. Although Edgar and I would beryllium incensed,’ helium told The Hollywood Reporter.

‘Shaun of the Dead is incredibly personal. There’s truthful overmuch of america successful that film. There’s truthful overmuch of our ain bosom and psyche successful that film.

‘If idiosyncratic were to reboot it, it would beryllium a cynical and exploitative exercise. I would anticipation that radical are successful emotion with our Shaun capable to defy a reboot.’

Shaun of the Dead is disposable to watercourse connected ITVX.

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