Shaun Of The Dead Review

Shaun Of The Dead Review, zombies are taking over England and it takes some time for Shaun and Ed to realise.

Director Edgar Wright

Writers Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright

Cast

Simon Pegg - Shaun
Nick Frost - Ed
Kate Ashfield - Liz
Lucy Davis - Dianne
Dylan Moran - David
Jessica Stevenson - Yvonne
Peter Serafinowicz - Pete
Penelope Wilton - Barbara
Bill Nighy - Phillip

Universal Pictures, Running time 99 minutes.

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Shaun (Simon Pegg) is stuck in a dead end job, his best friend Ed (Nick Frost) is a complete waste of space and is holding him back. His girlfriend is fed up with their relationship and dumps him, while feeling sorry for himself he fails to notice the dead people walking the streets.

I am not a huge fan of British films, but films with Simom Pegg in them are normally good and this is definitely a good one. Not only is it a good zombie film it's also a very good comedy. One of the best bits about this film is Simon Pegg and Nick Frosts characters taking so long to realize the people they encounter are actually zombies. There's a great cast of some of the best British comedy actors and they all do a great job of making this film work.

This film has been written by true zombie fans, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, this is clear by the amount of references to films such as Dawn of the dead and Night of the living dead. Only a true zombie film fan will pick up on all of these these.

Shaun of the dead has good acting, it's well written and directed, this is not just another slap stick comedy. This has a more intelligent style of humor which is appreciated.
 
8 out of 10

Scream 4 Review

Scream 4 Review, 10 years after the last scream and Sidney Prescott has finally got her life back together.

Director Wes Craven

Writer Kevin Williamson

Cast

Neve Campbell - Sidney Prescott
David Arquette - Sheriff Dewey Riley
Courteney Cox - Gale Weathers-Riley
Emma Roberts - Jill Roberts
Hayden Panettiere - Kirby Reed
Adam Brody - Deputy Ross Hoss
Rory Culkin - Charlie Walker
Erik Knudsen - Robbie Mercer
Anthony Anderson - Deputy Anthony Perkins

Dimension Films - Running time 111 minutes

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10 years on and Sidney is a successful writer performing book signings, a book tour beings her back to her home town of Woodsboro. While there she reunites with Gale Weathers and Sheriff Dewy, Sidney's return to Woodsboro leads to the appearance of a Ghostface copycat killer.

I wasn't expecting much from this movie however it's actually very good. I was pleasantly surprised, it's clever, funny and mostly unpredictable, just when you think you know what is going to happen it cleverly does the opposite.

The cast is great, a combination of the original cast and a new generation works great together, creating some funny moments and lines. Scream 4 makes fun of itself and the slasher movie genre, it completely disregards the rules from previous slasher films which makes this film feel very fresh, despite being the fourth in the series.

Despite the comic elements this film provides some genuine scares making this film very entertaining and surprisingly good. The murder scenes are well thought out and they're a little more brutal than in previous films.

Overall this is much better than the previous two Screams and almost as good as the original, it keeps you guessing right to the very end. While this is not the scariest movie you'll ever watch it's highly entertaining.

6.9 out of 10

Scream Review 1996

Director Wes Craven

Writer Kevin Williamson

Cast

Drew Barrymore - Casey
Kevin Patrick - Walls Steve
Lawrence Hecht - Mr. Prescott
Courteney Cox Gale Weathers
David Booth - Casey's Father
Carla Hatley - Casey's Mother
Neve Campbell - Sidney
Skeet Ulrich - Billy

Dimension Films, Running time 111 minutes

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A killer called "ghost face" starts on a teenage killing spree, and as the body count begins to rise a group of friends discuss the rules of horror movies after finding themselves living in a actual real life horror.

Before watching this I was expecting nothing more than just a mindless teen movie, but instead I found an intelligent horror slasher film. At the time of its release in 1996 it was a very original movie, apart from the Halloween films that were released many years before it. While Halloween was about a quiet psychopathic serial killer, Scream has a talkative witty serial killer making it very refreshing and different for its time.

Scream is a really well put together movie, with good solid acting, very likeable characters, it has funny moments and comic lines. It provides quality original scary moments that are clever and unpredictable and it has some of the most memorable scenes and movie quotes in movie history.

This film is a near masterpiece by Wes Craven, his insight and complete understanding of the horror movie genre allowed him to make Scream the movie that it is. This movie gave the scary movie genre a much needed boost and inspired and influenced many other films.

A Highly entertaining movie that is fun to watch, scary and it's still enjoyable to watch after multiple viewings.

8 out of 10