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Great Horror-Comedy Films to Watch This Halloween

October 31, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to laugh and jump with fright, with these great comedy horror films… The horror genre is currently experiencing a resurgence, as comic book movies and studio action films are faltering. The budget-friendly genre is also more driven by concept over star power. One genre that seems to have disappeared from the big screen, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: BrainDead, Evil Dead 2, Little Shop of Horrors, Scary Movie 2, Shaun of the Dead, the 'burbs, The Lost Boys, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, What We Do in the Shadows

The Essential Horror-Comedies of the 21st Century

October 4, 2023 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the essential horror-comedies of the 21st century… With October upon us and Halloween apporaching here are some of the best horror-comedies the new century has gifted us thus far. If these movies won’t slay you with their humor, they might just scare the bejesus out of you. Check out the recommendations here… […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: behind the mask: the rise of leslie vernon, Happy Death Day, One Cut of the Dead, Psycho Goreman, Ready or Not, Shaun of the Dead, The Cabin in the Woods, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, What We Do in the Shadows, Zombieland

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright working on a new film separate from the Cornetto Trilogy

August 3, 2023 by Ricky Church

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have made several cult and popular films with their Cornetto Trilogy, made up of the comedies and genre spoofs Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. While Wright has gone on to direct several more films since their conclusion of their ‘trilogy’, the duo and Nick Frost, the other lead of […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, The World's End

Simon Pegg on a Shaun of the Dead sequel: “The last thing you need is Shaun of the Dead 2!”

July 6, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Simon Pegg is at a point in his career where he’s willing to try new things, and that means going back to past works and revisiting them are not on his docket.  Speaking to The Guardian, Pegg looks at his career evolution and describes how he no longer views himself as he did during Shaun […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg

Franchise crossover game Funko Fusions gets first trailer

April 29, 2023 by Olly Dyche

The incredibly popular toy line Funko has unexpectedly released a jaw-dropping first trailer to its upcoming video game, Funko Fusion. Developed by 10:10 Games and partnering with Universal, Funko Fusion is a third person action-adventure multiplayer game with characters and worlds from various movies and TV shows.  Drawing a lot of comparisons to the LEGO […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Olly Dyche, Television, Trailers, Video Games Tagged With: Back to the Future, Battlestar Galactica, Child's Play, Funko, Funko Fusion, Jurassic World, Masters of the Universe, Shaun of the Dead, The Mummy, The Thing, The Umbrella Academy

October Horrors 2021 – Shaun of the Dead (2004)

October 31, 2021 by Graeme Robertson

Shaun of the Dead, 2004. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton. SYNOPSIS: After being dumped by his girlfriend, slacker Shaun resolves to finally sort his life and do whatever it takes to win her back. Unluckily for Shaun, his romantic endeavour […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Bill Nighy, Dylan Moran, Edgar Wright, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Penelope Wilton, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg

Could Last Night in Soho be Edgar Wright’s leap to greatness?

June 4, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the exciting prospects for Last Night in Soho, and a potential leap up the pantheon for Edgar Wright… Edgar Wright has been delivering nuggets of fried gold for over 20 years now. A rambunctious industry upstart got his start young, and had been in the game even before breaking out with […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Ant-Man, Baby Driver, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Last Night in Soho, Marvel, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced, The World's End

Shaun of the Dead with journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #93

August 26, 2020 by Tom Beasley

Shaun of the Dead

On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, TV journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies chats about Edgar Wright’s rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, the journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies discusses […]

Filed Under: Flickering Myth Podcast Network, Movies, The Pick of the Flicks, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Bill Nighy, comedy, Dylan Moran, Edgar Wright, Flickering Myth Podcast Network, Horror, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Penelope Wilton, Podcast, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, Sophie Davies, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Zombies

Flatulence in Film: Why cinema’s most maligned trope deserves more love

February 1, 2020 by George Nash

Coinciding with the UK release of Robert Eggers’ second feature film, The Lighthouse, George Nash lets rip on why cinema’s most dismissed trope, the fart gag, deserves more love… On a small, remote island, two gruff-looking figures, as if frozen in time, stand hauntingly at the door of a rickety wooden shack staring out silently […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, George Nash, Movies Tagged With: Robert Eggers, Shaun of the Dead, South Park, The Lighthouse, The Master, Willem Dafoe

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright briefly considered Shaun of the Dead sequel From Dusk Till Shaun

October 29, 2017 by Gary Collinson

During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have revealed that they briefly considered a sequel to their 2004 zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, with Pegg pitching an idea entitled From Dusk Till Shaun, which would have swapped out zombies in favour of vampires. “I jokingly wrote a treatment for From Dusk […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Edgar Wright, Nick Frost, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg

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