10 Zombie Horror Movies That Have No Right Being This Good

Arriving in cinemas the same year as Zack Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead, one could have been forgiven -- and many were -- for thinking Shaun Of The Dead was merely a cynical attempt to send up what was set to be one of the decade's most popular zombie flicks.

But Edgar Wright's zom-com transcends any pre-judgement and proves the big-screen talent that had been percolating through Wright while he worked away on a string of TV comedy shows and music videos. The first of his Cornetto trilogy follows no-hopers Shaun (Simon Pegg) and Ed (Nick Frost) as they battle their way across London to save friends and family, before waiting for it all to blow over down the pub.

Sure, it's funny as all hell, but Shaun Of The Dead also manages to be authentically scary every time it matters. The combination of those sleepwalking through their lives and the literal living dead also proves fertile ground for larger themes and makes the whole thing feel worthwhile -- even if a whole bunch of the best characters had to die rather gruesome deaths in the process.