Rationale for Study

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Shaun of the Dead is one of the most successful contemporary British comedies and a film that perfectly encapsulates ideas of post-modern generic hybridity. It rode the wave of a new cycle of zombie films which arguably started with Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later (UK 2002). Shaun of the Dead is the first cinematic outing for Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost all of whom have, to varying degrees, forged successful cinematic careers. The film is also the first in what is known informally as The Cornetto Trilogy: contemporary set, UK based hybrid comedies directed by Wright and featuring the central character pairing of Pegg and Frost.