Under the wash of the sea of zombie films flying all over the plasma and plastic models, no matter how easy-going audiences are, they can no longer find the terrifying and exciting feeling when watching them at first. In the end, only boring and cookie-cutter is left. And in such a lifeless environment, some unusual zombie films came into being, bringing people a refreshing feeling. Last time I talked about "Warm Corpse", which mainly focuses on warmth. This time we will talk about "Zombie Shaun", which focuses on British cold humor.
I have to say, Edgar Wright is a genius. This young British director does not have much output and is not very topical. He is nothing more than a comedy, but each of his films has won a super high reputation on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, which is his strength. best show. He completely subverted many film conventions, played Cult to the extreme, played tricks, and was pleasantly addicted to surprises.
Just imagine: you're in a city surrounded by hordes of zombies, are you scared and overwhelmed? Sean in "Shaun of Zombies" happens to be in such a city. On the first day, he was just an unknown company employee. On the second day, he had to take on the burden of life or death for his relatives and friends... ...
Obviously, this is a horror film that is labeled with humor, but when we throw away the two elements of humor and horror, it still has a strong exploration of love, friendship and family affection, which makes this film more interesting. Full, with something no other movie of its kind can show. The ending of the film is also brilliant, and if you've seen The Mist, you'll see how similar the two are. In addition to that, the plot arrangement of Sean's zombie landlord becoming a "zombie waiter" at the end is hilarious, and while the audience probably won't laugh anymore after the horrific bar trip, it does. Feeling humorous again after that grim event was a coup to some extent.
Of course, no matter what, "Shaun of Zombies" focuses on humor and horror. In fact, when you watch it, you will find that it is a bit far-fetched to say that it is scary without the bloody scenes that are actually commonplace.
Now let's go back and look at those zombies. In fact, zombies themselves are neither scary nor funny, but with human involvement, the whole meaning changes. Just imagine, if a group of zombies are walking around the city, roaring for a while, and then rummaging through the trash can, is it scary? What if a group of zombies started killing people in the city, breaking people's stomachs? Which is more terrifying seems obvious, unless you think the latter is more artistic, that's another story.
The first hour of "Shaun of Zombies" is mostly about zombies, and although zombies themselves don't do much, when our two protagonists disagree, the horror of the movie is reduced with the humorous scenes. The bridge section of pretending to be a zombie and crossing the sea must also satisfy a long-standing little assumption of everyone. In the next half hour, the protagonists gradually realized the existence of danger, and the humor decreased with the horror scenes. I say this, not to say that the first part of the film is fun and the latter part is scary, in fact, the film is full of unique British humor from beginning to end.
All in all, no matter how "zombie" the film is called, zombies are always just supporting roles, and talents are the backbone of changing the nature of the film. If people are happy, zombies are just slow-moving white-faced clowns; if people are desperate, zombies are bloodthirsty super monsters. After all, the mentality of the protagonist is often the decisive factor in whether a film is scary or not.
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