Quentin Tarantino Names This 92%-Rated Horror Comedy Gem His ‘Favorite British Movie’
The $6 million film went on to gross $30 million at the box office, becoming a cult classic and earning praise not only from Quentin Tarantino but also George A. Romero.
When you think about what distinguishes a standard British movie from any other, the first thing that comes to mind is a British sense of humor.
Quentin Tarantino 's Favorite British Film Is Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead
As it turns out, Quentin Tarantino is also a connoisseur of British cinema and its humor. In the video about his favorite movies, the director named Shaun of the Dead, released in 2004, as his favorite British film:
“It's my favorite British movie that has come out since I've been making movies.”
And we get you Quentin. Even more than 20 years later since the release, it's still hard to resist the endless charm of this comedy zombie flick.
But it was not only Tarantino who praised Shaun of the Dead. Because of George A. Romero's appreciation for the film, he gave Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright cameos in his Land of the Dead.
Shaun of the Dead Is a Pinnacle of Edgar Wright's Directing Skills
In Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright takes a rather simple story and places it in a very unusual setting – a local zombie apocalypse. He is equally at home in a sweet romance as he is in a bloody horror comedy – and even where these two realities suddenly collide.
In Shaun of the Dead, Wright brings his style to perfection, both visually and script-wise. The movie, like all of the director's work, can be revisited for the tenth time and you still find new details and jokes that went unnoticed before.
Shaun of the Dead Almost Had a Sequel…
In 2017, recalling the making of the film, co-writer and one of the main actors Simon Pegg admitted that he wrote a treatment for the second part in the 2000s.
According to the idea, the sequel should have been called From Dusk Till Shaun, referring to the vampire action film by Robert Rodriguez, just like the title of the first part rhymed with George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead.
If the first film was a romantic comedy set in a zombie apocalypse, the sequel would have the characters fighting vampires. And although Pegg said it was just a joke born during a conversation in the pub, Wright replied that it would be fun to work with the familiar characters again.
…And It Even Has a Poster
From Dusk Till Shaun was never made, but it had a poster. On the eve of the premiere of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, director Rodney Rothman said that during the development of the film, his team asked famous filmmakers to come up with projects in alternate realities.
The creators wanted to leave Easter eggs that referenced these nonexistent projects. Wright suggested the movie From Dusk Till Shaun, whose poster is on display in New York's Times Square.
