Shaun of the Dead

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This week Paul & Amy break down the 2004 zom-rom-com Shaun of the Dead directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost just in time for it's 20th anniversary theatrical re-release. They discuss how it pays homage to zombie films that came before it, how it introduced British comedy to a wider audience, and so much more. Next week...Beetlejuice! Shaun of the Dead is available to rent or stream on multiple platforms but don't forget to check your local library or apps like Hoopla and Kanopy! You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 2004.
0:03.0	And what's the matter, Amy?
0:05.0	Never heard a podcast before?
0:07.0	The movie, Sean of the Dead. Oh, Hello everyone I welcome to
0:30.8	to welcome to I am spooked. I am Paul Sheer joined as always by Amy Nicholson so
0:38.9	excited that we are transitioning from our disaster summer into, I guess, a new year of comedy, a new year of new releases.
0:48.4	And this film in particular has been something that we've been dancing around for a very long time.
0:52.4	Edgarites, Sean of the Dead.
0:55.7	We're doing it because it's back out and theaters right now
0:59.0	made me want to revisit it.
1:00.3	Yeah, it is the 20th year anniversary of Sean of the Dead.
1:04.0	Makes me feel old.
1:06.0	I remember a friend coming into UCB theater going,
1:11.0	oh my God, I just saw this movie. It was awesome. And I had no idea what it was. So I
1:16.6	remember that moment and I was an adult then, so it makes me feel really old now.
1:22.0	That's so funny because I have a similar memory too where this was the movie that it felt like
1:25.9	every single person was talking about right when I was getting my most intense and hardcore into
1:31.1	film. Like I just moved here. There were suddenly movie
1:34.0	theaters I could go to everywhere and everyone was saying I had to go watch this
1:38.0	movie. So it kind of shocked me honestly that when we did like a poll of like hey what
1:41.8	should we cover people raise their hand and, you got to do hot fuzz.
1:44.5	I was like, I really thought this was the one.
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