5 Unforgettable Zombie Movie Characters
Zombie movies have undergone a fascinating ebb and flow that has seen some years swarmed with the undead and others completely free from the concept. The concept may not be the biggest thing in the world anymore, but creative people still find ways to tell interesting stories in the same worst-case scenario.
The overwhelming cultural dominance of zombies was a surprisingly resilient fad, owed almost entirely to the multimedia juggernaut that was The Walking Dead. The impressive thing about zombie movies is the wild and untamed variety. The term «zombie movie» doesn't prime a viewer for any particular experience, any genre is on the table, and the ambulatory corpse is a background detail of all types of stories.
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Simon Pegg stars as the eponymous Shaun «Smiley» Riley in the seminal 2004 Edgar Wright comedy Shaun of the Dead. The first piece of the incredible Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy is perhaps the smartest deconstruction of the zombie horror concept while being an excellent entry in the medium. Shaun is a bored, ambitionless, directionless man whose life is descending after a nasty breakup. He awakes the next morning to find that the world has fallen victim to a zombie apocalypse.
The film is Shaun's journey, he makes an inspiring change from a complacent layabout to a confident hero. His fellow survivors, his slacker best friend, recent ex, and a couple of her friends are all hilarious and fun characters, but Shaun is the unquestioned lead. From unlikely beginnings, Shaun becomes one of the most lovable and most relatable heroes in the genre. Fitting for this masterful work of parody, deconstruction, and apotheosis.
Woody Harrelson's post-apocalyptic
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