I'm not really a fan of zombie flicks but I'll tune into one every now and then to see what's going on in the genre. The title of this one seeks to trade on the reputation of "Shaun of the Dead", a film I actually enjoyed watching because it was so hilarious. Not so here, as the story quickly devolves into stupidity and I got tired of it pretty quickly. None of the characters are endearing and the search for the lowest common denominator to find it's appeal among fans of this stuff just wore me out. I stayed till the end because that's what I do, but it couldn't be over fast enough for this viewer. Yet it's not the worst zombie movie I've ever seen as the 'Evil Dead' films and 'Dead Alive' fare even worse with me. Depending on your point of view, this might even serve as a recommendation.

Right, well given the fact that this movie holds everything I enjoy, the recipe was ripe for a grand movie experience. I mean, it included roleplaying nerd stuff, it was a zombie movie, it had Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley on the cast list, so what could possibly go wrong?

Well, if you add in the factor that the movie had a horrible script and uninteresting characters, well, then chances are fairly big that the movie was going to be a suckfest. And so it was. I wanted to enjoy this movie, I so thoroughly wanted to enjoy this movie, but I just found no such thing here. And I ended up with my phone in hand, checking social media more than once throughout the course of "Shed of the Dead".

The script in "Shed of the Dead" was just so mundane and generic that it wasn't even fun to watch. The movie offered nothing that haven't already been seen many times before. But that wasn't really what killed off the movie, because many zombie movies are like that, but it was the horribly boring character gallery that finished it off. The characters had the appeal of wet cardboard. And, for me, it was only Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley that made it worth sitting through this ordeal of a movie, and they were hardly even supportive characters.

The zombie make-up was adequate, but don't expect to see ghastly gore and mutilation like in the likes of "The Walking Dead". No, "Shed of the Dead" is definitely not a massive budget movie, and it bears witness to that on the screen.

Even all the geeky appeal was drowned out in the rubbish of a flatlining story and script and indistinct characters that were as pointless as they were irrelevant.

"Shed of the Dead" is by no means a grand addition to the zombie genre, and it came and left without leaving much of a groan, and not even managing to take a bite. But hey, at least Hodder and Moseley were together on the screen again.

I was disappointed with this movie, I kid you not. I truly and honestly was. I had such hopes for this movie, none of which came to fruition. My rating of "Shed of the Dead" ends on a decomposing three fingers out of ten. Not even my fanboy zombie spirit got a jolt out of this one...

Shaun of the Dead was a brilliant movie but I can't believe that 15 years later insipid film makers are still churning out poor zombie comedies (or "zomedies") with silly titles, this sub genre is well and truly passed its sell by date. Credit here to them for signing up horror movie legends Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder and Michael Berryman, plus always a delight to see British Scream Queen Emily Booth. But that is the only positive on offer here, otherwise it's a terribly poor attempt at horror comedy, the dialogue belongs in the gutter, the acting is on the whole bad, especially the two main male characters, and it is utterly unoriginal. The end credits couldn't roll soon enough, a really bad movie with many dubious reviews on here.