Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

31 corrected entries

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Correction: Actually, the stain is there. You can see it when he is just about to sit down (try watching in slow motion). However, when he is sitting his shirt simply creases up to hide the stain.

Corrected entry: In the scene where they finally decide to use the Winchester in the bar, they say it's not real but then it goes off. Then they load it and when Shaun goes to shoot, the safety is on.

Correction: The safety is not on after reloading, he has to cock it before he can fire it again. Ed tells him to and it works. The others tell him to check the safety but they don't really have a clue about guns (they admit it themselves).

Corrected entry: While heading out to the Jaguar, there are no zombies around. Yet the stepfather gets bitten by one that quickly appears close to the vehicle.

Correction: they stood talking for a while so one could have easily come round the corner.

Corrected entry: In the scene where Shaun and Ed are going over their plan in their home, a zombie can be seen lying on the floor. The only zombie killed in the house was wearing different clothes and was in a different room. (00:35:40)

Correction: They killed Armless Zombie in the living room. You might be confused by the jacket over the corpse.

Corrected entry: When Shaun comes in to see Ed playing the computer game, they engage in brief conversation before Shaun says 'Top Left', but Ed actually moves top right.

Correction: He moves top left - it's very quick, but it's possible to see.

Corrected entry: When Shaun finishes writing his "To Do" list on the white-board he makes a series of random swipes with the marker from left to right and vice versa, with some lines striking through the text. When he looks at the board in the morning, all the lines appear to be drawn from right to left and none strike through the text.

Correction: No, it shows EXACTLY how Shaun drew the lines.

Corrected entry: In the scene with the girl zombie in the garden, after she is impaled she stands up straight and we can see the actors through the hole in her stomach, however in the next shot she is only just getting up off her knees to stand.

Correction: I think it's to be assumed she falls over while the shot is on Shaun and Ed. If you look at her knees BEFORE she gets impaled, they aren't that muddy - and what mud is on there is dried mud. After she stands up, the mud is fresh as if she has just picked herself up.

Corrected entry: Just before Shaun and his gang meet a similar group of survivors in an alleyway on their way to the Winchester Arms, look at the background as they enter the alleyway. First a car goes past, then a person on a bike. This is a very risky method of transport in a supposedly zombie infested area.

Correction: Actually, it's an excellent form of transport. Assuming a reasonably fit rider, it provides for reasonable speed, much faster than the zombies themselves, and has a great deal of agility, much more so than a car. It would also allow the rider to move quickly through narrow alleyways, something that a car wouldn't allow. While a car is better as an offensive weapon against the zombies, and would be safer if the zombies got too close, if the aim is purely to escape, then a bike is a pretty good choice, probably bettered only by a motorcycle.

Tailkinker

Corrected entry: When they enter the pub without Shaun, they smash a window first. When they are in the pub, they block up all the windows, but later on, when the zombies are breaking in, they smash the already smashed window. How's that possible?

Correction: The window they smash through is not the window they previously smashed. It is a lower/smaller pane of glass, (maybe a door). Presumably they have blocked up the window, and barricaded the door to keep the Zombies out.

Corrected entry: When Shaun and Liz are watching TV at the end of the film, they watch "T4", and Liz suggests "Reading the Sundays" and "going for a roast", which suggests it's Sunday; however, they also watch "Trisha", which is only ever screened on weekday mornings.

Chris Blower

Correction: Not necessarily. The digital channel ITV2 has been known to screen Trisha on a Sunday morning. It is possibly a repeat from earlier in that week. They're watching Sky News, so definitely have cable/digital TV.

Corrected entry: Mary, the woman in the garden, can be seen working at a supermarket checkout at the start of the film.

Correction: This is not trivia. We are shown Mary and the people at the bus stop, because later they are all seen as zombies as well.

Ssiscool

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Visible crew/equipment: In the Jaguar, after Ed explains that he already adjusted the seat and Shaun shouts, "Careful!," when Ed pulls out of the driveway a seated crewmember is reflected on the side of the car. This does not refer to the zombie extras. (00:45:15)

Super Grover

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Trivia: Throughout the film, several of the original music scores from Dawn of the Dead (1978) are played, such as during the Universal logo and during Shaun's several plans for picking up Liz and his mother.

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