Shaun of the Dead at 20: how Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s zombie comedy prefigured today’s infantilised pop culture

The inspiration was simple. After staying up all night playing video game Resident Evil 2, Wright went to buy milk, only to be confronted with an eerily empty, early morning London. It gave him an idea. “Wouldn’t it be interesting if you did this Sunday walk and there were zombies, or what if you were … Read more