When at work, talking to the youngsters, Shaun mentions that "Ash" is also sick and can't come to work. A nod to the classic Evil Dead trilogy where Bruce Campbell plays Ash, also a sales clerk.
Great sites
Quotes
Ed: You gonna thank me then?
Shaun: For what?
Ed: Tidying up!
Shaun: Doesn't look that tidy.
Ed: Well, I had a few beers when I finished.
Mistakes
When Shaun and Ed bring out the basket of mugs, pots and toasters etc., to throw at the two zombies, in one closeup we see Ed pick up a mug and a saltshaker, but in the next shot we see him throwing a wooden mugtree. See more...
When at work, talking to the youngsters, Shaun mentions that "Ash" is also sick and can't come to work. A nod to the classic Evil Dead trilogy where Bruce Campbell plays Ash, also a sales clerk.
When Shaun is on the phone to his mum, Ed shouts "We're coming to get you Barbra". This is a tribute to the famous "they're coming to get you Barbra" line from Night of the Living Dead.
Throughout the film, several of the original music scores from 'Dawn of the Dead' are played, such as during the Universal logo and during Shaun's several plans for picking up Liz and his mother.
The fake 'Trisha' clips shown in the film were shot during recording breaks of the actual 'Trisha' show.
Although it seems like Diane was killed after she left the Winchester, she actually does survive. If you watch the "Plot Holes" section on the DVD, Diane explains how she used David's leg as a weapon, fought through the zombies to a tree, ate part of the leg for sustenance, and then came down after everything was back to normal.
When Shaun is searching an Italian restaurant in the Yellow Pages, he finds one called Fulci's, a reference to Italian horror director Lucio Fulci.
In the scene where the survivors try to get into the Winchester, and Shaun tries to lure the zombies away from Di, David, Ed, and Liz, Shaun says, "Oh boy," when he gets up on the platform so all the zombies will see him. When Shaun says, "Oh boy," like he's frightened, his fear is real and at one point in the movie Simon Pegg actually tells all the zombie actors to "f*ck off" and to end the shot for the moment because the zombie actors looked too real. Check for it, it's in the outtakes.
George A. Romero liked this movie so much he has offered the director and the two main actors cameos in his next zombie movie "Land of the Dead"
Simon Pegg was offered a part in 'Dog Soldiers' but SOTD director Edgar Wright wanted this to be his first horror film, so he turned it down.
The pizza place next to Shaun's local newsagents is called Bub's Pizza; a nod to 'Day of the Dead' in which the scientist's experimental zombie is called Bub.
The "pyjama zombie" (appeared as a human in the bus queue at the start) is voiced by Simon Pegg (Shaun).
Just as Shaun switches the TV off near the end of the film you can hear a reporter saying something like '...meanwhile, reports that the outbreak was caused by rage-infected monkeys have been described as bullsh*t-'. This is a jibe at Danny Boyle's film 28 Days Later - the creators of SOTD didn't appreciate the fact that in 28DL the zombies could run and move quickly.
At the end of the movie you see a cameo by Chris Martin supporting a foundation called Zomb-Aid. You also see him as a zombie at the pub. When Shaun and Liz come out from the cellar, he is the zombie walking right to left in front of a phone box.
Trampolining over a garden fence to save someone from a marauding zombie? Looks like someone else played a lot of "Zombies Ate My Neighbours" as a kid. See Link
In the film, Matt Lucas is wearing an "I Love Pussy" T-shirt. This shirt was designed for Ed's character, but this was considered too distracting for the entire film, so Ed wears an "I Got Wood" T-shirt. Other rejected designs include "Bumpin' Donuts", "Pull My Finger" and "I'm Here About The Blowjob".
'Noel' the 17 year old shop assistant at the electrical store is also known as 'Noodle' who Ed gets rung up by twice in the film to ask if he has any drugs.
In one scene where Shaun and Pete are arguing in the kitchen, if you look over Shaun's shoulder you can just about see the ubiquitous phrase "Fried Gold." written on the fridge's message board.
Shaun's mum calls Shaun "Pickle" because thats what Writer/Director Edgar Wright's mum used to call him.
During the film, Ed tells Shaun that "Snakehips" is always surrounded by women. Later in the film, we see Snakehips being devoured by 3 female zombies.
The (fictional) supermarket chain that the zombiefied Mary and Noel work for is called "LANDIS" (you can see it on their name badges). This is a nod to director John Landis: Simon Pegg has mentioned in interviews that Landis' "American Werewolf in London" was an influence on this film. It's also very similar to "Londis" - a chain of shops in the UK.
You may also like: The Dark Knight | Hot Fuzz | Pulp Fiction | Iron Man | Kill Bill: Volume 1
reddit
Facebook