Unlike the sprinting, rage-infected monsters of 28 Days Later (released just two years prior), the zombies in Shaun of the Dead are classic Romero shamblers: slow, moaning, and driven by instinct. This was a deliberate choice. Slow zombies allow for conversation, planning, and the film's most famous comedic set piece: Shaun and Ed beating a zombie to the beat of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” while trying to figure out how to dispose of the body.
The film is split into three acts, each parodying a zombie movie trope: Shaun of the Dead
is the definitive "Zom-Com" (zombie romantic comedy) that catapulted director Edgar Wright and the duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Unlike the sprinting, rage-infected monsters of 28 Days