Parents Guide for
Shaun of the Dead (2004) More at IMDbPro »

Several mild sexual references. A man mimes intercourse with his hands. Minor sexual dialogue. No nudity.

BLUE - mild violence

ORANGE - strong violence

RED - graphic/extreme violence

A main theme of the movie is "living dead" so there are scenes with gory zombie violence.

Shaun pushes a girl onto a pole and it impales her, she graphically yanks herself off of it, with the hole in her body clearly visible.

Ed throws a vinyl record and it sticks a zombie in the eye.

Another zombie is about to grab Dave from behind and Shaun shoots it in the eye, causing it and the back of the skull to explode all over the wall behind the two of them.

One zombie has a missing arm and trys to grab Shaun and Ed with its "good arm".

Ed runs over a zombie and his limbs twist graphically he then gets up and roars at them (they drive off).

[orange] Shaun has to kill his mother after she becomes a zombie. [orange] [spoiler]

[spoiler] Near the end of the film, David is torn to pieces by zombies. You see his guts and insides. His limbs are pulled off too.

Shaun beats the Zombies with a Cricket Bat.

Ed beats zombies with a shovel.

Shaun of the Dead is a very graphic film, however most of the violence is played for comedy.

45 uses of f*ck and 1 use of c*nt

some of the movie takes place in a pub

several characters drink and smoke

several jokes about zombies being "drunk"

Shaun and Ed are seen drunk and stumbling around comically a few times

Ed is a drug dealer on the side, and several people call him asking to buy it

Shauns girlfriend breaks up with him because she doesnt want to end up a alcoholic

The zombies are very frightening.

Shaun has to kill his mother when she becomes a zombie.

David's death, he is snatched, then ripped apart from zombies. Goriest scene in the film.

Lots of graphic violence.