Shaun Of The Dead: Movie Analysis

The Cornetto trilogy is a series of British comedic genre films directed by Edgar Wright. The trilogy consists of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World’s End (2013). All three movie have some common featured scene which are presented in different ways; the five common feature that resemble each other are Cornetto ice-creams, jumping fences, value of the bars, satirical messages and fast editings.

The name Cornetto Trilogy is given by film critics to the three comedy movies directed by Wright. The Cornetto ice-cream exists in each movie with certain colored cone wrapper and the label on Cornetto is related to the topic of the films. In Shaun of the Dead, the cover and label was red that represent zombies and the scenes with blood. In Hot Fuzz, the Cornetto cover was blue in color which symbolizing the police. In The World’s End the wrapper label was green exhibiting the impact of technology on nature.

Although the humorous scene of characters jumping over a fence to find a shortcut is included in all three movies, the scenes are slightly different. In Shaun of the Dead, the main character Simon Pegg tries to jump over the fence but he falls down with the fence. In Hot Fuzz, the same main character jumps over

In Shaun of the Dead Pegg chose the bar as a safe refuge to take friends and family and defend against zombies attacks . In Hot Fuzz, Pegg and his friends fights with the bar owner and his wife. In addition, the scene of Pegg drinking cranberry juice is often shown and in The World’s End the whole setup of the film is in bar as the Pegg’s group plans to visit various bars in that particular area. Similarly, we can find the fight scene of Pegg’s group with the robots inside the bar. The fighting scenes with zombies, local neighbors and the alien humans with blue fluid are shown in different ways; however every scene is set inside the bar which is very