This film is hilarious! It's one of the most fun budget zombie flicks I've ever seen, with some great quotable one-liners and a host of likable characters who all find their own unique ways of coping when the zombie apocalypse hits unsuspecting Stoke-on-Trent.
Most of the effects were simple and well thought-out, saving the proper gore for a few select moments. The zombie make-up was effective and the horde scenes really came to (un)life on the screen.
The plot was a simple, classic storyline of ravenous rampaging zombies overrunning the town and trying to eat people, but it also had a few nice twists and touches along the way. Mostly it focused on the characters and how they were affected: action film fans trying to be heroes, devout Christians seeking safety in church, and a heartless (and talentless) reporter desperate to make a name for himself... oh, and the pair who were too "tied up" to know what was happening when their mistress suddenly disappeared!
There were a few local in-jokes, but they're not so frequent or important as to be off-putting for anyone who doesn't know Stoke-on-Trent. The real added benefit for anyone who knows the area is spotting the various local sights, with much of it filmed in and around Burslem.
