Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average thirtysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend (Kate Ashfield) mad. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead begin roaming the earth (or London's Crouch End, at least) and, with the help of his slacker chums Ed (Nick Frost) and Pete (Peter Serafinowicz), he must save Lucy and his dear mum from becoming zombies! Well, that's if he can get out of the local pub...