Dead Set

Delightfully offensive and hilarious zombie mini-series. There are, annoyingly, running zombies and a thread of misandry throughout...but fuck that, this is too much fun! From the abusive producer and moronic housemates to the kick-arse zombie killing chicks, the characters are a blast. There's nothing timid about the dialogue - rapid-fire and incisive as it slams our vapid reality TV culture between gushes of blood and viscera. Favourite line - 'It smells of fingering in here'

Best zombie series/movie/whatever in years. Electric pace, bitingly blunt (but at least not clumsily stupid) satire and without a doubt one of THE best endings ever within the zombie niche. The dread, the macabre killings and the sense that there is no way out. It's claustrophobic and fatalistic like the ending of "Dawn of the Dead". And perhaps even better? It loses a bit of steam midways, but the first and final episodes more than make up for it. This is modern zombie art.

The first and last episodes are some of the best zombie media around, taking and running with the social commentary from Romero's heyday. The bulk of the production falls into the cliche pitfalls of the genre; namely, people making really stupid decisions. Thankfully Brooker's writing keeps things flowing with utter derision for the characters and some great satire. Go watch Screenwipe.

I absolutely loved everything about Dead Set, and after many repeated viewings it has solidified itself as my #1 favorite zombie production. Bleak, haunting, pulse-pounding and disturbingly funny. Having a zombie outbreak during a Big Brother episode is a brilliant concept. And that ending! Rarely have I felt such terror at seeing a group of zombies break into a previously safe location. Charlie Brooker is the mán.

An excellent mini-series combining some wickedly black humour with the tension and gore of The Walking Dead at its best. This was an early sign of things to come from Brooker, combining genre fiction with a pessimistic outlook on today's media/technology-obsessed culture. This would later come to full fruition in Black Mirror. Very true to the Romero style of satire, zombies no longer flock to the mall, they now flock to reality TV. We finally have a reason for all the characters being morons.

Starts off being pretty funny but quickly degrades into a by the numbers zombie flick once it's hook runs out. Comparatively Shaun of the Dead manages to thoroughly entertain the entire time without becoming tiresomely contrived.

Good zombie flick, sometimes fun characters. The slow (or fast) decline into apocalypse is cool although it's been done better (Dawn of the Dead 2004) but any segment like that is cool when it's well done. The concept is interesting enough and well executed and all in all this is good zombie flick.

Not bad. (As satire or parody organised around a 'Big Brother'-style show goes, 'Sex House' is probably at least as dark and incisive.)

The acting seems to improve with each installment and the ending was surprisingly satisfying, unlike much of what else I've seen in the genre. The pacing is a bit off, a little too slow in the beginning and a bit rushed in the end, but overall this ranks right up with the best zombie cinema. I would have said this was my favorite of the genre, but upon rewatching [REC] it's hard to say which is better.

A good zombie series that deteriorates toward the end with some exaggerated gore. Plenty of points for humor especially early on, tad too much screaming and camera waving though.