"SHAUN OF THE DEAD" (2004)

by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright

SPOOKY NOISES...CURIOUSLY ELECTRONIC...A BELL RINGS...

Close up on the face of a MAN. He draws on his cigarette.

WOMAN’S VOICE (O.S.) Shaun?

SHAUN stares blankly into space.

WOMAN’S VOICE (CONT’D) Do you see what I’m saying?

We reveal that SHAUN is sitting with a woman, LIZ. They are both in their late twenties. LIZ looks slightly concerned, SHAUN looks slightly confused. They are having a drink.

We reveal ED right next to them, playing a horror themed FRUIT MACHINE which bleeps spooky electronic noises. He is in his late twenties and slightly overweight.

A beat.

SHAUN and LIZ smile, sharing some private joke. SHAUN relaxes, momentarily off the hook. But...

DAVID DIANNE

That’s alright. That’s alright.

We reveal DAVID and DIANNE, sitting next to LIZ. Both in their late twenties, DAVID is trendy but straight-laced, DI is colourful and chirpy. They hold hands.

SHAUN closes his eyes.

DAVID DIANNE

No thanks. No thanks.

SHAUN nods. ED holds out his palm to SHAUN, who sighs and reluctantly hands him a fiver. Meanwhile, DAVID steps in.

DAVID looks at LIZ with affection, as DIANNE chips in.

A packet of Pork Scratchings hits SHAUN square in the face.

SHAUN offers her a Pork Scratching. She declines.

LIZ laughs grimly at her own silly sentence. She then takes a pork scratching and regards SHAUN with a mixture of exasperation and affection.

The LANDLORD calls time. SHAUN stares back into space.

The BELL rings again. The SPOOKY NOISES continue as...

TITLES BEGIN

A MONTAGE OF GREATER LONDON, Saturday 8 A.M. (All actions in the sequence are choreographed to the TITLE MUSIC)

...A traffic jam. Drivers stare blankly ahead. A MIDDLE AGED MAN sits in a Jag wearing DRIVING GLOVES...

...A bus stop. BORED COMMUTERS ignore each other...

...A vast supermarket car park. Customers park up as a bow tied OLD MAN slowly collects discarded trolleys...

...A 24 hour supermarket serves earlybird customers. A vacant CHECKOUT GIRL bleeps products through her till...

...A nightclub in an industrial estate expels its last patrons. DAZED YOUNG CLUBBERS wander into the daylight...

...A nondescript suburb. A BORED KID kicks a FOOTBALL against a wall. We CLOSE IN on a semi-detached house...

Bare feet shuffle into shot. Slowly we PAN UP to see-

SHAUN. Dead to the world. His face tired. He yawns.

We are in the lounge. The decor is male, the room untidy. ED is sitting on the sofa, playing a video game.

He may have been there all night. SHAUN sits next to him, picks up a game controller and presses a button. A VOICE booms.

SHAUN puts the controller back down.

A TOILET is flushed...a SHOWER run...TEETH brushed...

SHAUN now wears a white short-sleeved shirt. He straightens his tie in the mirrored door of the bathroom cabinet, which is ajar. He shuts it.

PETE stands in the reflection. His face like thunder.

A DRAWER is yanked open...A KNIFE grabbed...TOAST buttered. A BOTTLE OF MILK hits the table. PETE screws the lid on.

PETE returns the milk to its rightful place in the fridge. He also wears a shirt and tie, but is somewhat smarter.

ED enters and takes the milk from the fridge, he swigs from the bottle and wanders out, scratching his nuts.

SHAUN sits down by ED, who is again playing the video game. PETE watches at the door.

ED’s mobile rings (ring tone: ‘HALLOWEEN’).

ED resumes his game. PETE’s seen enough and wades in.

PETE’s mobile rings as he leaves (ring tone: ‘LIVE FOREVER’ by Oasis). He puts on his jacket. On the back is a ‘post-it’ reading - ‘I AM A PRICK’

SHAUN sees this and shakes his head wearily at ED.

SHAUN puzzles, before his expression turns to disgust.

ED laughs. SHAUN does too, as he covers his nose and mouth.

SHAUN leaves. The phone rings. The answer machine picks up.

Beep. PUSH IN as the RED LIGHT flashes.

CLOSER. The RED LIGHT flashes. The screen is filled.

BANG. A FOOTBALL hits SHAUN in the head. He turns to see the BORED KID grinning at him. He responds playfully.

SHAUN boots the ball back. He walks past PETE in his car and crosses the road. He heads for the newsagent passing a HOMELESS MAN in a green coat with a dog on a lead. He stands with an ARM OUTSTRETCHED. SHAUN gives him some change.

SHAUN grabs a coke from the fridge and goes to the counter.

There’s no-one there. SHAUN waits, idly scanning across the day’s papers, their headlines partially concealed.

‘G.M. CROPS BLAMED FOR...’ ‘...UNIDENTIFIED MUTILATED...’ ‘...SUPER-FLU...’ ‘...DOWNED SATELLITE CAUSES...’

SHAUN peers closer. As if by magic, the SHOPKEEPER appears.

A PALE SUITED MAN enters hurriedly, as we follow SHAUN out.

SHAUN stands amid LIVID COMMUTERS. A POLICE CAR blazes past.

SHAUN is sat on a bus crowded with BLANK PASSENGERS; a PASTY GUY listens to his walkman, an OLD MAN slowly nods off.

SHAUN looks out of the window. On the street, he sees a YOUNG WOMAN faint. A number of PASSERS-BY rush to her aid.

SHAUN’S VOICE (O.S.) Gather round everyone...

We reveal a bunch of surly young SHOP ASSISTANTS chewing in unison, in front of SHAUN. Among them, NOEL and DANNY.

A ripple of laughter. SHAUN tries to find it funny.

A mobile phone interrupts.

NOEL holds up his hand. SHAUN concedes weakly.

SHAUN is left twiddling his red biro.

The ASSISTANTS are already off, ambling to their stations.

DANNY is already opening the front doors...

SARAH is already switching on a bank of TV SCREENS...

SHAUN pockets his biro and tries to look officious.

NOEL points to SHAUN’s top pocket. His biro has leaked.

SHAUN is demonstrating a TV to a young couple.

FLIP. We see a clip of MOANING COUPLES on ‘Trisha’.

...you got your entertainment channels...

FLIP. We see a LAME GAME SHOW with contestants in funny costumes. An unseen commentator laughs uncontrollably.

...you got your news channels...

FLIP. We see images of a CRASH SITE. People in WHITE SUITS. A GRAVE LOOKING SCIENTIST. A DISTRAUGHT VOX POP. A CONVOY OF MILITARY TRUCKS, RED LIGHTS flash. SHAUN stops flipping.

SHAUN looks to the counter. With NOEL is a MIDDLE-AGED MAN. SHAUN apologises to his customers and goes over.

PHILIP is a greying bear of a man. He wears DRIVING GLOVES and makes only cursory eye contact with SHAUN.

They glare at each other, before PHILIP heads for the door. SHAUN watches him leave, noticing another CONVOY OF MILITARY TRUCKS on the street, RED LIGHTS flashing.

NOEL grins to some nearby ASSISTANTS who snigger.

The phone rings. DANNY answers.

SHAUN takes it, adopting a businesslike tone.

SHAUN sees that NOEL and the other ASSISTANTS are watching.

SHAUN fakes a yawn and makes a ‘wrap it up’ signal.

SHAUN hangs up and turns to NOEL and the others.

EXT/INT. FLORIST -EVENING

A DISTRESSED BUSINESSMAN, crying loudly, runs past the window of a florist. Inside, SHAUN watches him go.

The FLORIST produces some tags.

SHAUN writes out the card and hands it back. He looks back to the street. On the other side of the road is a SCRUFFY MAN on the steps of a CHURCH, surrounded by pigeons.

SHAUN watches as the SCRUFFY MAN swipes at the pigeons. Amazingly he catches one.

SHAUN’s transfixed as the SCRUFFY MAN raises the pigeon to his mouth. Surely he isn’t going to...

A BUS pulls up outside. SHAUN cranes to see through the windows. When the bus pulls away, the SCRUFFY MAN is gone.

COMMUTER’S VOICE (O.S.) What the hell’s going on?

SHAUN is again amid a crowd of PISSED OFF COMMUTERS.

The GUARD raises three fingers. SHAUN is a little freaked.

SHAUN is again on a bus crowded with BLANK PASSENGERS. The man next to SHAUN coughs badly. The lady in front seems to have nodded off and is dribbling. The bus is barely moving.

SHAUN walks. Cars honk, a traffic jam clogging up the road. He looks ahead to the cause, a CAR has stalled at the lights. A HAND slaps SHAUN on the arm.

YVONNE is in her late twenties. She’s jovial and short. She and SHAUN embrace, slightly awkwardly.

YVONNE mouths a house beat and does a little dance. SHAUN nods. A CROWD starts to gather around the stalled car.

MORE PEOPLE gather around the CAR.

An AMBULANCE pulls up. The SIREN forces them to shout.

YVONNE clocks his name-tag and realises her faux pas.

The SIREN wails on. YVONNE nods.

The SIREN slows. Realisation dawns. SHAUN goes ashen-faced.

FRONT DOOR swung open...FLOWERS thrown into the sink...YELLOW PAGES flung open. We see on the page: ‘Fulci’s. The place that does all the fish’.

SHAUN anxiously paces on the phone. ED plays his videogame.

The phone picks up at the other end.

VOICE (O.S.) Fulci’s. Can you hold, please?

ED produces a scrap of paper and reads aloud.

VOICE (O.S.) Hello?

VOICE (O.S.) Sorry, we just gave away the last table.

CLICK. The line goes dead.

A beat.

SHAUN stares at the receiver, deep in thought.

SHAUN slams the phone down, it rings. He picks up.

Silence. ED looks at SHAUN. He raises his eyebrows and nods.

SHAUN winces. CLICK. The phone goes dead.

The YELLOW PAGES hits the floor...The FLOWERS are grabbed... The FRONT DOOR is swung wide...

EXT/INT. TAXI CAB -EVENING

...A TAXI CAB DOOR slams shut. SHAUN sits anxiously in the back of the cab, feigning interest in the DRIVER’s waffle.

The CAB screeches off. SHAUN runs with the flowers across the grass forecourt of an apartment block. He reaches the front door and slams the intercom buzzer for LIZ’s flat.

Furious, SHAUN looks up to the FIRST FLOOR WINDOW.

A worried DAVID and DIANNE stand by the entry phone, in their coats. Behind, LIZ emerges, also preparing to go out.

There are noises from outside. All look to the OPEN WINDOW. BUZZ. The entry phone again.

A furious LIZ busies herself, getting ready to go out.

SHAUN flits around her.

DAVID and DI sit on the sofa, listening through the wall.

DAVID and DI look at each other, affronted.

DIANNE is relieved. DAVID remains affronted. LIZ storms into the lounge, with SHAUN in tow, helping her with her coat.

LIZ turns angrily on SHAUN, who cowers behind the coat.

SHAUN takes out a fag packet and chucks them in the bin.

LIZ walks out, leaving SHAUN with DAVID and DI.

DAVID goes red.

SHAUN makes a ‘like you don’t know’ face and leaves.

DIANNE says nothing.

LIZ is sat on her bed. Head in her hands. SHAUN enters.

He offers her the flowers with a smile. LIZ clocks the tag.

LIZ laughs, more out of exasperation than amusment. A pause.

LIZ returns her head to her hands.

SLAM. SHAUN is stood outside. Still in his work clothes. Still holding the flowers. Face like...

THUNDER. Rain falls. SHAUN stares blankly ahead.

SHAUN walks toward the pub, still holding the flowers. He sees a SNOGGING COUPLE in the shadows. He throws the flowers into a NEARBY BIN.

ED’S VOICE (O.S.) Shauny...

A packet of PORK SCRATCHINGS hits a glum SHAUN in the face. A cheery ED joins him at their usual table.

Behind, a wall mounted TV shows a SQUAD CAR whizzing through suburbs, lights flashing. Seconds later, the pub is illuminated by the FLASHING LIGHTS of a passing squad car.

ED proceeds to ape Clyde the orangutan from ‘Every Which Way But Loose’. SHAUN looks at him, bereft.

SINEAD O’CONNOR (O.S.) ‘It’s been 7 hours and 15 days...’

‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ starts up on the JUKEBOX.

ED motions to JOHN for another round.

...CURTAINS ARE DRAWN...DEAD BOLTS click into place...The TV, FRUIT MACHINE and JUKEBOX are switched off. SHAUN and ED are now among the last customers and are utterly pissed. ED ignites two SAMBUCA shots. He and SHAUN ritualistically down them, spluttering and laughing.

A hand appears on ED’s shoulder.

ED/SHAUN Sorry John.

JOHN moves off with their empties. ED continues quietly.

SHAUN remains utterly glum.

Cut away to a number of SAD OLD FUCKERS around the bar.

ED points to a MULLET HAIRED FIFTYSOMETHING at the bar.

Vaguely amused, SHAUN points to an IRISH SPINSTER necking whisky.

SHAUN laughs and shakes his head.

ED points to BERNIE, the wizened landlady behind the bar.

ED nods to a rifle mounted on a brace.

SHAUN lets himself laugh. ED smiles.

THUMP. THUMP. THUMP. A SHADOWY FIGURE is visible beyond the frosted glass of the door. JOHN calls out to it.

More EMERGENCY VEHICLES pass. The flashing lights momentarily define the FIGURE at the door. Maybe it’s a trick of the light, but it appears to have NO LOWER JAW. The FIGURE follows the noise and shuffles off.

ANGLE ON SIGN: “PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY”

SHAUN & ED drunkenly belt out ‘White Lines’. The SNOGGING COUPLE are still outside, necking furiously. ED calls over.

The WOMAN stops necking the man. He goes limp and drops to the ground. She watches SHAUN & ED stagger off.

SHAUN & ED cross the street, still singing ‘White Lines’ in harmony. Behind, another FIGURE is stumbling down the middle of the road. He appears to join in with...

SHAUN and ED turn, gleefully trying to draft their new friend into the sing-a-long. Again he responds with...

SHAUN and ED shrug, a little disappointed.

‘CRUCIAL ELECTRO’ blares. An old-skool party is in full swing; ED body pops. SHAUN is on his turntables.

PETE storms in. He grabs the record off the turntable-

-and throws it through the open window.

PETE heads for the door. As he does, ED mutters-

PETE launches at ED, fists flying. SHAUN pulls them apart.

SHAUN is utterly floored. ED interrupts-

We reveal that PETE’s hand is completely bandaged up.

A shell-shocked SHAUN doesn’t reply. ED slumps on the sofa.

SHAUN shuffles out into the hall and plays the answer phone. We hear Liz’s message from earlier-

-as SHAUN stands in the darkened kitchen and stares at a photo of him and Liz, pinned to a ‘THINGS TO DO’ board.

As Liz and Barbara’s messages play, he scrawls something on the board, then drunkenly slumps onto a kitchen chair.

SCENE 32 MERGED WITH SCENE 31

SHAUN wakes, groggy and hung-over. He’s still in the chair. His eyes focus on the ‘THINGS TO DO’ board. It reads-

‘GO ROUND MUM’S...GET LIZ BACK...SORT LIFE OUT’

ED is still slumped on the sofa.

SHAUN crosses the street. In the distance we glimpse TWO FIGURES shambling up the middle of the road.

No-one is behind the counter. SHAUN grabs a Strawberry Cornetto from the freezer and goes to the cooler. He opens the door, not noticing two smeared BLOODY HANDPRINTS ON THE GLASS. SHAUN grabs a Coke oblivious, slipping as he moves off.

SHAUN goes to the counter. It seems oddly bare.

SHAUN shrugs and puts some change onto the counter.

SHAUN leaves. In the security mirror we can see the body of Nelson slumped at the back of the store.

SHAUN crosses the street again. One of the FIGURES is close now, its ARMS OUTSTRETCHED. It wears a GREEN COAT and trails a dog lead in its hand. SHAUN fishes in his pockets, without really looking over.

Shaun goes inside. In the distance, we can see the figure Nelson shamble out of the shop.

SHAUN sits down and puts his feet up on the coffee table. He cracks open his Coke and picks up the remote, flicking idly through the Sunday morning television.

NEWS: A REPORTER

‘Religious groups are calling it Judgement Day. There’s...’

MTV: THE SMITHS ‘Panic on the streets of London...’

NEWS: ANOTHER REPORTER ‘...as an increasing number of...’

FOOTBALL SHOW: COMMENTATOR ‘...serious attacks on...’

NEWS: A DIFFERENT REPORTER AGAIN ‘...people, who are literally being...’

WILDLIFE SHOW: LIONS DEVOUR A GAZELLE ‘...eaten alive...’

NEWS: A VERY HARASSED REPORTER

‘Witness reports are sketchy but one unifying detail seems to be that the attackers in many instances appear to be...’

KIDS SHOW: A TV PRESENTER ‘...dead excited to have with us here...’

SHAUN flips back to the previous channel, curious. NEWS: A HARASSEED REPORTER

‘...accounts of multiple unidentified assailants...’ SHAUN leans forward to watch more closely.

SHAUN turns. ED is peering through the back window.

SHAUN joins ED at the window. Standing at the very bottom of the garden is a GIRL with her back to them.

SHAUN calls timidly to the GIRL.

ED picks up a lump of mud and throws it at the GIRL.

The missile strikes her on the head. She turns slowly.

WE SEE HER FACE

She is pale, greyish. Her eyes are lifeless and cloudy. Her hair is matted with something. Her CHECKOUT GIRL’S uniform is dirty and torn. The image is horrific and unmistakable.

She lurches forward, her ARMS OUTSTRETCHED towards SHAUN. ED and SHAUN step back, giggling.

She keeps coming. Mouth open. HISSING. SHAUN backs up.

He trips and falls. THE GIRL is quickly on top of him.

ED runs back into the house.

SHAUN gets a clear look at her eyes. Something’s not right.

ED has come running back with a FUN CAMERA. Takes a snap.

ED pushes the GIRL away. She stumbles, then comes back at them both. ED gets his first good look.

SHAUN jumps up and shouts to the GIRL.

She keeps coming...SHAUN clocks her name badge.

She keeps coming. SHAUN loses his patience.

SHAUN shoves MARY hard in the chest. She stumbles down the garden, falls backwards and IMPALES HERSELF onto the rusty remnants of a free standing clothes line. The metal pole protrudes through her stomach. BLOOD oozes through her top. SHAUN puts his hands to his mouth. ED bites his lip.

SQUELCH. She gets up. SHAUN is momentarily relieved...before seeing the GAPING HOLE IN HER STOMACH. ED starts to wind on the fun camera. SHAUN bats it out of his hands.

They turn to see a HULKING MAN right behind them. His eyes dead also. He has massive injuries to his face and neck...

ED stands by the window. The curtains are drawn.

SHAUN’s on the phone, dialling fast.

ED opens the curtains. MARY and THE HULK are still out there. They look at ED. He promptly shuts the curtains again.

They sit on the sofa. Upright, close to each other. They watch a TIRED AND TROUBLED NEWSREADER on the TV. Behind them, through the hall, we see the FRONT DOOR move.

BEHIND THEM. The FRONT DOOR opens.

We see live footage of SHAMBLING FIGURES in a street.

BEHIND THEM. A SUITED MAN wanders in.

SHAUN and ED turn to each other, then look-

BEHIND. THE SUITED MAN lumbers into the lounge. His shoulder has been torn away. He looks pale and hungry.

SHAUN/ED NEWSREADER (T.V.)

Fuck! ...avoid contact with these

individuals...

SHAUN & ED jump off the sofa. The SUITED MAN lurches.

SUITED MAN NEWSREADER (T.V.)

Uhhhhhh... ...if you find your safety is

compromised, it is important to remain calm...

SHAUN and ED panic. They back around the room attempting to evade the SUITED MAN, who pursues them relentlessly.

Suddenly ED grabs a heavy glass ashtray and brings it down hard on the SUITED MAN’s head. CRACK! He falls back, lifeless, skull split open. SHAUN and ED stand panting.

SHAUN runs out into the hall. ED goes over to the body.

SHAUN rejoins ED, who is staring at the body.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! MARY and THE HULK want in.

ED (CONT’D) NEWSREADER

We should get out there. -officials suggest that-

SHAUN NEWSREADER

No we should stay inside. -in extreme circumstances-

ED (CONT’D) NEWSREADER

Come on, we can take ‘em. -the attackers can be stopped-

SHAUN NEWSREADER

But the man said to stay (sips his water) indoors. -uh I repeat-

SMASH. The back window goes. MARY and THE HULK pull the curtains down and reach through the broken glass.

SHAUN takes a deep breath.

A WHISTLE. MARY and THE HULK stop thumping and turn to see ED and SHAUN standing determinedly next to a cardboard box.

The boys hurl the contents of the box; a variety of kitchen implements, saucepans etc. They bounce ineffectually off the intruders. Within seconds the arsenal is spent.

ED spies the discarded ‘CRUCIAL ELECTRO’ album on the grass.

Too late. ED flings the record frisbee style. SMACK. It catches THE HULK in the face, throwing his head back.

THE HULK staggers back up, the record sticking out of his face. A look of confusion between SHAUN and ED.

SHAUN unclips the lid on an expensive looking record box.

ED grabs a record and flings it. It flies past MARY’s head.

ED starts flicking through the records.

ED flings disappointing Prince. It lodges in MARY’s thigh.

ED flings dreary A.O.R. It thuds into THE HULK’s shoulder.

ED picks another record. MARY and THE HULK bear down.

ED throws. It misses and shatters against the house.

SHAUN walks towards the shed. ED follows.

IS NOW PART OF SCENE 42

BLACKNESS. The door splinters open. SHAUN crashes through. ED steps in after him. They survey the contents.

SHAUN and ED emerge from the shed. SHAUN carries a cricket bat, ED has a spade. MARY and THE HULK are right on top of them. There’s no other option.

WHACK. The first blow is tentative and reluctant. Each strike gains confidence and force. MARY and THE HULK go down. The blows become frenzied and in perfect synch.

MARY and the HULK are finally dead. SHAUN and ED stop, hyperventilating together. Their hands bloodied. Their clothes splattered. Their faces shocked. A baptism of gore.

SHAUN and ED are back on the sofa. SHAUN has a mug of tea in his shaking hand. ED eats his Cornetto and points to SHAUN’s shirt.

A FRAZZLED CORRESPONDENT talks over footage of a GREYISH MAN clawing at the glass of an observation room.

SHAUN and ED look at each other.

SHAUN and ED stands at the foot of stairs, looking up.

Nothing.

ED/SHAUN He’s not in.

SHAUN thinks. ED gets out his fags and offers one to SHAUN.

Just as SHAUN remembers, the phone rings.

SCENE 48 IS NOW DELETED

He picks up.

ED’s ears prick up. He instinctively stubs out his fag.

The colour drains from SHAUN’s face.

The colour drains from ED’s face too.

SLAM. A boot hits the coffee table. ED laces. SHAUN paces.

SHAUN takes a deep breath.

Cue MONTAGE.

Barbara and Philip’s and run heroically inside.

behind a ZOMBIE PHILIP.

PHILIP on the head.

inside, drinking tea and eating biscuits.

BACK TO SCENE

SHAUN surprises himself. A pause.

Cue MONTAGE:

Barbara and Philip’s.

PHILIP.

PHILIP.

the HOUSE. They sit drinking tea and eating biscuits.

BACK TO SCENE

SHAUN and ED look at each other.

Cue MONTAGE:

SHAUN (V.O.) MONTAGE:

Get Mum. SHAUN and ED screech up.

BACK TO SCENE

The TV is still on in the background.

SHAUN flicks the TV off.

A curtain is pulled back. We see Pete’s RENAULT MEGANE.

SHAUN’s at the front door. ED is psyching up. They both have their respective weapons; a spade and a cricket bat.

SHAUN looks out. The street seems empty.

SHAUN points. We REFRAME a fraction to see LOTS OF ZOMBIES.

SHAUN skips to the loo. ED calls after.

SHAUN shrugs and throws ED the keys.

A ZIP is unfastened...a TOILET FLUSHED...HAND washed.

SHAUN stares at his reflection in the open door of the

bathroom cabinet. He shuts it. In the reflection behind him- NOTHING. He turns to see-

PETE. Standing naked in the shower, his face is contorted with pain. His blank, milky eyes fix on a shocked SHAUN.

ZOMBIE PETE reaches out, his hand black and gangrenous.

Terrified, SHAUN backs out. ZOMBIE PETE slowly follows.

SHAUN slams the bathroom door and runs off downstairs. ANGLE ON THE HANDLE. It turns...

A shocked SHAUN rejoins ED, who’s jangling the car keys.

SHAUN walks briskly to the CAR. ED tags behind.

BANG. A FOOTBALL hits SHAUN on the head. He turns to see the BORED KID. Now DEAD. Standing on the pavement nearby. ED panics and presses any button. The MEGANE’s alarm goes off.

The nearby ZOMBIES turn slowly. The DEAD KID approaches...

ED pushes another button, the alarm stops and the locks flip up. SHAUN and ED dive into the car. ED turns the key-

...The lights come on...The DEAD KID paws the bonnet...

...The wipers activate...The ZOMBIES lurch closer... The indicators flash......A ZOMBIE NELSON approaches, hand outstretched...The engine roars to life...The FRONT DOOR bursts open. A naked PETE staggers out of the house...

ED drives fast through suburban streets. The radio is on.

RADIO NEWSREADER The Church of England has now joined extremist groups in proclaiming the crisis as-

SHAUN looks out of the window to see...a FATHER bundling his crying kids into a family car...an ABANDONED AMBULANCE with a squirming bodybag on a gurney...ZOMBIES dotted around the street and parks.

ED whips out a cassette and puts it in the player. HARD HOUSE booms. He grins at SHAUN-

WALLOP! Something flies off the bonnet, up over the car and bounces across the road behind, ED slams on the brakes.

ED leans on the horn, making them both jump.

ED backs the car up level with the CRUMPLED BODY. SHAUN winds down the window and calls over.

A CRACKING SOUND. They turn to see the broken body lifting its head, revealing...a GRIZZLED ZOMBIE. It hisses.

The irony of this hits SHAUN as ED hits the gas.

SHAUN and ED pull up outside Barbara and Philip’s. The only other car in the street is a gleaming JAGUAR XJ6 sitting in the driveway. ED whistles.

SHAUN looks around. The street is strangely quiet.

Uncertain, SHAUN runs up the path. ED calls after him.

BARBARA gets a tissue from her sleeve, licks it and dabs his cheek clean. SHAUN looks warily into the house.

The door creaks open. A grey looking PHILIP is sat in an armchair. He is inert, wrapped in a blanket and facing the television, which plays RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING. His eyes are closed. SHAUN approaches him, mind racing. He raises the CRICKET BAT above his head, as organ music on the TV swells.

SHAUN yelps, hiding the BAT behind him.

SHAUN yelps again as BARBARA appears and takes the bat.

BARBARA makes tea. SHAUN is agitated.

SHAUN cuts bread with a fearsome looking bread knife.

BARBARA flashes SHAUN a look.

BARBARA stops what she’s doing. Turns to SHAUN.

PHILIP is stood at the kitchen door, his arm in a sling. He looks weak but still towers over SHAUN.

SHAUN glances down at the knife in his hand, then back at PHILIP. His grip around the handle tightens.

SHAUN drags his cricket bat like a stroppy teenager as he leads BARBARA and PHILIP up the path. There are still no ZOMBIES around.

ED stands at the end of the garden, hands in his pockets.

ED nods to PHILIP then whispers to SHAUN.

ED tuts at SHAUN. PHILIP stands by the JAG.

ED looks sheepishly off. We follow his gaze to see the RENAULT MEGANE wrapped around a lamppost. A write-off.

SHAUN takes a deep breath and turns to PHILIP.

A ZOMBIE appears right behind PHILIP. We recognise him as one of the DAZED YOUNG CLUBBERS from earlier.

Too late. The ZOMBIE grabs PHILIP and takes a huge bite out of his shoulder.

SHAUN sprints over and kicks the ZOMBIE clear. PHILIP falls. Another CLUBBER ZOMBIE approaches, complete with whistle.

SHAUN spins and deftly smashes the 2nd ZOMBIE in the face- knocking the whistle down his throat.

PHILIP gives them to SHAUN, who throws them to ED.

ED catches the keys and looks at them. He smiles for a moment before ushering BARBARA in. SHAUN pulls PHILIP off the ground, his neck gushes blood.

SLAM! SHAUN jumps in the back with PHILIP. BARBARA’s up front with ED, who’s admiring the Jag’s interior.

He’s drowned out by ED’s HARD HOUSE tape. They scream off.

London whizzes by. We catch whispers of ACCIDENTS, a CAR driving erratically with a BABY CARRIAGE on the roof. We see ZOMBIES beating down the doors of houses. A huddle of ZOMBIE KIDS are gathered around a body next to an ABANDONED ICE CREAM VAN.

SHAUN attempts to bandage the profusely bleeding PHILIP with his jacket. The HARD HOUSE blares from the stereo.

ED turns it down immediately for her.

ED winks at BARBARA and speeds recklessly onward.

The JAG screeches to a halt. Everyone is thrown forward. A now heavily bandaged PHILIP moans in pain.

The forecourt is dotted with a FEW ZOMBIES, who lurch over.

SHAUN tries the door, it won’t open. He turns to PHILIP.

SHAUN winds down the window and squirms out.

ED cruises off around the forecourt. SHAUN heads for the door. Three ZOMBIES block his path. He knocks them down.

BUZZ. SHAUN slams the bell. Behind him the floored ZOMBIES quietly pick themselves up and advance again.

Before SHAUN can answer- HONK! HONK! HONK! ED beeps from the Jag. SHAUN turns. The ZOMBIES are right on top of him.

A worried DAVID and DIANNE huddle round the entry phone, which buzzes with sounds of PITCH BATTLE. LIZ emerges from her room and joins them. There is a noise at the window-

It’s SHAUN. At the glass.

LIZ opens the window. SHAUN tumbles in, bat in hand. LIZ looks at him, half way between angry and impressed.

SHAUN stands and catches his breath.

LIZ’s reluctance seems to waver.

SHAUN LIZ

What? What?

All eyes are on an uncertain LIZ. From outside, we hear a building chorus of moans. LIZ takes a deep breath.

SHAUN flips up his cricket bat and gathers himself.

CLOSE on the incredulous faces of LIZ, DI and DAVID.

CLOSE on the terrified faces of LIZ, DI and DAVID; as they clumsily battle the ZOMBIES on their doorstep. LIZ wields a hockey stick, DAVID an umbrella, DIANNE a piece of driftwood. SHAUN guides them through the crowd with his cricket bat.

HONK! The Jag pulls up, knocking a ROADSWEEPER ZOMBIE flying...

Everyone stops momentarily and looks at ED, before breaking into a run for the Jag. LIZ squeezes into the front. SHAUN, DAVID and DI pile in the back. SHAUN is jammed next to PHILIP, who looks even worse. ZOMBIES encroach on the car.

ED hits the gas. The engine roars.

The Jag is unbearably cramped. ED drives fast, flying over speed bumps. The HARD HOUSE is back on the stereo. PHILIP moans weakly.

ED swerves slightly. A ZOMBIE glances off the bonnet.

SHAUN ejects the tape with a huff.

SHAUN looks at LIZ. They keep eye contact.

Hearing the ‘P’ word, LIZ, DAVID and DI frown at SHAUN.

PHILIP is fading, he tugs on SHAUN’s arm and whispers.

SHAUN is taken aback.

SHAUN nods, eyes wide. With huge effort, PHILIP puts his hand on SHAUN’s shoulder.

PHILIP slips away. SHAUN closes his dead step-dad’s eyes.

ED swerves again. Another ZOMBIE bounces off the Jag.

ED slams on the brakes. Everyone is thrown violently around the interior as the car turns 180 and screams to a stop. The passengers sit in shocked silence. ED whoops.

Furious, SHAUN punches the back of ED’s headrest.

ED huffs in sulky protest. SHAUN gathers himself.

SHAUN looks at PHILIP who stares back milky eyed, UNDEAD.

Shit. A scramble for the doors. ZOMBIE PHILIP claws hungrily at SHAUN. BARBARA, LIZ and ED pile out; ED accidentally knees the HARD HOUSE tape back into the stereo. It BLARES again. DAVID and DI struggle to get out.

ED slopes towards the door, but LIZ quickly steps in before him to open it. DAVID and DI fall out, followed by SHAUN. He turns to see PHILIP lunge at him. SHAUN slams the car door.

SHAUN swings round and glowers at ED. He glowers right back.

The GANG are out in the open. The HARD HOUSE draws the attention of several nearby ZOMBIES, who begin to close in.

ED nods to the slavering PHILIP. BARBARA looks on in shock.

SHAUN grabs a shaken BARBARA by the shoulders. BEHIND we see ZOMBIE PHILIP lunging forward into the front seat.

BEHIND we see ZOMBIE PHILIP reach forward and SWITCH THE HARD HOUSE OFF. He sits back and looks almost peaceful.

SHAUN walks briskly along a high-fenced back alley.

We see the GANG tagging along behind him; LIZ, DAVID and DI followed by a dazed BARBARA. ED skulks at the back, smoking.

SHAUN peers through fence slats into a nearby garden. The MULLET HAIRED FIFTYSOMETHING from the pub lies dead on the grass surrounded by a ravenous huddle of FEMALE ZOMBIES.

LIZ looks back to the glazed BARBARA, concerned.

A SCREAM in the distance is answered by a chorus of distant and not so distant moans which seem to surround them.

BANG. SHAUN walks right into-

YVONNE is heading in the opposite direction with an uncannily similar bunch of FRIENDS and FAMILY.

YVONNE replies with her dance again, then turns to her party.

Everyone mumbles a respective ‘hello’.

SHAUN looks at the ground. YVONNE looks awkward.

YVONNE and SHAUN hug. This time it’s real and affectionate. The two groups move their separate ways. There is a weird poignancy to this passing...before YVONNE calls out.

YVONNE points in a completely different direction.

CRASH. A gate is kicked open.

We see the WINCHESTER’s sign in the distance.

We CRANE DOWN to reveal a line of back gardens. SHAUN steps forward and peers into the next garden.

SHAUN attempts to vault the fence in a super cool fashion. However it breaks under his weight, an entire section of fence FALLING FLAT. SHAUN quickly gets up and beckons the others to follow. BARBARA dawdles behind in a dazed fashion.

The GANG move commando style, from garden to garden.

LIZ doesn’t answer. She is distracted by evidence of other lives affected by the crisis...a dog sitting next to a DEAD BODY...the twitching silhouette of a HANGED MAN...a ZOMBIE IN PYJAMAS clawing at PATIO DOORS.

They reach a family garden, complete with outdoor games.

DI does a quick head count.

A YELP from next door.

SHAUN jumps onto a TRAMPETTE and vaults the fence with lightning speed...

...and lands to find BARBARA sprawled on the grass. He helps her to her feet.

SHAUN looks to the house. The PATIO DOOR is now open...

CRASH. SHAUN tumbles through the fence, struggling with the PYJAMA ZOMBIE.

LIZ and DIANNE leap into action. DAVID panics. ED slopes around for a weapon, but LIZ is already brandishing a KID’S CHAIR. ED shrugs and backs off.

LIZ whacks the PYJAMA ZOMBIE, breaking the chair over its head. SHAUN gets to his feet and turns to see DAVID standing around and ED texting someone. SHAUN can’t believe it.

DIANNE pulls a SWINGBALL out of the ground and throws it to SHAUN. He looks at it, unsure what to do.

LIZ demonstrates a stabbing move. SHAUN flips up the sharp end of the SWINGBALL pole and drives it through the PYJAMA ZOMBIE’s chest, pinning him to a tree. Breathless, he spins round to DAVID and ED.

Incredulous, SHAUN shakes his head. He walks over to a child’s slide, by the fence.

SHAUN climbs up...then climbs down.

We CRANE UP over the fence to reveal a HUNDRED WALKING DEAD between them and the pub. The GANG peer through the gaps.

SHAUN stands a little way off, looking despondent.

All turn to the PYJAMA ZOMBIE. It’s ‘alive’, but stuck on the SWINGBALL pole, the ball too big for the hole made by the shaft. It MOANS, frustrated. DIANNE has an idea.

The GANG stand studying the captive PYJAMA ZOMBIE.

They all do their zombie impressions. LIZ gives good moan.

BARBARA is glazed over.

DIANNE moves on. DAVID gives a lacklustre performance.

DAVID tries again. It’s exactly the same.

DAVID tries again. It’s still the same.

ED makes a sarcastic ZOMBIE noise. SHAUN tuts.

SHAUN flashes him an admonishing look, then proceeds to do a pretty good ZOMBIE impression. ED has to concede.

All doing their ZOMBIE impersonations, the GANG slowly move towards the pub. They are surrounded by legions of genuine ZOMBIES, who seem to be falling for it, despite only SHAUN, LIZ and DIANNE putting in any effort. DAVID is stiff with fear, ED isn’t trying and BARBARA is just glazed.

They reach the pub door and surreptitiously bang on it. It’s locked. The GANG speak in whispers between their fake moans.

The GANG surround SHAUN. He kneels at the letter box.

Some of the nearby ZOMBIES are faintly suspicious.

SHAUN (CONT’D) DAVID

It’s Shaun and Ed. We come in It’s not working. all the time.

SHAUN (CONT’D) DAVID

We do the quiz. They can hear you!

SHAUN (CONT’D) DAVID

Y’know, Q.W.A. Quizzers With They know! Attitude

More ZOMBIES cotton on to the GANG’s noise. LIZ looks over to BARBARA who is now rifling around in her handbag.

A HALLOWEEN RING TONE. SHAUN glares furiously at ED, almost daring him to answer it. He does, holding up a hand.

SHAUN SMACKS THE MOBILE FROM ED’S HAND. It skitters away.

SHAUN smacks ED hard with each successive ‘fuck’.

ED is for once, speechless. LIZ taps SHAUN on the shoulder.

SHAUN turns to see EVERY SINGLE ZOMBIE LOOKING AT THEM.

CLATTER. DAVID has tipped over the NEARBY BIN, spilling the contents across the floor. He lifts it above his head.

LIZ SHAUN

WHAT YOU DOING? WHAT YOU DOING?

He launches the bin at the pub window. SMASHES IT WIDE OPEN.

SHAUN makes a big decision. He runs over to a picnic table-

EVERY SINGLE ZOMBIE turns their attention to SHAUN.

LIZ ED

Gone where? Gone where?

SHAUN looks at ED who looks back, concerned. A moment of silent understanding. SHAUN jumps down right into the thick of the approaching hordes and sprints off, yelling and waving his arms, drawing all the ZOMBIES away. He disappears out of sight. The GANG are all shocked by this, particularly ED.

As the GANG move toward the pub, BARBARA picks up the bunch of flowers from the strewn rubbish and looks at the card.

As LIZ helps BARBARA through the window, a single ZOMBIE, the DEAD IRISH SPINSTER turns to see them disappear inside.

CAMERA PANS 360 round the pub lounge. It’s deserted, lit only by fading shafts of daylight. The curtains have been drawn over the broken window and billow ominously. We find LIZ and DIANNE sitting silently with BARBARA staring at the opening. ED stands forlornly by the fruit machine. DAVID paces.

Nobody moves. We can hear DISTANT MOANS outside.

DAVID strides over to some light switches. LIZ leaps up.

DAVID goes ahead and flips the switches. Nothing happens.

Nobody speaks. Again we hear the DISTANT MOANS.

DAVID flounces behind the bar and rifles through boxes of snacks, before petulantly throwing them out into the lounge.

A HAND SNATCHES THEM FROM MID-AIR! A perfect catch.

SHAUN IS BACK. Striding in from behind the bar. There’s shock and delight from all but DAVID. SHAUN strolls over to LIZ.

SHAUN pops a Pork Scratching into his mouth.

SHAUN goes to the back corridor and tries a door marked ‘PRIVATE’. He forces it a little. It won’t open.

SHAUN nods and takes stock. He offers LIZ the Scratchings.

DAVID steps in.

SHAUN casually leans back against the bar.

DAVID eyes SHAUN’s bloodstained shirt, suspiciously.

A freshly pulled pint slides down the bar into SHAUN’s hand.

SHAUN takes a long swig. Everyone looks at him expectantly.

The GANG sit in the dark, in their OPENING SCENE positions at their usual table, BARBARA is huddled nearby. Empty glasses and mountain of empty snack packets on the table. Chairs and tables are stacked against the doors and windows. The general mood has soured. DAVID looks at SHAUN smugly.

Nobody does. SHAUN looks to the pool table.

Again, no response.

SHAUN fiddles with his beermat.

BARBARA leans forward and reads ED’s t-shirt.

No-one speaks. A STREET LIGHT flicks on outside. SHAUN looks out.

SHAUN flashes LIZ a confident smile and heads off.

SHAUN walks into the dim back corridor, past the door marked ‘PRIVATE’. We linger on the DOOR HANDLE for a moment...

SHAUN finds the fuse box by the back door, the window of which looks out into BLACKNESS. He flips the switches.

Curious, SHAUN peers out into the dark. He finds the relevant switch and flips on the garden light.

ZOMBIES...LOTS OF THEM. SHAUN snaps off the light and yanks down the door blind in a moment of panicked denial. He rushes back to the bar, past the door marked ‘PRIVATE’.

Unseen by SHAUN, the DOOR HANDLE now TWITCHES...

SHAUN returns to the bar, slamming the back door behind him.

DIANNE stood on a bar stool, flipping through the channels on the wall-mounted television. We see the message-

‘STANDBY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION’

-displayed on every single channel. Only the fonts differ, The BBC, very austere, MTV, very funky etc. Everyone stares at the TV with growing concern. ED sidles up to LIZ.

LIZ gives ED a pound. He thanks with a smile. She smiles back. ED goes off. SHAUN returns. She nods to the TV.

SHAUN says nothing. He looks ashen faced and guilty.

SHAUN glances to the back door.

SHAUN nods again, comforted...as LIZ goes ashen faced.

LIZ turns to see ED pop the quid into the FRUIT MACHINE.

Too late. ED hits a button...and hits the JACKPOT. There is a cacophony of BELLS, BUZZERS and SPOOKY NOISES.

SHAUN dives to the floor and flips the switch. SILENCE.

Then from outside-

TAP...TAP...TAP...Everyone looks to each other gravely. TAPS become THUMPS. GROANS become audible. Noise builds.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! The GANG draw together and listen. LIZ puts a hand on SHAUN’s shoulder...ED puts a hand on BARBARA’s shoulder...DAVID puts a hand on DI’s shoulder...JOHN THE LANDLORD puts a hand on DAVID’s shoulder!

Everyone scatters as ZOMBIE JOHN LURCHES TOWARD THEM.

“Don’t Stop Me Now” by QUEEN starts up on the JUKEBOX.

The THUMPING builds. JOHN advances. SHAUN acts.

DIANNE runs to move BARBARA out of the way.

DAVID looks madly around the base of the JUKEBOX.

SHAUN looks around for blunt objects. ED points to the bar.

ZOMBIE JOHN IS UPON THEM. SHAUN knocks into the pool table.

Agreed. SHAUN vaults over the table, grabs THREE CUES and throws one to LIZ and ED. They tense up, ready for action.

As ‘QUEEN’ kick off, the trio launch into action, whacking ZOMBIE JOHN with their cues (This is choreographed in such a way that the action corresponds with the song’s lyrics).

DAVID, meanwhile, is having no luck with the jukebox.

DAVID runs off to the-

DAVID sees the fuse box. Panicked, he hits everything.

The pub lights FLASH, illuminating A SEA OF ZOMBIES.

SHAUN, LIZ and ED subject ZOMBIE JOHN to a volley of blows. He catches ED’S CUE and BREAKS IT IN HALF.

DAVID desperately flicks more switches. The back yard light comes on, throwing ZOMBIE SHADOWS onto the blind. DAVID freaks out and backs away, moving past the door marked ‘PRIVATE’ which is now slowly opening to reveal ZOMBIE BERNIE. In her slippers. DAVID yelps and retreats into-

DAVID slams the corridor door and barricades it with chairs.

ZOMBIE JOHN rounds on LIZ, pushing her backwards over a table. ED gives up his broken cue and runs off.

LIZ gets back up, brandishing A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. She lets it off in ZOMBIE JOHN’s face. When the gas clears, ZOMBIE JOHN’s face is iced with frost...but he keeps coming.

SHAUN turns. DIANNE plucks THREE DARTS from the dartboard. She flings the first...IT WEDGES INTO A BAR POST.

The second dart...HITS JOHN IN THE CHEST.

The third...HITS SHAUN! He yelps in agony.

SHAUN looks up. A DART PROTRUDING PAINFULLY FROM HIS HEAD!

ED is behind the bar, the RIFLE in his hands. He throws it through the air. Despite the pain, SHAUN catches it. He looks at the rifle in frustration, then with one ALMIGHTY BLOW OF THE BUTT, sends JOHN’s head backwards into the JUKEBOX.

SPARKS fly. QUEEN stops. JOHN drops...

SHAUN rounds on ED with the rifle.

BANG. The RIFLE goes off. SHAUN is THROWN BACKWARDS. OPTICS SHATTER behind ED. His jaw drops...with joy.

SHAUN gets up, looks at the SMOKING RIFLE, then at ED.

DRAWS and CUPBOARDS are opened...SHELVES cleared...A BOX OF SHELLS is discovered...

SHAUN has his work tie wrapped round his head. The rifle lies on the bar. The THUMPING from outside is louder than ever.

ED glances into the BOX OF SHELLS and shakes them.

CRASH! The barricade of tables by the broken window SHUDDERS.

LIZ goes over to BARBARA, who still clutches the flowers and leads her off. BARBARA focuses on LIZ and smiles.

BARBARA produces an ornate ring on a chain around her neck.

LIZ smiles, unsure how to react.

BARBARA pushes the ring into LIZ’s hand and winces. LIZ looks down, a tissue protruding from BARBARA’s sleeve suddenly blushes dark red. LIZ pushes the sleeve up. Beneath the wad of blood soaked tissues, is a LARGE BITE.

SHAUN looks over to BARBARA and LIZ. Something is wrong.

CRASH. The barricade of chairs and tables topples. Hands push at the curtains. SHAUN has no choice, but to fight.

DI points. A DEAD FACE peers into the bar. SHAUN takes aim.

CLICK. Nothing. Everyone looks at the rifle. SHAUN shakes it.

SHAUN looks from ED to the rifle. He cocks it and fires BANG! BANG! BANG! The ZOMBIE falls back pulling the curtains with it.

CRASH. The window in the right hand door goes. ZOMBIES CLAW TO GET IN. Dianne sees them first.

BANG!

The team SPIN AROUND as a unit. SHAUN fires, though his aim is erratic. Another ZOMBIE clambers in at the first breach.

BANG! BANG!

BANG!

BANG! SHAUN manages to take out the door ZOMBIES.

They all swing to the left. SHAUN pulls the trigger. CLICK.

ED feeds SHAUN two shells.

SHAUN cocks and fires, HITTING A ZOMBIE IN THE HEAD. BANG!

DAVID and DI run to fix the fallen barricade.

SHAUN hands the rifle to ED and runs to BARBARA and LIZ.

LIZ says nothing, she looks at BARBARA.

SHAUN sees the blood.

ED sees SHAUN hug BARBARA. He hands the rifle to DIANNE.

ED runs to the back of the room. DAVID peers after him.

DIANNE hands the rifle to DAVID and rushes over. She arrives to see BARBARA lying feverish in SHAUN’s arms. ED stands around, unsure what to do. LIZ comforts SHAUN. DAVID sees her hand on his shoulder and looks down to his rifle.

BARBARA shows SHAUN the flowers. He is baffled for a moment.

BARBARA starts to convulse.

BARBARA’s breathing slows. SHAUN buries his face in her hair- CLICK-CLICK.

All turn to see DAVID POINTING THE RIFLE AT BARBARA.

SHAUN positions himself between BARBARA and the rifle.

SHAUN leaps up, GRABS A BOTTLE FROM THE TABLE AND SMASHES IT. He holds the broken bottle to DAVID’s throat.

ED pulls a DART from the bar and aims it at DAVID’s neck.

ED flips a POOL CUE from the floor and hands it to DIANNE. She raises the CUE above ED’s head.

ED smashes ANOTHER BOTTLE and holds it to DIANNE’s throat.

LIZ steps in, hands raised, affecting calm.

DAVID flushes red and stammers to LIZ.

The shouting excites the ZOMBIES clamouring to get in.

DAVID fizzes with indignation.

BARBARA is standing upright, behind DAVID. Everyone stops at the sound of her mournful whine. Her eyes are a milky white, skin a lifeless grey, face twisted, almost pleading. SHAUN takes the rifle from DAVID and points it at her. His hands shake, his eyes fill with tears. His finger tenses.

BARBARA looks at DAVID, her expression twists into a scowl. ZOMBIE BARBARA hisses and LUNGES FORWARD.

BANG.

DAVID is flecked with blood. ZOMBIE BARBARA drops.

TOTAL SHOCK. SHAUN lets the rifle fall to the floor. Everyone is speechless. DAVID takes off his glasses to clean them.

DAVID replaces his glasses. CRACK! SHAUN punches him hard in the face, sending him sprawling. DAVID rolls over, he now has the rifle in his hands, HE POINTS IT AT SHAUN.

CLICK...the rifle is empty. DAVID looks desperate and ashamed. Everyone else is appalled. SHAUN hasn’t flinched.

DAVID walks to the BOLTED FRONT DOOR and starts to move the tables and chairs away. The NOISE outside RISES.

DAVID begins UNLOCKING THE DEADBOLTS to the front door.

DAVID crumples, the pool cue dropping from his hand. He steps away from the door and slumps against the window in tears.

DAVID turns to SHAUN, his face quivering with guilt.

SHAUN nods. Silently accepting the apology.

SMASH! DEAD HANDS BREAK THROUGH THE WINDOW! DAVID is pulled back as ZOMBIES BITE DOWN ON HIS BODY. He screams in pain.

SHAUN, LIZ and DI try desperately to pull DAVID back, as he is dragged outside and TORN TO PIECES.

They attempt to keep hold, but fall backwards, to find themselves clutching David’s SEVERED LOWER LEG. The screaming remainder of DAVID is being sucked into the hungry crowd.

Still holding David’s leg, DIANNE gets up and runs straight to the front door; UNLOCKING THE FINAL DEADBOLT!

Too late. DIANNE opens the door and runs out to save David, thrashing at the ZOMBIES with her boyfriend’s leg.

DIANNE is swallowed by the crowd, ZOMBIES quickly take her place. Lots of them. All shapes and sizes, all walks of life. All ravenous. THE FLOODGATES ARE OPEN.

ED runs off. SHAUN grabs the RIFLE. LIZ grabs the shells. He reloads and open fire at the encroaching tide of ZOMBIES. LIZ feeds him ammo as they slowly back up to the bar.

A FLAMING COCKTAIL sails over LIZ and SHAUN’s head and explodes over the door. It ignites the surrounding curtains and carpet. ZOMBIES fall back momentarily.

The front barricade FALLS, ZOMBIES dropping clumsily into the room. Another COCKTAIL EXPLODES, holding them back.

The BACK DOOR shifts. The barricade of tables and chairs fall. DEAD HANDS reach into the bar, grabbing ED’s neck.

SHAUN spins and throws the rifle to ED, who catches it and blasts over his shoulder. The HANDS fall back, releasing him.

Behind, a PIZZA DELIVERY ZOMBIE walks through the fire.

ED chucks the rifle to LIZ. She is unsure what to do; the PIZZA ZOMBIE’s head is protected by a helmet. Deftly, she smashes the visor with the gun butt and fires into the hole.

SHAUN notices BARBARA’s body. He grabs his jacket and lays it over her face, placing the flowers on top.

BANG! The BACK DOOR gives. ED turns to see ZOMBIES pour in.

Leading the pack is the naked ZOMBIE PETE. ED tries to ignite a COCKTAIL but his lighter won’t work.

SHAUN sees that ED is in trouble and calls for the rifle.

LIZ chucks him the rifle. ZOMBIE PETE lunges at ED, hissing.

ED gets PETE in a headlock. But he is distracted by a HALLOWEEN RINGTONE trilling out from somewhere in the bar. ED looks up to see a COMMUTER ZOMBIE holding his phone.

ED screams as PETE BITES DOWN INTO HIS ARM. ED throws his head back in pain, making his neck available to the nearby ZOMBIE BERNIE, who takes a MASSIVE CHUNK out of it.

SHAUN takes aim at ED’s attackers but can’t get a clear shot.

Amazingly, PETE hears this and turns around to face SHAUN. PETE’s dead eyes lock with SHAUN’s.

SHAUN blows PETE’s head clean off. He swings back to ED but can no longer see him. There are too many ZOMBIES between.

The front of the pub is now wide open. LIZ fends off the increasing numbers with a HAT STAND. They’re everywhere.

LIZ bundles SHAUN behind the bar. They crouch down, kicking the back door shut and holding it with their feet.

No answer.

SHAUN peers back. He sees nothing but ZOMBIES.

A HUGE SHAPE tumbles over the bar next to SHAUN and LIZ.

ED is alive but badly bitten, his neck GUSHING BLOOD.

SHAUN does so. ED presses the beer cloth to his neck. ZOMBIES now fill the bar, having breached the first fire barricade.

SHAUN grabs a bottle of brandy and offers it to ED.

SHAUN jumps up and smashes the bottle. He grabs his lighter and ignites the spirit. Flames rip along the bar, a new fire wall erupts. SHAUN rejoins ED and LIZ, triumphant.

SHAUN jumps up again to retrieve the shells from the bar. He burns his fingers and crouches down again sucking his thumb.

ZOMBIES now reach through the flames, pushing at the pumps. Alcohol rains down. ED takes a few gulps.

SHAUN and LIZ look round at a loss. Then-

BANG. A FOOTBALL hits the back of the bar, smashing a mirror. It falls down and settles on the TRAPDOOR to the cellar.

They head for the TRAPDOOR. But- The ZOMBIE IRISH SPINSTER drops over and gets to her feet.

On the fiery bar, the BOX OF SHELLS suddenly explodes. Stray bullets fire off everywhere. One ricochets off the pub bell and hits the ZOMBIE IRISH SPINSTER in the head. She falls, disappointed. SHAUN, LIZ and ED make for the hatch.

They pull ED down into a dark cellar, filled with boxes and laundry. SHAUN grabs some piping from the floor and shoves it through the handle of the trapdoor, wedging it shut.

ED slumps against the wall, the beer cloth already sodden with blood. LIZ grabs some linen from the washing line and uses it to bandage ED’s wounds.

In the far corner of the cellar, a shaft of orange street light illuminates the outline of the BARREL HATCH.

He puts the rifle down and jumps up, hanging from the handles. The BARREL HATCH does not budge.

SHAUN pulls frantically before dropping down. He tries again, desperately trying to force open the hatch.

LIZ watches with an increasing air of disappointment.

SHAUN drops down again and slides down the wall, utterly defeated. He laughs grimly.

LIZ leaves ED and sits with SHAUN on the floor. The noise from upstairs is muffled, the cellar oddly quiet.

The CELLAR DOOR SHAKES violently. LIZ and SHAUN look at it.

SHAUN looks around at the surrounding bottles and barrels.

The CELLAR DOOR SHUDDERS again. SHAUN looks at the rifle.

SHAUN briefly mimes this out, then shakes his head.

The CELLAR DOOR buckles. The COPPER PIPE BENDS.

They laugh and look deeply into each other’s eyes.

LIZ takes out a crumpled packet of cigarettes. SHAUN looks shocked. LIZ smiles innocently.

They each take a cigarette. LIZ shrugs.

SHAUN ignites his lighter. The flame illuminates A RED BUTTON on the wall, above which is a sign reading...

‘WAY OUT’

SHAUN holds the lighter up to reveal an electric door mechanism. They were sitting on the SERVICE LIFT all along.

He and LIZ exchange a look. They nod. A silent agreement.

CRACK. The CELLAR DOOR splinters. DEAD FINGERS claw through as the smoke thickens. They are almost inside.

SHAUN runs to ED’s side. He is pale and visibly fading.

SHAUN looks at his friend and realises he’s right. With a somber nod, he offers ED the RIFLE.

ED takes the RIFLE from SHAUN.

SHAUN puzzles, before his expression turns to disgust. ED laughs. SHAUN winces, as he covers his nose and mouth.

The CELLAR DOOR finally gives. Smoke now pours through.

SHAUN looks at ED. A silent goodbye. He joins LIZ on the SERVICE LIFT. She has found an old FIRE AXE and a LARGE CHAIN. SHAUN chooses the axe. LIZ hits the RED BUTTON.

The service hatch opens. SHAUN and LIZ are bathed in orange streetlight. The lift starts to ascend.

ED disappears from view, lost amid the THICK SMOKE and the ENCROACHING MOANS, as SHAUN and LIZ reach-

SHAUN and LIZ rise up onto the street, a shot rings out from the cellar beneath. SHAUN and LIZ exchange a look. It’s just them now, versus an ARMY OF ADVANCING ZOMBIES.

They both raise their weapons, ready to fight on together. The CHORUS OF MOANS is now deafening. But then-

Another sound. An ENGINE ROARING, approaching fast.

SHAUN and LIZ are dazzled by BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS, as one of a CONVOY OF MILITARY TRUCKS mounts the curb next to the Winchester, knocking several ZOMBIES flying.

FIGURES leap from the back. ORDERS barked. SHOTS are fired. SHAUN and LIZ are disoriented until they hear...

VOICE (O.S.) Ohmigod! Shaun!

A SMALLER FIGURE moves in front of the headlights. SHAUN squints into the glare.

YVONNE steps forward, her face becoming visible.

SHAUN and LIZ exchange a look.

SHAUN LIZ

Surviving. Surviving.

SHAUN and LIZ nod somberly.

YVONNE beckons SHAUN and LIZ towards the truck. With the sound of GUNFIRE and PITCH BATTLE echoing around them, they disappear into the BLINDING LIGHT.

CAPTION ‘6 MONTHS LATER’

...WHITE NOISE FLIPS TO...

NEWS: The TROUBLED REPORTER from earlier. Now very calm and being interviewed as an authority on the subject.

“...these beings, these creatures or to use the correct scientific terminology...Zombies, posed the greatest threat-”

FLIP. We see footage of MILITARY POLICE racing down suburban streets, saving people from houses.

“...it’s a testament to the combined forces of the military that law was restored. Of course we now realise that the phenomenon resulted from the use of-”

FLIP. A TRASHY AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY. Quick cut NTSC footage of zombies and shootings.

“...next we’ll hear the story of 10 year old Issac Baumgarten who fought off the reanimated corpses of his extended family. It’s all coming right up on ‘Zombies From Hell’.”

FLIP. A SERIOUS DOCUMENTARY.

“...of course the fact that the mobile deceased still have primal instincts and trace cognitive thought...”

We see ZOMBIES herded into a cage on the back of a lorry.

“...makes them ideal recruitment for the service industry.”

We see a ZOMBIE NOEL in overalls pushing shopping trolleys.

“...and because we now know the condition is caused by-”

FLIP. A heated discussion on ‘Trisha’. A young woman is sat on the stage. A corner graphic reads ‘I MARRIED A MONSTER’.

In the next chair to the young woman, sits a FIGURE in semi- darkness. TRISHA looks on sympathetically.

FLIP. A LAME GAME SHOW with lumbering undead contestants on bouncy obstacle courses. An unseen commentator giggles.

Bare feet lumber into shot. Slowly we PAN UP. SHAUN. His face is tired, but happy. He yawns.

We are back in the lounge. The room is tidy, but the decor a little different. More homely. There are photos of Shaun & Liz on the wall, next to two mounted rifles and posters advertising a club at which Shaun now Deejays.

We also see pictures of David and Di and Barbara and Philip, arranged like little shrines.

LIZ sits on the sofa, idly flicking through the cable channels. She is wearing BARBARA’S RING. SHAUN kisses her.

SHAUN opens the repaired shed door. The interior is dimly lit by a flickering light. SHAUN sits down and picks up a game controller, then presses a button. A VOICE booms.

A ZOMBIE ED sits on the floor, playing a video game. He is shackled to the wall. ED turns to see SHAUN playing next to him. He looks at him for a moment, before making a slow lunge at his arm.

SHAUN bats him away playfully.

They continue playing. SHAUN scores a point. ED groans. SHAUN laughs.

END