Audience: Applying Genre Theorists to Shaun of the Dead Clip

Metz - This scene marks the film as a hybrid of zombie horror (a sub-genre of horror) and comedy. It has the same level of threat as a zombie horror, a level of gore and some of the rules (such as slow, shuffling zombies) but allows room for comedic moments, such as the group's attempt to subdue a zombie with items found in a pub (mise-en-scene), all choreographed to 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen, which is playing diegetically (sound) on the jukebox (mise-en-scene).

Neale - A number of elements of the scene are very much horror in nature, with the dark lighting and crowds of zombies whose hands are only visible as silhouettes through the backlit windows. At the same time, comedic elements are used such as the contrast of the upbeat and cheerful music, 'Don't Stop Me Now' against the fighting of a zombie, with the beating being timed to this music.

Altman - The scene provides the emotional pleasures of amusement, as well as a small amount of the visceral pleasures of fear. An intellectual puzzle could arguably be related to the characters' survival.

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