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Dead Set brings zombies to the small screen
Posted by James Dennis at 6:12am.
Posted in TV , Horror, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand.
Tonight sees the first episode of Guardian writer turned film-maker Charlie Brooker’s British zombie mini series, Dead Set. Showing on E4 over five consecutive nights, the show takes the familiar siege set-up of previous zombie movies and stages it in TV’s Big Brother house, replete with contestants and of course brimming with cameras. A zombified version of presenter Davina McCall is said to be a highlight.
Aiming for a tone similar to An American Werewolf in London, and promising not to skimp on the gore, Dead Set sounds like the real deal. Describing the show as “unashamed populist schlock” Brooker (best known for writing Nathan Barley) is keen to acknowledge the debts to what is, after all, a saturated genre, whilst proclaiming this as the first of its kind to be broadcast on UK TV. How far down the satire route the show goes is unconfirmed, but given E4’s teen audience and Brooker’s own comments I wouldn’t expect a Romero social commentary.
The project has been in gestation since 2004, so whilst the reality show format is still in fairly rude health, there’s undoubtedly now an increased level of cynicism around the dubious nature of the housemates and the subsequent ‘celebrity’ status they achieve. This could play into Dead Set’s hands rather nicely – I for one am drooling (blood obviously) at the prospect of seeing the assorted fame-hungry housemates disemboweled in the name of entertainment by zombies with an altogether different hunger. What more fitting revenge for years of tabloid baiting drudgery could there possibly be?
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Mack 10/29/2008 @ 12:38pm
Watched the first ep. Not bad. Trudges along the expected conventions but does deliver on blood and gore. More than I expected at least. The fire hydrant was an especially nice touch. I am sure the Brits love taking the piss out of their celebrities and some of them are not spared, Davina McCall of course. If I was more in tuned with British celebrity culture I am sure a drinking game could be made out of it. And it is a touch on the funny side as well. We’ll see how the other eps pan out this week.
MacReady 10/29/2008 @ 2:26pm
as a zombie nut (dont mention land or diary please!) this was absolutely brilliant, infact i thought i was watching a movie not a 5part TV show!! the acting, direction, scares and above all gore put the last 2 romero flicks to shame and this was only the first episode, thankfully the zombies are more like the rage infected.. i.e. scary and it was great to see the reality show arseholes get munched on! defo worth checking out if your in the UK or download it if not.