quinncarla This has been released as a movie, but Dead Set was a three-part TV show when it launched in England in 2008. This is a brilliant take on the zombie trope- setting it in the fictional world of reality Television big brother. The contestants are unaware that a mayhem has broken loose in the outside world and one by one they fall prey- which is fun to watch. The concept of the characters being unaware of an outbreak and being taken out by surprise is something not seen before. I suggest you give this one a chance if you like zombies. This is quite different than anything out there.

aprilmike-51991 Zombie films are notoriously bad with bad scrip, bad acting and bad special effects!!Not so "Dead Set".Without ruining the film,Its got a great witty scripted. Top notch acting and super gory effects.It is genuinely scary and suspenseful.A must see for any zombie fan, your viewing will be changed.

MrGKB Given the stunning success of "The Walking Dead" over the past several years, someone's really missing a trick not getting a quality Region 1 release into the pipeline. Yes, I've learned there's an all-regions edition out there, but I don't believe it's been distributed widely, and in any case it certainly hasn't been promoted very well. "Dead Set" is a fine, fine little apocalyptic adventure centered on the travails of a reality-TV cast and crew beset by ravenous zombie hordes ala "28 Days Later." Yep, we've got "zoombies" here, but strangely enough, despite being a purist who distinctly favors Romero-style shamblers, I didn't have a problem with that. The acting is solid, especially lead Jaime "Made in Dagenham" Winstone and primary antagonist Andy "Kick-Ass 2" Nyman, the plot and pacing quite good (ignore the ADHD namby-pambies who whine that the set-up is too long), and the production values of a piece, especially for what is essentially low- budget TV. Any zombie fan worthy of the name should enjoy this one, and, yes, I'd love to see a follow-up of some kind. Recommended.

Charles Herold (cherold) A number of reviewers here have described this as satirical, but it's really not. Yes, the premise as written - reality TV show is interrupted by zombie apocalypse - certainly sounds satirical, but once the zombies show up there are only rare occasions where the Big Brother theme comes up.The first half hour of the show is all set up, detailing the pre- destroyed lives of the protagonists. As with most horror movies, this prologue is pretty tedious; almost as tedious as actually watching an episode of Big Brother.Once the zombies show up though, the Big Brother set is just a place for a handful of survivors. The zombies themselves are very scary, fast-running, ravenous creatures who eat not brains but everything. The movie is effectively creepy and scary.The movie can also be pretty annoying. The worst thing is the character of the director. If this show is going to be called satire, the director is probably where the satire lies; he escapes the zombies by doing something so remarkably despicable that he might as well hold a sign over his head that says "bad guy." But satire or not, he is annoying, particularly towards the end, where he is featured in two of the grossest scenes in the series.Dead Set can get very gory, and since I don't like gore, I sometimes had to look away, particularly towards the end. Some of the gore seemed reasonable considering the subject matter, but other times it felt like someone just said, "ooh,wouldn't it be cool to really gross people out?"There are no real surprises in the story, which follows a typical zombie-movie path. The show is considerably less imaginative than the first season of Walking Dead, and the Big Brother premise seems forced and gimmicky. But the series is effective and fast paced, and overall I enjoyed it.