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There was an awesome poll over at horror-movies.ca, where they posed a question to their audience.  The question:  Which movie was better–Shaun of the Dead or Zombieland?

You likely won’t be surprised to hear that Zombieland won out.  But where you WILL be surprised is to hear that it only won by THREE PERCENT.  And there’s one more surprise in there.

The breakdown went like this:

Zombieland: 37 percent

Shaun of the Dead: 34 percent

Both were equally good: 29 percent

I have to admit I’m in the “equally good” camp myself, but I have to further admit I enjoyed Zombieland more.  Why?  Because Zombieland spoke to my cultural heritage.  Sure, Shaun of the Dead was a comic riot and watching a mostly disarmed country try to tackle zombies WITHOUT GUNS was an interesting if terrifying treat.

But Zombieland was pure baseball, mom and apple pie start to finish.  Okay, so it was more like amusement parks, family and Twinkies, but close enough for government work, huh?

In an objective sense, they’re equally good.  They show the cultural foibles of a society attacked by the horror of zombies and they do so in a hilariously overblown way that emphasizes the comic.  But most have a preference, one way or the other, which you see mirrored in the poll.

So where do you come in on this one?  Zombieland? Shaun of the Dead?  Or do you see the joy in both these comic gems?

Popularity: unranked [?]