The advanatge I can see with Shaun of the Dead is that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are HUGE Zombie flick fans. Just watch the Spaced DVDs with the director's commentry to see how many Evil Dead references there are in the series. And the opening sequence of the 3rd Episode where Tim falls asleep while playing Resident Evil 2 show that they've been dying to make this film for ages (no pun intended :lol:)
I wonder what the American contingent think (Wasn't Red a bit of an Evil Dead fan?)