15 years ago this week, Shaun of the Dead was released in UK cinemas and rapidly became a cult smash hit.
What audiences didn’t know was that it would be the first of three films in director Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy alongside 2007 buddy-cop film Hot Fuzz and 2013 sci-fi comedy The World’s End.
Each film has a reference to a different flavour of Cornetto: Shaun of the Dead features the red strawberry-flavoured ice cream, signifying blood; Hot Fuzz has the blue original flavour, for the police; and The World’s End briefly shows the wrapper of the green mint flavour to represent aliens.
The films have also made household names out of the Spaced crew, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Wright. Since Shaun, Pegg has starred in films such as Paul and Run Fatboy Run and landed recurring roles in the Mission: Impossible and Star Trek franchises.
Frost has had starring roles in The Boat that Rocked, Cuban Fury and most recently, the wrestling biopic Fighting with My Family. Meanwhile, Wright went on to direct, write and produce Scott Pilgrim vs the World and the Oscar-nominated comedy thriller Baby Driver.
To celebrate Shaun of the Dead’s 15th birthday, scroll through the below gallery to find the best quotes from the trilogy.
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