肖恩（西蒙·佩吉 Simon Pegg 饰）事业不如意，爱情也不怎么顺心。认识了一帮同样游手好闲的朋友，整天和他们厮混，包括皮特，和只会打机和讨人厌的艾德。难得肖恩为了女朋友振作一次，却遭到同事嘲笑，女友也不能会意，肖恩只有继续和朋友醉酒纵乐。 　　但这天整个城市却有了翻天覆地的变化。僵尸入侵了，只要是被他们咬到的人，都会随之变成僵尸。而肖恩正和艾德在酒吧里豪饮，却发现陷入僵尸的重重包围中。现在肖恩必须拿出英雄气概，去捍卫家人朋友。Shaun doesn't have a very good day, so he decides to turn his life around by getting his ex to take him back, but he times it for right in the middle of what may be a zombie apocalypse... But for him, it's an opportunity to show everyone he knows how useful he is by saving them all. All he has to do is survive... And get his ex back.