Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Dog Soldiers, Shaun of the Dead, and Muppets Haunted Mansion.

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 5pm Saturday in NZ, 3pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Dog Soldiers 2002, Shaun of the Dead, and Muppets Haunted Mansion 2021.
Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British action horror film written, directed, and edited by Neil Marshall in his feature directorial debut.
Starring Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby and Liam Cunningham, the film follows a squad of soldiers fighting to survive an attack by a pack of werewolves during a military training exercise in the Scottish Highlands.
Dog Soldiers was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2002.
The film launched Marshall's career as a filmmaker and received positive reviews.
Directed by: Neil Marshall.
Written by: Neil Marshall.
Produced by: Christopher Figg, Tom Reeve, and David E. Allen.
Starring: Sean Pertwee, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McKidd, and Emma Cleasby.
Cinematography: Sam McCurdy.
Edited by: Neil Marshall.
Music by: Mark Thomas.
Production Companies: Kismet Entertainment Group, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Victor Film Company, and Carousel Picture Company.
Distributed by: Pathé.
Release dates: 22 March 2002 (Brussels), and 10 May 2002 (United Kingdom).
File Length: 98 minutes.
Country: United Kingdom.
Language: English.
Budget: £2.3 million.
Box office: £5 million.
Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 Romantic zombie comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simon Pegg.
Pegg stars as Shaun, a downtrodden London salesman who is caught alongside his loved ones in a zombie apocalypse.
It also stars Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, and Penelope Wilton.
It is the first film in Wright and Pegg's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, followed by Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013).
Shaun of the Dead was inspired by ideas Pegg and Wright used for their 1999-2001 television sitcom Spaced, particularly an episode in which Pegg's character hallucinates a zombie invasion.
The film references the Night of the Living Dead films by George A. Romero.
Principal photography took place across London and at Ealing Studios for nine weeks between May and June 2003.
Shaun of the Dead premiered in London on 29 March 2004, before it was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2004 and in the United States on 24 September.
It was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, grossing $38.7 million worldwide on a budget of $6.1 million and receiving two nominations at the British Academy Film Awards.
It was ranked third on the Channel 4 list of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films and quickly acquired a cult following.
In film studies, it is seen as a product of post- 9/11 anxiety and a model for transnational comedy, while the zombie outbreak as depicted in the film has been used as a modelling example for disease control.
Directed by: Edgar Wright.
Written by: Simon Pegg, and Edgar Wright.
Produced by: Nira Park.
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, and Penelope Wilton.
Cinematography: David M. Dunlap.
Edited by: Chris Dickens.
Music by: Pete Woodhead, and Daniel Mudford.
Production companies: Studio Canal, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions, and Big Talk Productions.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures (International), United International Pictures (United Kingdom), Rogue Pictures (United States), and Mars Distribution (France).
Release dates: 29 March 2004 (London), 9 April 2004 (United Kingdom), and 24 September 2004 (United States).
File Length: 90 minute.
Countries: United Kingdom, France, and United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $6 million.
Box office: $38.7 million.
Muppets Haunted Mansion is a 2021 American comedy Halloween special based on the Disney properties The Muppets and The Haunted Mansion.
It was released on 8 October 2021.
It is the Muppets' first Halloween special.
The plot stars Gonzo and Pepe as they face the challenge of staying in a haunted mansion for one night.
It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Directed by: Kirk Thatcher.
Screenplay by: Bill Barretta, Kirk Thatcher, and Kelly Younger.
Story by: Bill Barretta, Kirk Thatcher, Kelly Younger, and Jim Lewis.
Based on: The Haunted Mansion by Walt Disney, and Characters by Jim Henson.
Produced by: Chelsea DeVincent, and Michael Steinbach.
Starring: Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Alice Dinnean, Bruce Lanoil, Julianne Buescher, and Brian Henson.
Cinematography: Craig Kief.
Edited by: Alexandra Amick, and Jason Bierfeld.
Music by: Ed Mitchell, and Steve Morrell.
Production Companies: The Muppets Studio, and Soapbox Films.
Distributed by: Disney+.
Release date: 8 October 2021.
File Length: 49 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
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