If there’s a map charting when certain individuals became stars through one particular film, Simon Pegg’s name will be on it next to the title Shaun of the Dead.

The 2004 film, re-released here to celebrate its 20th anniversary, not only put Pegg’s name on the map, but that of its director too, Edgar Wright. But how does the first in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy hold up 20 years on?

Although he’s living his life in a rut, Shaun is pretty happy with it. He has a job in an electrical shop, and shares a house with Ed (Nick Frost), his best friend since primary school. He also has a girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield), who he’s been going out with for just over three years now, who he’s starting to get the vibes from that he’s a disappointment to her. Still, could be worse.

And that’s exactly what happens – things get worse, when people in his area start to behave strangely, by developing a taste for human flesh.

Does Shaun have it in him to not only survive a zombie apocalypse but get Kate back too?

In fairness to this big screen debut for Pegg, his Channel Four comedy series Spaced, which was also directed by Wright, did a lot of the heavy lifting for this film’s success, bringing a certain awareness with it to this brand of comedy.

And although we’ve come a long way in the zombie genre, 20 years on it still looks good on the gore front.

The script is still hugely enjoyable, often down to Pegg and his interactions with the other characters, most notably Ed, played by his then comic sidekick Frost.

There is a sense that it runs out of a steam by its final third, with its finale admittedly on the lame side now, but there’s no denying that this is still undoubtedly the definitive zom-rom-com.