Dead Set

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Season 1
  • Network: IFC , E4
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 27, 2008
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34
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  1. DirigiblePulp
    Jun 27, 2018
    5
    This show doesn't have nearly enough to say. It's not clever, engaging, and so poorly shot on handheld cameras as to be borderline classified as an esoteric art piece.

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Oct 25, 2010
    70
    Dead Set is less remarkable, because this import from the U.K. is more typical of the genre and gets campy, although it will scare the bejeebers out of you.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Oct 25, 2010
    80
    I was surprised at how much adrenalized horror there is to be found in the story, as it races forward into bloody human-zombie battles and scary entrapments. This isn't a wink-winkfest so much as a sly screamfest, with lots of post-apocalyptic misery and carnage afoot.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    Oct 25, 2010
    40
    For all its gore, Dead Set has a frightening lack of suspense. Then again, except for Kelly (Jaime Winstone), a "Big Brother" producer with a dysfunctional love life, most of the characters are so lacking in humanity that the transition to zombie isn't much of a leap.
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