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Summary The dead are walking the streets and attacking the living across the UK. However, the contestants in this year's Big Brother house remain completely unaware. During their time in the house, the contestants fall victim, one by one, to the undead trying to feed on them. Will anyone survive? The five-part thriller features a number of...

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Dead Set

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 27, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 37 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary The dead are walking the streets and attacking the living across the UK. However, the contestants in this year's Big Brother house remain completely unaware. During their time in the house, the contestants fall victim, one by one, to the undead trying to feed on them. Will anyone survive? The five-part thriller features a number of...

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100
Oct 25, 2010
Four words: Best. Eviction. Episode. Ever. The only thing that could have made it even more delicious? Zombie Chenbot.
By Dalton Ross FULL REVIEW
90
Oct 25, 2010
Vulgar and noisy, and often disgustingly hilarious, Dead Set is the perfect pop-culture poison for those of us convinced the world of Big Brother and its spawn is an endless night of the living dead, turning participants and fans alike into craven zombies.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 25, 2010
On balance it plays like a well-made and increasingly grim horror picture, with a crispness of execution and a graphic level of intestine-pulling, throat-ripping violence that are both beyond the American norm.
By Mike Hale FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 25, 2010
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.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 25, 2010
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.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 25, 2010
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.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW

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Initial Release Date: Oct 27, 2008
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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• 1 Nomination
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• 1 Nomination

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