PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (2016) *** Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Elllie Bamber, Millie Brady, Suki Waterhouse, Douglas Booth, Sally Phillips, Charles Dance, Jack Huton, Lena Headey, Matt Smith, Emma Greewnell. Cheeky adaptation of the hybrid of classic and campy horror based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith depicts Jane Austen's romantic era characters amidst a plague of the undead with the Bennet gals kicking righteous zombie ass with blazing mad skills and coquettish polite manners. Lavish production design by David Warren and decent direction by Burr Steers who also adapted the screenplay does as much as it can do with a mix of mirth (thanks to Smith's funny turn as Parson Collins) and monsters.
