Grave matters

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES Buzz freeze-frames the highlights from the bonkers book adap...

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Screams echo through the halls of a country estate (presumably Darcy’s Pemberley), prompting a young woman to investigate. What does she find? Another young woman who looks a little bit not dead...

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“It began with the black plague,” intones our narrator. “Within weeks, the dead began to rise.” Cue a chilling shot of an undead lady clutching a baby in the rain.

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London’s burning, London’s burning… The full extent of the undead’s devastation is revealed as St Paul’s Cathedral goes up in flames. Meanwhile, soldiers battle to keep the zombie horde in check.

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Oh, look, it’s The Doctor! Matt Smith turns on the charm during dinner with Mr Bennet (Charles Dance), who’s having none of it. “My daughters are trained for battle, sir,” he growls.

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He’s not kidding. Armed with various pointy things, Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) and her sisters do some damage – while dressed up in their glad rags. What would their mother say?

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Mr Darcy (Sam Riley) has a close encounter with Elizabeth. But will he end up emerging from the lake in full-on hunk mode à la Colin Firth in the Beeb’s adap?

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In one of the trailer’s most impressive moments, Mr Darcy lops the head off a zombie, with the grisly showdown innovatively shot from the zombie’s POV by director Burr Steers. Heads will roll…

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Lena Headey turns up in an eyepatch as Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Not seen in the trailer: her army of ninja assassins. You have to save some surprises, right?

ETA | 12 FEBRUARY 2016 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies opens next year.