Shaun of the Dead with Zombi-lympics

Doors Open: 2:00pm  |  Showtime: 3:00pm

As Movies at the Palace continues to celebrate our Season of Community, we knew one title would highlight our need for human connection more than all the others—Shaun of the Dead. Just in time for Halloween, this cult comedy classic follows the uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his roommate as they are disrupted by a zombie apocalypse. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Kate Ashfield. Directed by Edgar Wright. Written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. The movie is 1 hour and 39 minutes, Rated R, and will be screened on DCP.

We continue to honor our past as a vaudeville house with live entertainment before the main feature on the big screen. And this is your chance to redeem mankind. On Sunday, October 26^th, come dressed as the undead and you may be chosen to compete in our first ever Zombi-lympics, a series of terrifyingly ridiculous challenges to prove you can blend in with the worst Hell has to offer. Nothing builds community faster than a zombie apocalypse…except maybe a pint at the Winchester!

Shaun of the Dead continues the Movies at the Palace Season of Community, celebrating 95 years serving the community of Washington Heights. To learn more about our 2025 season, click here. 

Please note: The Season of Community is a different series than Movies at the Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is not scheduled to be at this screening. 

United Palace History  

The ornate United Palace opened in 1930 as the Loew's 175th Street Theatre, a deluxe movie theater and vaudeville house, the last of the five Wonder Theaters in New York City and New Jersey. Its first act as a movie theater ended in April 1969 with a screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey. 

With a groundswell of community support and our good friend, patron, and neighbor Lin-Manuel Miranda, movies returned to the United Palace in 2013. Since then, we have screened over 100 feature films, from world premieres (In the Heights, Halftime, and Rebecca as part of the Tribeca Festival) to all-time classics (It's A Wonderful Life), and community favorites (Mad Hot Ballroom). 

Our goal is to have the cinematic experience come alive for audiences too used to watching movies on their phones or TVs. 

One of our highest compliments came from Robert DeNiro who, speaking before a 50th anniversary screening of The Godfather, described watching a movie at the United Palace as: “The moviegoing experience doesn't get any better.”