It's Christmas Eve - but high school student Anna (Ella Hunt) as well as her best friend and wannabe boyfriend John (Malcolm Cumming) couldn't care less as they're doomed to work at the local bowling alley, even while in their school the annual Christmas revue is performed ... and then the zombie apocalypse just starts. And now Anna, John, as well as their friends Steph (Sarah Swire) and Chris (Christopher Leveaux) decide to sit it out in the bowling alley and wait for the army to arrive to take care of the situation ... that is until a) all the army turns up zombiefied, and b) the zombies find their way into the bowling alley. Now our heroes figure the only safe place in town must be the school, and they try to make it there by whatever clever or stupid way they can, soon to be joined by macho man Nick (Ben Wiggins) and his goons. But the way to the school is full of dangers, and our little group of survivors' number is cut down by the by. And when in school, they find out the school's idiotic headmaster (Paul Kaye) has taken command, and he's got no idea how to handle the situation but throws everything into more and more chaos. So the chances of survival are slim ...

Ok, one has to acknowledge my synopsis of Anna and the Apocalypse doesn't sound like much - in fact it sounds like very routine and run-of-the-mill ... which the movie actually is not at all, as not only is it done tongue-in-cheek, it's also a musical, with song-and-dance numbers throughout that range from the pretty cool to the hilariously cheesy, and most of the songs are at least catchy. Plus, the Christmas decoration that's featured prominently throughout the whole film gives the film just the right kind of odd quality it needs, while at the same time the movie never forgets its genre-immanent blood and guts. Add to that a very solid cast, who are also strong in the singing department, and you've got a very entertaining and unusual zombie movie indeed.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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