Little Monsters (2019)

    David, a failed musician and foul-mouthed man-child, has an ugly break-up with his girlfriend forcing him to couch surf at his sister’s place. 

    To help out, he agrees to drive her five-year old son, Felix, to school. In doing so, he meets and immediately falls for Felix’s teacher, Miss Caroline.

"Shake It Off!"

    In an attempt to impress Miss Caroline, David volunteers to chaperone on that day’s field trip to a petting zoo. Seems harmless enough, yeah? Well, it just so happens that this is the day of a zombie outbreak at the nearby military facility, and calamity ensues. 

    Soon, Felix, his well-intentioned and Flying V-packing Uncle-David, and the ever-cheerful and fiercely protective Miss Caroline team up with Teddy McGiggles, a self-centered children’s television star, to fight off this swarm of undead.

This is a very charactered-driven movie. From David’s cringeworthy missteps in attempting to do the right thing, to Miss Caroline’s upbeat ukulele strumming, and even Teddy McGiggles’ self-loathing and cowardice, all combine to make these people very watchable. Especially the near-frantic focus of Miss Caroline to not only protect her class from being devoured, but also from being frightened by their situation.

The zombies are straight-up Romeros, (see Zombie Classifications Chart) and although menacing and scary, (especially to a 5-year old!) the film’s gore levels are fairly mild.

    Obviously there is blood, and biting, and zombie kills, so there IS some ‘blood & guts,' but Miss Caroline successfully convinced her students that this is all just make-believe, and the blood is “just jam… But don’t eat it!”

    Held up to my Zombie Movies Rubric and Little Monsters nabbed itself a 3.22 out four points! This equates to a full and hearty recommendation, (and very likely repeated viewings!)

    Part zombie flick, part romantic comedy, (or ZomRomCom, if you will,) Little Monsters one is far more along the lines of Shaun of the Dead than it is Zombieland, but either way, that is some good company!

    And, of course, YouTube has a number of awesome trailers - See for yourself. 

LITTLE MONSTERS