Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

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Released Oct 30, 2015

1h 33m

Horror

Comedy

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What could possibly go wrong when three buddies (Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan) decide to join the Boy Scouts? When bloodthirsty, undead ghouls invade their once-peaceful town, it's up to kindhearted Ben, quick-witted Carter and class clown Augie to save the day. With help from Denise (Sarah Dumont), a beautiful but tough cocktail waitress, the boys must put their scouting skills to the ultimate test to save mankind and earn their zombie-killing badges.

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Critics Consensus

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse fails to live up to its intriguingly wacky title, instead delivering yet another zombie comedy-thriller with a tired T&A twist.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

I had trouble believing Landon and company were going to be able to pull this type of horror-comedy hybrid off. But they do, more or less, the strengths of the performances and the number of solid laughs winning me over.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 22, 2016

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Demerit badges all round.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 23, 2016

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Putrefied audiences may get a few yucks from the crass schoolboy blend of tits and offal, but connoisseurs will opt for the much funnier Cockneys vs Zombies.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 8, 2015

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse doesn’t try to do anything exceptional, but it might have been more successful if Zombieland, which came out six years earlier, hadn’t attempted a lot of the same things, and done them better.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 18, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

This critic is tired of seeing movies in which teenage boys behave awfully for two acts, only to be redeemed in the last few moments by some imbalanced act of kindness.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 3, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

I'm not sure that Lord Baden-Powell would approve of Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse but for the right audience it should be a good Halloween matinee.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 4, 2021

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Matthew B

I seen this cringeworthy bore-fest back when it came out and found it to be extremely mediocre, even as a massively biased zombie nerd. Almost ten years later, after seeing this movie plastered on every single Reddit "must watch zombie movies" discussion as if it were some underrated hidden gem... I decided to give it another shot. I wanted to enjoy this movie so bad but ended up even more disappointed than I was the first time around. This is another generic late night dude-bro comedy from 2015, just with a zombie coat of paint. The entire driving force of the main plot is our main protagonist(s) (aside from survival) trying to get the hot girl, which I'm sure you've seen in any other cheap lazy Netflix comedy. The scene where our protagonists are stuck in a jail cell surrounded by infected is just about the only entertaining part of this mess. It takes FOREVER for this movie to get started... which is fine if done right, look at the 2004 Dawn of the Dead reboot and the extremely uncomfortable atmosphere it builds in the beginning. This movie however has little to no atmosphere and chooses instead to indulge in cheap thrills like sneaking alcohol as a teenager, hot chicks, and yes... boobs. lots of boobs. Which I'm a fan of myself, but not if they're the only thing going on in your HOUR AND A HALF movie. Seems to me this was made for preteens with restricted internet access who have to resort to creative ways to see breasts... and if that's the case, you can do much better than this. Watch Shaun of the Dead or the first Zombieland instead if you want to see how a zombie-comedy is done correctly.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/01/24

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timmy b

One of the best modern Zombie Films!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/17/24

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/16/24

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How is this rated so poorly? One of the BEST horror comedies I have ever seen. As a sh*tty horror movie connoisseur, I know bad horror, and this isn't it. I laughed my t*ts off!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/04/24

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Anne Marie L

I literally laughed out loud many times! Loved this movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/17/24

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few m

Funny and enjoyably explicit at times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Ben Goudy

Logan Miller

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Joey Morgan

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Denise Russo

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Synopsis

What could possibly go wrong when three buddies (Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan) decide to join the Boy Scouts? When bloodthirsty, undead ghouls invade their once-peaceful town, it's up to kindhearted Ben, quick-witted Carter and class clown Augie to save the day. With help from Denise (Sarah Dumont), a beautiful but tough cocktail waitress, the boys must put their scouting skills to the ultimate test to save mankind and earn their zombie-killing badges.

Director: Christopher Landon
Producer: Todd Garner, Andy Fickman
Screenwriter: Carrie Lee Wilson, Emi Mochizuki, Christopher Landon
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Broken Road, Paramount Pictures, Brucks Entertainment
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Graphic Nudity|Sexual Material|Zombie Violence and Gore)
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 30, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.7M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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