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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 33m
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6.3/10
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Tony Gardner, David Koechner, Sarah Dumont, and Tye Sheridan in Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
On the eve of their last camp-out, three scouts discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.
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  • Horror

Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.

IMDb RATING
6.3/10
50K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,502
91
  • Director
    • Christopher Landon
  • Writers
    • Carrie Lee Wilson(screenplay)
    • Emi Mochizuki(screenplay)
    • Christopher Landon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tye Sheridan
    • Logan Miller
    • Joey Morgan
Top credits
  • Director
    • Christopher Landon
  • Writers
    • Carrie Lee Wilson(screenplay)
    • Emi Mochizuki(screenplay)
    • Christopher Landon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tye Sheridan
    • Logan Miller
    • Joey Morgan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 172User reviews
    • 168Critic reviews
    • 32Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

    Videos2

    Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:33
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    Trailer 0:25
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    Top cast

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    Tye Sheridan
    Tye Sheridan
    • Ben Goudyas Ben Goudy
    Logan Miller
    Logan Miller
    • Carter Grantas Carter Grant
    Joey Morgan
    Joey Morgan
    • Augie Fosteras Augie Foster
    Sarah Dumont
    Sarah Dumont
    • Denise Russoas Denise Russo
    David Koechner
    David Koechner
    • Scout Leader Rogersas Scout Leader Rogers
    Halston Sage
    Halston Sage
    • Kendall Grantas Kendall Grant
    Cloris Leachman
    Cloris Leachman
    • Miss Fielderas Miss Fielder
    Niki Koss
    Niki Koss
    • Chloeas Chloe
    Hiram A. Murray
    Hiram A. Murray
    • Corporal Reevesas Corporal Reeves
    Lukas Gage
    Lukas Gage
    • Travisas Travis
    Drew Droege
    Drew Droege
    • Drunk Manas Drunk Man
    Patrick Schwarzenegger
    Patrick Schwarzenegger
    • Jeffas Jeff
    Blake Anderson
    Blake Anderson
    • Ron the Janitoras Ron the Janitor
    Elle Evans
    Elle Evans
    • Amber the Zombie Stripperas Amber the Zombie Stripper
    Matty Cardarople
    Matty Cardarople
    • Jawless Zombieas Jawless Zombie
    Missy Martinez
    Missy Martinez
    • Deputy Zombieas Deputy Zombie
    Cameron Mitchell Elmore
    Cameron Mitchell Elmore
    • Nerdy Kidas Nerdy Kid
    • (as Cameron Elmore)
    Zale Kessler
    • Bathrobe Zombieas Bathrobe Zombie
    • Director
      • Christopher Landon
    • Writers
      • Carrie Lee Wilson(screenplay) (story)
      • Emi Mochizuki(screenplay) (story)
      • Christopher Landon(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    A reckless janitor accidentally releases a zombie from a laboratory of research. Meanwhile, the teenagers scouts Ben Goudy and Carter Grant decide to camp for the last time since they are too old to be scouts. The problem is that they do not want to harm the feelings of their friend Augie Foster and the Scout Leader Rogers. They have a flat tire after hitting a deer on the road and Carter's sister Kendall Grant, her boyfriend and her friend Chloe stop their Jeep to see whether they need a ride. They invite Ben and Carter to go to a party in the night. The two scouts leave the camping during the night to go to the party. When they drive through the town, they do not see a living soul and they decide to visit a night-club since the bouncer is not at the door. They discover that people have turned into zombies and they team-up with Ben's recent acquaintance Denise Russo, who is bartender in the nightclub, and Augie that was left alone at the camp and came to the town. Soon they discover that the non-infected inhabitants have been evacuated and the town will be bombed by the government. They decide to rescue Kendall but they find that the address her boyfriend gave to them is wrong. What can they do to save Kendall? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • zombie
    • boy scout
    • hardware store
    • friendship between boys
    • blonde
    • 385 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Always Bring Protection
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Comedy
      • Horror
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for zombie violence and gore, sexual material, graphic nudity, and language throughout
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      A mile marker seen during the movie shows "Haddonfield" as a nearby city. Haddonfield is the setting for the movie Halloween (1978).
    • Goofs
      When they hit the deer, it is shown that it is bleeding all over from its belly. But when Kendall points out that the deer survived, there's no blood. In the next shot,just a second after the previous shot, the blood is there.
    • Quotes

      Ben: [Augie puts a bomb on the floor] What is that?

      Augie: It's a bomb.

      Carter: What are you, the Taliban?

    • Crazy credits
      The first set of the end credits are superimposed over the various selfies that Carter took throughout the film.
    • Connections
      Features Teen Mom OG (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Black Widow
      Written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (as Mikkel Eriksen), Erik Hermansen, Sarah Hudson, Iggy Azalea (as Amella Amethyst), Benny Blanco (as Benjamin Levin) & Katy Perry

      Performed by Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora

      Courtesy of Virgin EMI Records/Def Jam Recordings

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

      Rita Ora appears courtesy of Columbia Records

      By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews172

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    A Cult Classic for a New Generation
    Simply put, this is a future cult film for a new generation. The zombie sub-genre is one that is so incredibly saturated that it can be hard to find a decent new film as we have to wade through tons of sewage to find anything with some value. Thankfully, after a fair bit of digging, we have one with Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. It's a film that will appeal to the new generations of horror fans who were born into this nutty zombie infested pop culture, and it should also resonate with the well travelled horror fans who grew up on a diet of Evil Dead and Re-Animator. It's not going to be a mainstream success, and it's not going to appeal to everybody but Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is a blast of fun from start to finish.

    It's clear from the opening scene of the film that aims to be a bucket of bloody fun. As a foolish janitor messes around with some laboratory equipment and comes across a strange looking comatose patient, he accidentally causes the them to flat-line and awkwardly tries provide CPR. His efforts are clearly in vain as he pushes his hands through the patients chest and wakes up the living dead, thus causing the zombie outbreak.

    The comedy in the film ranges from hilarious mutilation of corpses, wacky animal zombies to plain stupidity, but it is none the less entertaining every step of the way. Highlights include a scene involving a trampoline, which had my body cringing in disgust and almost laughing hysterically at the same time, and a surreal rendition of a classic Britney Spears song. The climax owes a lot to the gaming franchise Dead Rising as the boys use the scout skills to craft hand- built weapons from a hardware store for maximum zombie killing impact.

    Despite the zombies being a primary part of the proceedings, it would have been a shell of a film had it not had the central friendship between the characters of Ben, Carter, and Augie. We can all relate to a group of friends on an adventure, and their dynamic has shades of 80s classics like The Goonies and Stand By Me. It isn't drawing on anything new but it doesn't pretend to either as it feels like a hokey sentimental tribute to cult favourites such as The Monster Squad. The 80s are very much beating in the lively heart of this horror.

    I'm a horror fan through and through, and the genre needs feel good films like this, equal parts gore and laughs with a splat of gratuitous nudity for good measure. At the end of the day isn't that what fun horrors are all about?
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    • snootyushers
    • Oct 28, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 30, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Scouts vs. Zombies
    • Filming locations
      • Cypress, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Broken Road Productions
      • Brucks Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,703,046
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,841,007
      • Nov 1, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,137,046
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Atmos
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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