Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018)

Students from Zombietown are transferred to a high school in a suburban town preoccupied with uniformity, traditions and pep rallies.

Director:

Paul Hoen

Writers:

David Light, Joseph Raso

Stars:

Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Trevor Tordjman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Milo Manheim	...	Zed
Meg Donnelly	...	Addison
Trevor Tordjman	...	Bucky
Kylee Russell	...	Eliza
Carla Jeffery	...	Bree
Kingston Foster	...	Zoey
James Godfrey	...	Bonzo
Naomi Snieckus	...	Ms. Lee
Jonathan Langdon	...	Coach
Paul Hopkins	...	Dale
Marie Ward	...	Missy
Tony Nappo	...	Zevon
Emilia McCarthy	...	Lacey
Mickeey Nguyen	...	Tracey
Jasmine Renée Thomas	...	Stacey (as Jasmine Renee Thomas)

Storyline

Disney's "ZOMBIES" is a music and dance filled story set in the fictitious world of Seabrook, a cookie-cutter community brimming with perky conformity, 50 years after a zombie apocalypse. Today, the zombies pose no threat, but are required to live in Zombietown, an isolated, rundown community infused with their unique creative spirit. When zombies are finally allowed to enroll in Seabrook High School, the charming, charismatic zombie Zed, who is determined to play football, meets freshman Addison, who dreams of being a cheerleader - the ultimate form of status in Seabrook. Addison takes a lot of flak for befriending Zed and his zombie friends, but comes to learn that zombies and cheerleaders aren't so different after all. Zed and Addison work together to show Seabrook what they can achieve when they embrace their differences and celebrate what makes them a community.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | high school | cheerleader | cheer squad | football player | 

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Taglines:

At Seabrook High it's zoms vs. poms.

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Genres:

Family | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Disney Channel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Emilia McCarthy's 2nd Film to be associated with Zombies. Her first was the Family Channel Movie Bunks (2013).

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Crazy Credits

At the end, "The End" is written on screen in the zombie language. Underneath, there's an English translation in parenthesis.

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Connections

References Dance of the Dead (2008)

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Soundtracks

Stand
Written & Produced by Matthew Tishler

User Reviews

Fun family movie

Considering this is a Disney Channel TV movie, and not a theatrical film, it was very entertaining! The leads Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly had great chemistry and their acting (including Bucky, Trevor Tordjman) was great, which you don't usually get with DCOMs. Even some of the leads in the ever-popular Descendents were lacking, so it was refreshing to see some better talent in this movie. I liked the overall tone of the movie and the cheerleaders reminded me a bit of Bring It On, in how they enthusiastic and sometimes corny they were in talking about cheerleading. One negative- I felt that the costuming and setting was a bit over the top. I understand this was done intentionally to portray the differences between the two worlds of humans and zombies, but the pastels and bright neon pink and green was just too much for the eye to take.

The music was good, a little cookie-cutter, but the song Someday was particularly sweet and effective in setting the tone and message for the movie. I thought it was a great statement for young kids on how racism is bad and we should be more accepting of other people/culture/differences, and I loved how Disney put it in the context of Zombies- fun and inspirational! I am curious to see if this gets a sequel and interested to see where they take the story next.