{"id":81444,"date":"2015-10-30T09:07:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T09:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=81444"},"modified":"2015-10-30T09:07:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T09:07:41","slug":"scouts-guide-to-the-zombie-apocalypse-film-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/scouts-guide-to-the-zombie-apocalypse-film-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse film review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Combining a gleeful<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> mixture of crudity, gore and a pleasingly high gag rate, Christopher Landon\u2019s hilarious horror comedy makes a welcome addition to the ever-expanding zomcom genre and is worthy of a place alongside the likes of <em><strong>Zombieland<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">It opens with three scouting best buddies \u2013 level-headed Ben (Tye Sheridan), filthy-minded Carter (Logan Miller) and chubby, sweet-natured Augie (Joey Morgan) \u2013 preparing for their last camping trip with Scout Leader Rogers (David Koechner). Venturing into town on a supply run, they are shocked to discover that their small town is under attack from a horde of zombies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Assisted by shotgun-toting waitress Denise (Sarah Dumont), the trio will have to use all their scouting knowledge in order to save their town from zombie-based destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Displaying expert comic timing, the three leads put in perfectly pitched performances, while Dumont delivers a kick-ass turn that\u2019s sure to earn her a legion of adolescent fans. There\u2019s also strong support from Cloris Leachman as a crotchety pensioner who\u2019s scary even before she becomes a zombie, though Koechner is sadly underused as the scout leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Happily, Landon gets the gags to gore ratio exactly right, balancing enjoyably schlocky effects with a non-stop barrage of great jokes and a handful of very funny set-pieces. Similarly, the script ensures that the laughs come from a variety of sources, ranging from character-based comedy to one-liners and crude physical gags, as well as bizarre, off-the-wall moments such as a zombie cat attack or a zombie sing-along to Britney Spears. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Admittedly, some of the bad taste material doesn\u2019t quite come off (there\u2019s a homage to <em><strong>Re-Animator<\/strong><\/em> that should probably have been cut), but there are enough belly laughs elsewhere to ensure that such lapses are swiftly forgiven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In short, this is a hugely entertaining zom-com that\u2019s likely to pick up a devoted cult following amongst genre fans, thanks to a winning combination of crudity, gore and laughs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baden-Powell&#8217;s finest get prepared in Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":81445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,8],"tags":[4677],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scouts-Guide-To-The-Zombie-Apocalypse.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}