Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

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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.

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

08/22/2016

2.5/4

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.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

02/23/2016

2/5

Demerit badges all round.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

11/08/2015

2/5

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.

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

09/18/2024

2.5/4

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

05/03/2022

1.5/4

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.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

03/04/2021

3/5

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.

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Anija B.

@lil_potato14 Apr 15

Totally my kind of comedy zombies don't look completely fake and pretty good gore sense love too see it

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David B.

@RT14283473 Mar 17

I’m only at the 5 1/2 minute mark, it’s stupid bad and has me LMAO👍

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Markus W

@marwh07 Feb 10

pretty entertaining, i enjoyed the idea of Scouts and using that skill, but it felt like most zombie-comedies that already exist. Some parts did get a chuckle here and there, but a lot of jokes fell flat; like they needed more comedy. overall, a good film for a day off if you have nothing else to watch.

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R T

@leaf110211ms Jan 5

This movie is amazing! I never get tired of watching it, the comedy is great and doesn't get old, the characters and actors are fantastic, especially Carter who is the best character with the best scenes.

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Siu L

@RT03051410 Nov 25

This movie is very entertaining. There is nothing bad about it unlike what the critics say. It doesn’t matter if this is just another zombie movie but the storyline is intense, with many incidences to laugh at. Also some good looking young people. What is there to complain about ?

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER Aug 7

A fun-filled entertaining take on, yet, another zombie apocalypse movie.

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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: Paramount Pictures, Brucks Entertainment, Broken Road
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